Industry News March 2016 Spray 45 The Eastern Aerosol Association (EAA) Spring Meeting—Aerosols 101—will be held April 14 at the Sheraton Mahwah, Mahwah, NJ. Keynote speaker will be Ken Gaglione from Honeywell, presenting Consumer Attitudes toward Aerosol Products in the U.S. The program agenda includes Components (aluminum and tinplate cans, caps, valves including BOV); Materials (propellants, compatibility testing); and Process (basic aerosol formulation, filling basics, quality and lab testing). To register, visit easternaerosol.com Additionally, the EAA announced its 2016 Board. Officers include Dennis Smith, Precise Packaging (President); Judy Meyer, DSM Nutritional Products (VP); Bob Flaherty, American Spraytech (Treasurer) and Chris Nyarady, Montebello Packaging (Secretary). A new Trustee appointed to the Board is Jennifer Rivera of Zotos. Registration is now open for the Consumer Specialty Products Association (CSPA) Aerosol Propellants Safety Seminar, cosponsored by SATA, to be held on March 16 (immediately prior to the SATA Spring Meeting) in Atlanta, GA at Atlanta Perimeter Marriott. Register at http://www.cspa.org/ events/open-cspa-events/. Both CSPA members and SATA members are eligible for the special CSPA member rate. Additionally, CSPA is engaged in a major update of the CSPA Aerosol Propellants Safety Manual. The 130-page manual is titled Aerosol Propellants: Considerations for Effective Handling in the Aerosol Plant Laboratory, and the current Third Edition was issued in 2010. The major rewrite will add new propellants and new requirements, including those to assure consistency with the 2015 version of NFPA Code 30B. The manual has been used for decades by aerosol fillers and laboratories to facilitate safe handling of aerosol propellants, according to CSPA. The final draft will be available for public comment during March and will be provided to participants at the CSPA Aerosol Propellants Safety Seminar being held on March 16. Comments should be sent to D. Douglas Fratz at dfratz@cspa.org or (202-833-7304). CPL Aromas launched Aromafusion, its range of in-house specialist ingredients available exclusively to its perfumers. Aromafusion allows perfumers access to new creations using unique, high-quality materials unavailable elsewhere in the industry. The ingredients are produced through a high tech process that fuses a combination of ingredients by molecular distillation producing materials never before used by perfumers. Aromafusion is solely for the development of fragrances and increases the number of raw materials available. In response to the State of California recently adding Bisphenol A (BPA) to its Proposition 65 list of chemicals, the Research & Regulatory Management Council (RRMC), a program within CSPA, is forming a new consortia of companies that manufacture, formulate, distribute and/or sell consumer products containing BPA. It will generate scientific data and prepare companies to defend against Proposition 65 litigation related to BPA Maximum Allowable Dosage Level (MADL). Membership in the new RRMC consortia is open to CSPA member and non-CSPA member companies. The State of California has set a deadline of May 11, 2016 for companies to add a warning to their label, use an alternative to BPA, cease sale of all products containing BPA or establish a MADL and ensure products are below the limit. For more information contact Jessica Bartlow, Director, RRMC at jbartlow@cspa.org or 202-833- 7328. The Valspar Corp. announced that its packaging division launched a new website to spotlight its valPure non-BPA product line of coatings for light metal packaging. ValPure is specifically engineered to support the sustainability of the can. The valPure family of products includes coatings for most light metal packaging container applications. The website features Valspar's product development protocol—Safety by DesignT—and its non-BPA coating offerings based on polyester and acrylic technology platforms. Nestlé Skin Health announced it is investing $46 Million (CAD) to extend the capacity of its Canadian factory located in Baie d’Urfé, Québec. This investment will increase production by 25%, according to Cécile Dussart, VP Manufacturing & Technical Operations. The extended factory will create 65 new qualified jobs, in addition to 315 existing positions. SPRAy
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