Alupro launches campaign to boost festive recycling rates

Alupro launched its Christmas 2024 campaign, called “Santa’s Little Recyclers.” Designed to help local authorities boost recycling rates, the program calls for households to recycle more aluminum packaging, including empty aerosols mince pie cases, drink cans, wrapping foil, chocolate foil and metal closures on bottles. UK households dispose of millions of tonnes of packaging during […]

ALM Envases to become Colep Packaging in 2025

Colep Packaging, a provider of tinplate and aluminum packaging solutions, announced that, as of January 1, 2025, ALM, SL, will operate under the Colep Packaging brand. This milestone is the culmination of ALM’s integration process, whose entire share capital was acquired last July in a strategic consolidation move for Colep Packaging, said the firm. The […]

Indian Aerosols Expo 2025 to be held in Mumbai in February

The 6th Indian Aerosols Expo, India’s only trade show dedicated to the aerosol (sprays) industry, will be held from Feb. 28–March 1, 2025 at Jio World Convention Centre, Bandra Kurla Complex, Mumbai, India. Organized every two years by the Aerosols Promotion Council (APC), the trade fair showcases innovation in aerosols, displaying a varied range of […]

Aerosol & Dispensing Forum Award finalists announced

Paris Packaging Week has announced the finalists for its 2025 Innovation Awards, an annual celebration of the most outstanding innovations in the fields of aerosols and dispensing systems (ADF), perfumes, cosmetics, and personal care (PCD) and premium drinks (PLD). The winners will be revealed during three official ceremonies on January 28–29, attended by the finalists. […]

Aerosol chemist Richard Lehman passes away

Aerosol chemist Richard Lehman, 76, of Pandora, OH, passed away on Dec. 6. Lehman attended Bluffton College and majored in chemistry. He worked work as a chemist for several companies, including Nationwide Industries in Pandora, OH, where he improved the chemical formula for its aerosol “Fix-A-Flat” product. In 1989, he purchased Quality Products, which manufactured […]

NJPEC held Package of the Year dinner & awards

On Dec. 5, the New Jersey Packaging Executives Club (NJPEC) hosted its 2024 Package of the Year Dinner & Awards Ceremony. The sold-out event was held at the Madison Hotel in Morristown, NJ.

HCPA Annual Meeting underway; honors award winners

Household & Commercial Products Association (HCPA) 2024 Annual Meeting opened today at the Marriott Harbor Beach Resort & Spa in Fort Lauderdale, FL.                 

HCPA welcomes Ki, Ambrosi

The Household & Commercial Products Association (HCPA) announced that Sami Ki will be joining the organization on December 8, 2024, as Senior Manager of Sustainability & Product Stewardship. Ki has more than a decade of experience in procurement and product development in the fashion industry, as well as a Master of Business Administration in Sustainability, […]

Sonoco completes acquisition of Eviosys

Sonoco Products Company announced it completed its acquisition of Eviosys, a European metal packaging manufacturer, from KPS Capital Partners, LP. The combination creates a global aerosol can and metal food manufacturer. Following the integration process, Eviosys will transition to the Sonoco brand over the coming months and will operate under Sonoco’s Consumer Packaging segment. The […]

New Zealand Aerosol Assoc. rebrands; launches new website

The New Zealand Aerosol Association has launched refreshed branding and a new website at www.aerosol.org.nz. The new branding reflects the Association’s national heritage, based on the koru (Māori for “loop or coil”), a spiral shape evoking a newly unfurling fern frond.  Its previous logo was based on the ‘It’s OK to Spray’ logo, which the […]