Regulatory Issues
I hope that you all had healthy and happy holidays! Welcome to a New Year—a new year with the same issue: The California Air Resources Board (CARB). CARB CARB rule development is entering its final phase. It …
How 2020 events impacted the U.S. aerosol industry: The Aerosol Pressurized Products Survey will help us understand
Another year has come and gone and 2020 certainly presented its own set of challenges. However, with these challenges came new opportunities. As we look ahead to 2021, we also begin to think about the …
Managing spray package corrosion risks
Happy New Year—I hope everyone is healthy and safe and that this year will see the end of the COVID-19 pandemic with a restart and stabilization of the global economy. All enterprises involve risk; the challenge …
Aurena Laboratories to offer Aptar’s PureHale in products & contract manufacturing
Aurena Laboratories is currently developing private label products based on Aptar Pharma’s PureHale Bag-on-Valve (BOV) Technology Platform. PureHale is a portable, ready-to-use, cordless nebulizer-like device designed for upper respiratory care and creates a very soft, fine …
Spray developed for British Army kills COVID-19 in under 60 seconds
A new spray, created by Michael Pritchard (CEO of Essex, UK-based Pritchard Spray Technology Ltd.), co-developed with the British Army and tested by Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM), reportedly kills all coronavirus strains in …
L’Oréal acquires Japanese brand Takami Co. & renews skin clinic agreement
L'Oréal has acquired Takami Co., created by Doctor Hiroshi Takami who also founded two dermatological clinics in Tokyo, Japan. Terms of the deal were not revealed. L'Oréal also renewed a long-term brand licensing agreement with Doctor …
Diversified CPC International completes $10M Phase I construction of Texas facility
Diversified CPC International (DCPC) has completed the $10 million Phase I of the company's new Beaumont, TX plant. The new facility, located at the Iron Horse Terminals, launched a commercial operation in late November 2020. “The …
HCPA to hire Christopher Finarelli for State Government Relations in the Western U.S.
The Household & Commercial Products Association (HCPA) will appoint Christopher Finarelli as Director, State Government Relations & Public Policy for the Western Region on Jan. 4. Finarelli brings more than 13 years of state-level policy, …
Ball Corp. names Dan Fisher as President, shuffles other top positions
Ball Corp. will promote Daniel W. Fisher from COO, Global Beverage Packaging, to President of Ball Corp. in early 2021. He will also join Ball's Board of Directors at that time. "He has been a big …
President of Brazilian Aerosol Association succumbs to COVID-19
Antal György Almásy, President of The Brazilian Aerosol Association (Associação Brasileira de Aerossóis e Saneates Domissanitários or ABAS) for 2020–2022, died on December 13 of COVID-19. A devoted aerosol chemist, Almásy was Technical Director at AeroService Tecnologia & Treinamento Ltda …