Jones also set up a British-style phone booth in his com- pany’s lobby where employees had to listen to consumer complaints. Complaints were also emailed to program- mers in order to “send the pain to the people who caused the pain.” “With true innovation, being comfortable isn’t good,” he concluded. CSPA Chairman Lisa Alexander (left) presents William D. Gullickson Jr. (MGK) with the 30th Charles E. Allderdice Jr. Annual Memorial Award, the industry’s Aerosol Products Division highest honor bearing the name of CSPA’s esteemed past president. Each year, CSPA selects a member who has demonstrated exemplary commitment Alain D’Haese, Secretary General of the European Aero- and service to the consumer specialty products industry and the association. sol Federation (FEA), provided an update on the organi- zation. The FEA is staffed by two people and has 18 full members from among the many European National Associ- ations, which in- clude more than 500 companies. FEA standards are freely avail- able through the recently updated website: www. aerosol.org. Regarding the United Nations Global Harmoni- D’Haese zation Plan (UN GHS), Sweden submitted a formal proposal to correct UN GHS Chapter Chairman Alexander (left) presents the 2012 Chairman’s Outstanding Achieve- 2.3 Aerosols. The informal correspondence group on the ment Award to Julie Froelicher (P&G) for her industry achievements and service improvement of Annexes 1–3 of the GHS, led by the to the Association during the past year. UK, also submitted a formal proposal including a revised Precautionary Statement P210. The fifth version of the UN GHS was adopted in 2012 and will be published in early 2013. Revision of the European Union Classification, Packag- ing & Labeling Regulation (EU CLP) will have to align not only with UN GHS Rev.4 (2011), but also with UN GHS Rev.5 (2013) for P210. It was translated into 23 official EU languages and will be published in early 2013. Industry has until May 31, 2015 to re-label, at the latest. All manufacturers and importers of hazardous substanc- es are to notify the classification and labeling of hazardous substances, by themselves or contained in mixtures, to the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) within one month of its first placement on the EU market. ECHA maintains a database (Classification and Labeling Inventory) hold- ing all the notified information and making many of its elements publicly available. The revision of the Aerosol Dispensers Directive will have to be in alignment with CLP (and UN GHS) label- ing provisions. An increase will allow internal pressure at 50°C and plastic aerosols. The Seveso III Directive, which prevents and controls major hazard accidents from chemicals, will go into force on June 1, 2015. There are two new entries: P3a Chairman Alexander (right) receives the honorary Chairman’s Gavel for her Flammable Aerosols (Low Tier: 150 tonnes; Upper Tier: service on the board during the year from the incoming 2013 CSPA Chairman 500tonnes) and P3b Flammable Aerosols (Low Tier: Bob Scharf. February 2013 Spray 33
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