BAMA Announces details of 2013 Aerosol Awards and Forum

July 16, 2013

BAMA Announces details of 2013 Aerosol Awards and Forum BAMA, the British Aerosol Manufacturers’ Association (BAMA) will hold its annual Forum on Oct. 17–18, with the Awards Dinner on Oct. 17, open to all BAMA members. …

Swing into Summer with ACE!

July 10, 2013

Strike Out Inhalant Abuse! The Alliance for Consumer Education’s (ACE) Strike Out Inhalants was established in 2008 and has been growing ever since.  ACE has worked with an array of Major and Minor League Baseball Teams to …

ICMAD Hosts Key Information Sessions At Cosmoprof North America

July 9, 2013

On Monday, July 15, join the Independent Cosmetic Manufacturers and Distributors (ICMAD) for two invaluable presentation sessions during Cosmoprof North America in Las Vegas (July 14-16). Take a break from the world’s leading beauty trade …

Aerosol foods shorten prep time for a variety of categories.

July 1, 2013

World demand for food containers is forecast to increase 3.9% per year to $124 billion in 2013, according to market research from The Freedonia Group. Factors contributing to rising demand include growth in global food …

A Matter of Convenience

Aerosol foods shorten prep time for a variety of categories. World demand for food containers is forecast to increase 3.9% per year to $124 billion in 2013, according to market research from The Freedonia Group. Factors …

CARB proposed amendments to their Consumer Products volatile organic compound (VOC) regulations

  CARB In April, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) made some significant modifications to their proposed amendments to their Consumer Products volatile organic compound (VOC) regulations. CARB modified the proposed limits for the Aerosol Coatings categories. The …

Make a Mistake? Get out your Checkbook!

"It takes many good deeds to build a good reputation, and only one bad one to lose it."  Benjamin Franklin The U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Pipeline & Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) published its final …

Spray package metal, internal coating and laminate film anomalies and their relationship to aluminum spray package corrosion.

Aluminum spray package metals, internal coatings and laminate films are far from perfect (I will hereafter refer to coatings and laminate films as polymers). Indeed, the polymers are not always continuous (i.e., they have holes) …

Industry members praise TSCA reform

  In May, 16 senators came together to introduce a consensus bill, known as the Lautenberg-Vitter Chemical Safety Improvement Act of 2013 that will focus on those areas of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) that …

FiFi Award Winners

June 26, 2013

The 2013 edition of the FiFi Awards was held on June 12 at the Alice Tully Hall in the Lincoln Center, New York City. The annual event honours the year’s best fragrance releases in the …