ACI Annual Meeting to take place in-person in January
The American Cleaning Institute (ACI) announced its 2022 Annual Meeting & Industry Convention will be held in-person. The event will take place Jan. 31-Feb. 5, 2022 at the Grande Lakes Orlando in Orlando, FL. ACI will …
TUBEX and PreZero Pyral team up in aluminum recycling partnership
Freiberg, Germany-based PreZero Pyral and TUBEX have partnered to recycle post-consumer aluminum packaging in a closed-loop system. TUBEX customers will now have the choice to select up to 60% of recycled material in slugs. TUBEX …
Trivium wins three iF design awards in packaging design
Trivium Packaging has been awarded three 2021 iF Design Awards in Packaging Design for infinitely recyclable and reusable aluminum bottle packaging for Petal, Rainforest Artesian Water and Bubble Tree products. The awards recognize not only on …
Kao Corp. launches Oribe hair care line in Japan
Kao Corp. announced it has launched the prestige hair salon brand Oribe in Japan, through its subsidiary, Kao Salon Japan. Oribe has 23-SKUs in hair care brand and has a robust market presence in salons and …
Regulatory Issues
California Air Resources Board On March 25, 2021, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) held a public hearing to adopt amendments to its Consumer Products volatile organic compound (VOC) regulations. To review, CARB began regulating Consumer Products …
Using sustainability to build resiliency in the supply chain
Over the last year, I’ve written multiple columns about the end-of-life of aerosol products, including the recycling of empty aerosol cans and States’ adoption of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA)i rule to add aerosol …
Statistical analysis for spray package tests
Hello, everyone. In many instances, spray packages are qualified for commercial markets with a variety of tests, such consumer preference and corrosion tests. The statistical average (statistical mean) for each data-group is often used to compare …
Scott Smith to retire from P&G
Scott Smith, Research Fellow Advanced Packaging TPT, is retiring from the Procter & Gamble Co. after more than 37 years. Smith has numerous patents across formulation, processing and packaging innovations. He has contributed widely to …
Beiersdorf’s Vincent Warnery to assume role of CEO in May
Vincent Warnery will become Beiersdorf's new CEO on May 1, according to the company's Supervisory Board. Warnery has been a member of Beiersdorf’s Executive Board since February 2017 and was previously responsible for the North …
Chemical Activity Barometer rises in April
The Chemical Activity Barometer (CAB), a leading economic indicator created by the American Chemistry Council (ACC), rose 0.7% in April on a three-month moving average basis following a 1.1% increase in March and a 0.9% …