P&G sells more land to GE
Procter & Gamble Co. (P&G) pocketed $1.5 million this month by selling another 6,800 square feet of land to General Electric (GE), which was needed to build GE’s new corporate headquarters next to P&G’s Gillette …
FMCSA Establishes National Drug & Alcohol Clearinghouse
The U.S. Dept. of Transportation’s (DOT) Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) published its final rule (Docket No. FMCSA-2011-0031) in the Federal Register on Dec. 5, 2016. The new rule establishes a national drug and …
Regulatory Issues
Canada Canada takes the front spot this month. On Nov. 26, 2016, the Dept. of the Environment and the Dept. of Health in Canada released a proposed regulation on the use of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs). This regulation …
Spray Package Corrosion Risk—Part II
Hello, everyone. Last month I began a detailed discussion on a figure that contains the risk for conventional storage corrosion tests as a function of test time and risks associated with electrochemical corrosion tests. This discussion …
International Regulatory Resources: WHMIS deadlines, CEPA changes, public recalls and more…
The recent Southern Aerosol Technical Association meeting was bittersweet for all of us at Nexreg. While we enjoy revisiting our friends and colleagues, it was not the same without Doug Fratz in attendance. He is …
SC Johnson, Fisk Johnson give $150 million to Cornell University
SC Johnson and its Chairman and CEO, Fisk Johnson, recently announced a combined donation of $150 million to Cornell University, the largest gift ever to the Ithaca, N.Y.-based school and the second-largest to name a …
Silgan Announces Agreement to Acquire WestRock’s Specialty Closures and Dispensing Systems Business
Silgan Holdings Inc., supplier of rigid packaging for consumer goods products, announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement with WestRock Company to acquire its specialty closures and dispensing systems business. This business is …
Berry Plastics Completes Acquisition of AEP Industries Inc.
Berry Plastics Group, Inc. completed the previously announced acquisition of AEP Industries Inc. (AEP). Berry issued 6.5 million common shares and paid $297 million as merger consideration in exchange for all of the outstanding shares of …
WAIB moves Annual Conference dates to October 8-10, 2017
The Western Aerosol Information Bureau (WAIB) changed the dates of its 44th Annual Conference to October 8-10 at Embassy Suites by Hilton in Napa, California. More info:waib.org
EPA provides TSCA update
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is moving to propose how it will prioritize and evaluate chemicals, given that the final processes must be in place within the first year of the new law’s enactment, …