January 2014 Spray 37 International News The Asian Aerosol Federation used the occasion of the European Aerosol federation (FEA) Aerosol Congress in Madrid to launch its new website at www.aerosol-asia.org. The website details the aims of the Federation and provides links to its member associations. The Aerosol Association of Australia currently provides the President and Secretariat for the Federation and will be hosting its next meeting in Sydney in April as part of “aerosolsydney2014. More info: www. aerosolsydney2014.com. The Royal Mail in the UK has issued revised Guidance on their terms and conditions that includes changes to aerosols that may be sent in the post to UK destinations. The changes include: • The maximum size of aerosols sent by post has increased from 350ml to 500ml; • The permitted aerosols are Toiletries and Medicinal; previously the specified categories were “deodorants, body sprays, hair sprays, shaving and hair removal creams, asthma inhalers, etc.” The new rules are effective now and will include aerosols posted by private customers as well as by business customers. MWV is celebrating the 50th anniversary of its Barcelona, Spain manufacturing plant and global Fragrance Center of Excellence. The plant manufactures a range of beauty and personal care packaging solutions including sprayers, dispensers, airless pumps and foamers. It also produces engine and head components for sprayers that are shipped to other MWV sites for local assembly and customization. Beauté Créateurs, a mail order subsidiary of L’Oréal, has announced its intention to cease its mail order activity during the first half of 2014. Created in the late 1980s during the growth years of the mail order business, Beauté Créateurs sells specific brands Agnès b., Cosmence and Professeur Christine Poelman, among others. Beauté Créateurs has encountered difficulties over the past several years linked to the structural weakening of the mail order business model. All employees working for Beauté Créateurs in the three countries where the business is present—France, Germany and Japan—will be offered employment within the L’Oréal group. Mergers & Acquisitions Colep, with headquarters in Europe, and Scitra, a United Arab Emirates-based company, part of the Albatha Group, announced a joint venture agreement to create an aerosol contract manufacturing operation in the UAE. The joint venture will operate under the name of Colep Scitra Aerosols. The parties will invest in expansion and improvement of the existing Scitra aerosol filling plant in Sharjah, UAE, aligning it with international standards required by multi-national branded companies in the personal care and home care industries. The venture will serve countries in the Middle East and Africa. Unilever has signed an agreement for the sale of its Soft & Beautiful, TCB and Pro- Line Comb-Thru brands to Strength of Nature for an undisclosed amount. The sale excludes TCB’s business in Africa, and the transaction was expected to close in early December. Following the approval of the Brazilian Anti-Trust Authority CADE, The Body Shop confirmed the acquisition of 51% of Emporio Body Store in Brazil with the option of increasing its shareholding to 80% by 2019. Givaudan has partnered with Agri-Supply to strengthen the supply channels for vetiver from Haiti. One hundred and sixty vetiver growers have formed a cooperative to produce an exclusive, quality vetiver oil for Givaudan perfumers. packaging form has evolved. That’s when we became Spray Technology & Marketing. So, after having worked on over 500 issues, meeting a deadline for that many months without a miss, I’ve garnered more memories than I can share here. But I’d like to say I do have one distinction—something I will probably hold as an unbroken record. If there were a record for the most aerosol cans photographed by one individual, I think I’m the prime candidate. I switched editorial hats in 2002, after 31 years writing about aerosols and spray packages, and took over the editorial duties of our sister publication; but I have always remained associated with Spray. For the past year or so, I’ve returned to doing the covers and some layout again. So, after 42+ years, this will be my last issue. I’m sure I will sorely miss this interesting, creative, sometimes stressful, rewarding job, and all the friends and colleagues in this industry that made the job so fascinating. This was probably the longest “temporary job” on record as well. My heartfelt thanks to the wonderful staff here at Industry Publications and to all of you who I interviewed, cajoled for information or with whom I just shared a good time. Spray’s editorial is of course, in the very capable hands of Ava Caridad, and has been for some time now, so I’m confident the magazine I have given so much of my professional life to is going to continue to serve its readers well. That 15-year old magazine I started with will, in just a few short years, celebrate its 60th anniversary! Bye, and thank you all for the memories.... Executive Editor Commentary continued from p.6 Mike SanGiovanni,
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