EAA Spring Meeting aerosols primarily because they are easy to use and apply, 40% of consumers would be more likely to consider aerosol products if they knew it would not affect the environment, and gender and age are important in understanding motives of aerosol consumers. Fifty-eight percent of consumers 65 and older find the ease of use beneficial when they find traditional bottles or tubes challenging to use. The survey also found that the vast majority of consumers (93%) use aerosol products in some capacity, and that the perception of aerosols being harmful to the environment is fading. The EAA has a newly elected President, Dennis Smith. In his EAA Update, Smith provided a brief history of the association, which had its first meeting in 1996. Smith recounted the partnership that developed between the regional aerosol association and minor league baseball. Recently, the EAA entered into a partnership with the Somerset Patriots baseball team in Somerset, NJ, to promote aerosols and their recyclability. The aerosol can race continues this season and a new on-field message about recyclability is played at each game. The Alliance for Consumer Education (ACE) Executive Director, Sara Stickler, spoke about the awareness of aerosol abuse among children. ACE’s mission is to get the correct message out to kids and teens through literature, schools and programming. The organization will expand upon its already developed Inhalant Abuse Prevention and Disease Prevention Programs, while developing two new program areas of Poison Prevention and Product Stewardship. ACE is also looking for more involvement and partnerships, Left to Right: Dennis Smith, Jay Tourigny, Chris Nyarady Meet the EAA 2016-2017 Board: Front, Left to right: Dennis Smith, Precise Packaging (President); Ken Wanner, Consultant; Judy Meyer, DSM (VP); Buddy Carhart, Exal; Cindy Hundley, Spray; Maria Lind-Hansen, Youngstown Prepress; Mac Bhuta, Consultant; Bob Daria, American Spraytech. Back, L to R: Chris Nyarady, Montebello Pkg (Secretary) and Scott Martz, Precision. Not pictured: Bob Flaherty, American Spraytech (Treasurer); Serena Jackson, Unilever; Rey Ordiales, Colgate; both locally and nationally. Eagles for ACE is a new collaboration between ACE and the EAA; the EAA will donate $100 for each eagle made at its Aug. 4 Golf Outing, as long as the golfer tweets about it. SPRAY The Eastern Aerosol Association (EAA) met on April 16 at the Sheraton Mahwah in Mahwah, NJ for its annual Spring Meeting. With 95 industry experts and stakeholders in attendance, the focus of the day’s presentations was Aerosols 28 Spray June 2016 101. The presentation agenda included threepiece cans by John Blum, Ball Corp.; two-piece cans by Bret Shankleton, ITW Sexton; caps by Sean Fitzgerald, Cobra Plastics; valves and actuators by Kevin Verville, Summit Packaging; propellants by David Shaw, Diversified CPC; crimping and filling by Ben Ernst, MBC Aerosol; aluminum cans by Buddy Carhart, EXAL Corp.; and can testing by Scott Martz, Precision Valve Corp. To begin the day, Jay Tourigny of MicroCare and former EAA board member, was recognized for his service. Previous EAA Board President Chris Nyarady and newly-elected President Dennis Smith presented Tourigny with a plaque and Jennifer Rivera, Zotos. for his years of service. Keynote speakers Ken Gaglione and Prema Khanka-Bohra from Honeywell discussed recent survey results showing the demographics of aerosol users, using a sample size of 1,000 U.S. adults interviewed. They noted that 44% of people use
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