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Spray Patterns BY AVA CARIDAD Editorial Director Brazil’s football squad, the host team of the 2014 International Federation of Association Football (FIFA) World Cup, traveled to matches in style this summer. Lindal Group’s female RT valve and F/03 actuator powered the 1,200 cans of Montana Colors spray paint used to decorate the massive GOL Airlines’ Boeing 737. With an aircraft hangar as an art studio, the twin brothers known as Os Gêmeos —internationally renowned spray paint artists—embellished the massive aircraft in only one week. Avon Products, Inc. announced a new global reforestation initiative, Healthy Forests, Beautiful World. The new program will continue Avon’s ongoing global commitment to the environment, raising funds through the sale of special products by Avon Sales Representatives and on Avon’s eCommerce sites to help end deforestation. Avon has donated more than $6.8 million for global reforestation since 2010 to The Nature Conservancy (TNC) and World Wildlife Fund (WWF) to support the rainforests in Brazil and Indonesia, two of the most critically endangered ecosystems. In 2013 alone, Avon donated $1.3 million At a recent ceremony held in Mexico City, Lubrizol Mexico received the prestigious “Socially Responsible Company (ESR)” award. The award ceremony is an annual event sponsored by the President of Mexico, Enrique Peña Nieto, for the purpose of recognizing those Mexican companies that for the first time have documented that they meet standards set by the Mexican Center for Philanthropy for socially responsible and ethical operation. 38 Spray August 2014 At its 2014 conference in Bloomingdale, IL, the International Metal Decorators Association (IMDA) recently recognized two Ball Corp. metal packaging designs in its “Excellence in Quality” awards competition. The annual competition is judged by graphic art professionals and recognizes companies worldwide that offer dynamic, high quality metal decorated pieces using various decorating methods. Each entry is judged on printing quality, degree of difficulty, coating finish appearance, registration and required technical expertise. The winners included Meguiar’s Hot Shine Tire Coating, whose aerosol can uses Ball’s Hexachrome printing process, a traditionally six-color process that provides a wider color gamut for the print and design world. Ball enhanced this process by adding a seventh blue/violet color for an even more attentiongetting graphic. The other winner was Team Realtree Outdoor Energy Blaze Orange Tea, whose two-piece can’s camouflage graphics align with the company’s branding and appeal to young outdoor enthusiasts. The IMDA also voted Steven Steerman, Senior Graphics Specialist at Ball, to its Board of Directors. Steerman has been a member of IMDA since 2008 and has been with Ball for more than 30 years. raised in more than 50 countries. The Alliance for Consumer Education’s (ACE) Strike Out Inhalant Abuse campaign was established in 2008 and has been growing ever since. ACE has worked with an array of Major and Minor League Baseball teams to help spread the message of inhalant abuse prevention. Each game and partnership is different, but some aspects from the Strike Out Inhalant Abuse program include assemblies and presentations with school-aged children hosted by the participating team; Inhalant Abuse Prevention Essay Responses from high school students; and tickets to an “Awareness Night” game to all students who attend the assembly or complete an essay Pictured: Chris Millard threw out the first pitch at the June 13 Dayton Dragons game in Dayton, OH in memory of his older brother Matthew Young, who lost his life to inhalant abuse.


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