Designer Ross Lovegrove is Guest of Honor at Luxe Pack Monaco
British designer Ross Lovegrove, who designs iconic packaging for luxury brands, is the Guest of Honor at Luxe Pack Monaco 2019. Lovegrove will speak on Monday, September 30 at 2:30 p.m. about “Beauty & Logic,” …
LINDAL’s Peter Morgan to retire; Aptar’s Rob Parkes joins company
LINDAL Group’s UK Sales Manager, Peter Morgan, is set to retire July 31. Morgan joined LINDAL in 1985 at the company’s Leighton Buzzard, UK site and has been a key part of the UK business’s …
Coty launches “Turnaround Plan” to boost businesses, streamline operations
Coty Inc. has introduced a "Turnaround Plan" to drive improvement in Consumer Beauty and optimize its Luxury and Professional Beauty businesses. The four-year plan focuses on three pillars: rediscovering growth such as an innovation pipeline; …
PARG & HCPA issue call for comments on new PARG Methods 20.0 & 21.0
The Plastic Aerosol Research Group, LLC (PARG) and the Household & Commercial Products Association (HCPA) are seeking comments on PARG’s new methods—PARG Method 20.0 “UV Exposure Using Xenon Arc Light Apparatus Aerosol Products in Plastic …
Ozone-Depleting Substances & Halocarbon Alternatives Regulations
The words “ozone depletion” describe two related occurrences that have been observed over the past 50 years: a steady decline in the total amount of ozone in the Earth’s atmosphere as well as a large …
The corrosion of refillable multiple-use packaging—Part II
With SUSAN WHITWORTH Tait, Ph.D. Executive Director & CFO, Pair O Docs Professionals, LLC Hello, Everyone. We again have a paradox—both docs from Pair O Docs Professionals LLC. are authoring this month’s edition of Corrosion Corner. Last month, we …
Regulatory Issues
CARB Multi-purpose lubricant As of July 1, 2019, any Multi-purpose Lubricant product manufactured must meet new volatile organic compound (VOC) standards in California, according to the California Air Resources Board (CARB). The new limits are either 10% …
MIR: What is it and why should you care?
For all you space aficionados—no, I’m not discussing Mir, the first modular space station. Sorry. As readers of SPRAY, you are no doubt aware that the California Air Resources Board (CARB) has initiated a new rulemaking …
European steel recycling reaches record levels
Recycling of steel packaging in Europe has hit an all-time high of 80.5%, according to figures issued by the Association of European Producers of Steel for Packaging (APEAL). This record rate, which represents data from 2017, …
American Chemistry Council selects Jahn as President & CEO, starting in October
The American Chemistry Council (ACC) has appointed Christopher L. Jahn as President & CEO, effective late October 2019. Jahn currently serves as President & CEO of The Fertilizer Institute (TFI) and will succeed Cal Dooley, …