New exhibition celebrates spray paint, but without the street art
While street art may have risen in popularity, the works on display at "Sprayed" -- a new exhibition which just opened at London's Gagosian Gallery -- are the polar opposite and haven't been celebrated in …
Coty submits winning bid for P&G brands
Coty, Inc. is set to acquire a trio of personal care brands from Procter & Gamble (P&G) after winning an auction process, the New York Post reports. Clairol, CoverGirl, Max Factor and Wella will soon join Coty's stable …
Watchdog group raises alarm over unregistered aerosol insecticides
An environmental watchdog group in the Phillipines warned against buying unregistered household pesticides, mostly from China, and urged the Food and Drugs Administration, which earlier issued advisories against the products, to take urgent action to …
Huffing from aerosol cans can lead to DUI charge in Montana
The Montana Supreme Court has ruled that a person can be charged with driving under the influence for huffing aerosol propellants. The June 9th 5-0 decision rejects a Butte man's efforts to have a case against …
CSPA wins EPA Safer Choice Partner of the Year award
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) named the Consumer Specialty Products Association (CSPA) a winner of its 2015 Safer Choice Partner of the Year award. The Safer Choice Program, formerly known as the Design for the …
Ball and Henkel unveil further aerosol can lightweighting
Ball Corp. and Henkel Beauty Care continue their aluminum aerosol lightweighting journey with the introduction of an even lighter iteration of ReAl, Ball's revolutionary technology utilizing recycled aluminum to create a metal alloy that exhibits …
Russian drug firm teams up with Lindal for aerosol pharmaceutical systems
Russian pharmaceutical company NATIVA announced a strategic agreement concerning cooperation in the manufacture of innovative dispensing solutions for respiratory disease treatment with VARI, a wholly-owned subsidiary of LINDAL Group and one of the leading makers of …
Colep becomes sole owner of three Brazilian firms
Colep has become the sole shareholder of Brazilian companies Provider, Total Pack and Colep Provider Aerosol (CPA). After first entering the Latin American personal care and household care products markets in 2010 by acquiring a …
Legislative Update on California Assembly Bill 708
California Assembly Bill 708, the ingredient disclosure bill, was moved to the inactive file which makes this a 2-year bill. This Bill would have required the 20 most prevalent ingredients be disclosed on product labels …
Global Harmonization: Achieving compliance on both sides of the U.S./Canada Border
With the release the final version of the Hazardous Products Regulations, Canada has finally followed the lead of the U.S. and entered the globally harmonized-era. However, do not let the term “globally harmonized” fool you, …