WAIB advocate Ed Thaete passes away
Edward H. Thaete III passed away on Feb. 5, 2019 at age 95. Thaete began in the industry in 1966 selling industrial alcohol for Publicker Chemical. In 1980, he brought the alcohol business he had …
Precision taps Berry Global exec Jeffrey Godsey as COO
Jeffrey Godsey has been appointed COO of the Precision Global Group. In his new role, Godsey is responsible for the global operations and business development initiatives to deliver quality, innovation and service to customers. Godsey …
SATA announces updated agenda for Aerosol 101 and spring meeting
The agenda for the Southern Aerosol Technical Association's (SATA) Aerosol 101 Conference and Spring Meeting has been updated. The conference is set for March 13 & 14 at the Atlanta Marriott NW at Galleria in …
ACI elects new chair, vice chair & welcomes three new directors
The American Cleaning Institute's (ACI) Board of Directors elected Sundar Raman of Procter & Gamble Co. as its new Chair and Scott Behrens of Stepan Co. as the new Vice Chair at the recent 2019 …
P&G creates recycling loop with 11 brands this year, trials set for NY & Paris
The Procter & Gamble Co. (P&G) has unveiled reusable, refillable packaging on some of its products to lessen single-use packaging and disposable waste. Additionally, later this year 11 of P&G’s brands, including Pantene, Tide, Cascade …
“Aerosol Cans: EPA’s Universal Waste Proposal & How It May Affect Your Business” webinar Feb. 13
Principal Aaron Goldberg (Washington, DC) will speak in a live webinar hosted by BLR titled "Aerosol Cans: EPA’s Universal Waste Proposal and How It May Affect Your Business." The webinar will take place on February 13 from …
Predicting corrosion using first principles—Part 2
Hello, everyone. Last month I discussed a first-principles empirical equation for predicting if corrosion could occur. However, the equation only indicates if corrosion might occur and provides no information on how fast corrosion will occur …
The Challenge of Two-Day Shipping for Aerosols,
Over the last several decades, technology has developed by leaps and bounds. German physicist Heinrich Hertz first produced radio waves in 1886, which paved the road for today’s cell phones. In 1936, Alan Turing proposed …
Regulatory Issues
CARB On Jan. 15, 2019 the California Air Resources Board (CARB) held a public webinar concerning the results of Drafts 2013, 2014 and 2015 of the Consumer Product Survey Data. The results were released on Dec. …
Ecolab’s Bill Phillips receives distinguished service award from ACI
William H. “Bill” Phillips, Director of Regulatory Affairs at Ecolab, has received the American Cleaning Institute’s (ACI) Elva Walker Spillane Distinguished Service Award. Phillips joined Ecolab in 2003 and has developed corporate environmental, health and …