Making an Impact volume. Industry forefathers saw the advantages of joining a trade organization, but were rebuffed by the Chemical Specialties Manufacturers Association (CSMA—now the CSPA) for over a year because the aerosol industry was packaging oriented, and the rest of CSMA was marketer dominated. Finally, the CSMA Board of Governors voted 5–4 to accept the group and create an Aerosol Division. In the early days, the small Aerosol Division spent about 90% of its time and energy on technological matters and about 10% on regulatory affairs. Things have changed and now about 90% of the Division’s energy is spent on regulatory matters and nearly all of its programs feature regulatory topics. The profound changes in CSPA objectives have made the association stronger than ever, said Johnsen. “The CSPA provides us with a wave of togetherness and we are now riding it,” concluded Johnsen, who was the Chair of the Aerosol Division in 1974, CSPA Chairman in 1981 and previous winner of the Charles E. Allderdice, Jr., Memorial Award for outstanding contributions to the consumer specialty products industry. Johnsen also received a special award at the Aerosol Products Division Program “in recognition for more than 60 years The Consumer Specialty Products Association’s (CSPA) 2016 Mid-Year Meeting was held May 10-13 in National Harbor, MD. This was the first time at the venue and the theme was Impact 2016. The General Session featured remarks from CSPA Chairman Bill Auriemma of Diversified CPC and an association update from CSPA President & CEO Chris Cathcart. Auriemma noted that the CSPA has added six new member companies so far in 2016. He commented that in recent years, the CSPA has become more relevant than ever because of its growing involvement with all players in the supply chain, including retailers. More importantly, there is positive recognition of the industry from significant national stakeholders such as the Centers for Disease control (CDC), the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the non-governmental organization (NGO) community. Cathcart expressed pleasure that so many members came to CSPA’s hometown for the Mid-Year Meeting. He discussed impact issues such as the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), which he believes will become law this summer. He also noted that CSPA is leading a coalition of seven trade associations and hundreds of companies to support reauthorization of the Pesticide Registration Improvement Extension Act (PRIA). When it comes to retailer engagement, the CSPA continues to expand outreach to retailers and welcomes Safeway and Costco to a CSPA meeting for the first time. The Retailer Engagement task force recently received Board approval to invite retail companies to join a retailer group under the management of the CSPA affiliate group the Research & Regulatory Management Council. Aerosol Products Division Program The Aerosol Products Division Program kicked off with a presentation by Montfort Johnsen, KIK Custom Manufacturing and SPRAY Technical Editor, titled A Retrospective Look at More than 60 years in CSPA & the Aerosol Products Industry. Johnsen noted that back in 1950, the aerosol industry produced approximately 3.4 million units, which is 0.09% of today’s 34 Spray July 2016 CSPA Mid-Year Meeting moves to new venue, focuses on making an impact Left to right: CSPA Board Chair Bill Auriemma; Fox News television host Chris Wallace and CSPA President & CEO Chris Cathcart. Keynote speaker Wallace got the audience laughing with a lively talk skewering politicians of both parties. He shared his experiences interviewing the Presidential candidates and predicted that this election will be the nastiest in his lifetime. At the Aerosol Products Division meeting, Dr. Montfort Johnsen received a special award recognizing his more than 60 years of service to CSPA and the aerosol industry. He also presented a rare 1942 aerosol insecticide container to Division Staff Executive Doug Fratz (right).
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