Spray Patterns AVA CARIDAD Editorial Director UK suppliers of aluminum aerosol cans witnessed a robust year in 2015—a year that pushed some can suppliers to their capacity limit, according to Euwid-packaging.com. The brisk demand was largely due to brand owners who provided the necessary market impulses with numerous innovations and promotions. Some companies, such as Unilever, reportedly suffered from a shortage of aerosol cans. The first two months of 2016 were also characterized by strong demand, according to aluminum can suppliers. In the “Someone should have thought of this sooner” category is Aerosol Can Holder by Weaver Leather. Retailing for $7.95, the holder keeps a can or tape roll securely attached to a belt loop. Webbing cinches down and secures with a Velcro closure and a nickel-plated bolt snap easily attaches to a saddle. A growing number of ethical food labels are making their way to cosmetic and personal care products. New research by Organic Monitor finds that almost 15% of natural personal care products are now certified according to some standards. Ethical labels are crossing over from the food to the personal care industry because of transparency. Consumers are demanding the same level of traceability and safety from personal care products as they are getting from natural and organic foods. Non-GMO Project Verified is the fastest growing ethical label on U.S. personal care products. Within a few years, the adoption rate of the “butterfly seal” has grown from zero to about 500 personal care products. Many brands are adopting Gluten-Free certification because of the rising number of food ingredients making their way into personal care applications. Natural and organic remain the most popular ethical labels for personal care standards. The Environmental Working Group recently launched its “EWG VERIFIED: For Your Health” label for personal care products that do not contain potentially harmful ingredients. The Premium Body Care Standard of Whole Foods Market also has strict guidelines on permitted ingredients in personal care products. 54 Spray May 2016 Ball Corp. and its ReAl extruded aluminum can were recognized by Henkel for best-in-class sustainability performance in 2015 at the 2016 American Cleaning Institute annual meeting. Awards were presented in five categories for excellence in supply performance, sustainability and innovation in the beauty care, laundry and home care markets. Ball is a key supplier for Henkel’s personal care products, according to the company. During 2015, Ecolab provided in-kind donations worth more than $2.3 million to support disaster relief efforts, according to the company. Working in partnership with non-profit organizations, the company quickly gathered needed cleaning, sanitizing and public health products for distribution to areas impacted by natural disasters. In 2015, Ecolab continued efforts to provide cleaning and sanitizing products in response to the Ebola outbreak in Africa, providing 156 tons of Ecolab products. The company also provided much-needed health care supplies to hospitals, orphanages and elderly care facilities in Malawi, Romania and El Salvador. Ecolab also provided 293 tons of products to assist with natural disaster clean-up efforts across the U.S. Growing awareness of hand hygiene has been driving the market for industrial and institutional (I&I) hand care products in the U.S. Moreover, sales of professional-use hand care products surpass other professional cleaning chemicals, such as floor care and hard surface cleaners, growing at 3.6% in 2015 to nearly $1.5 billion at the end-user level, according to the recently published Industrial & Institutional Hand Care: U.S. Market Analysis & Opportunities report by global market research firm Kline. Hospitals are the largest end-use segment of hand care products, as well as the fastest growing segment, driven by the need to prevent the spread of germs. Due to their popularity among consumers, foam hand soaps are the fastestgrowing product type. Bar soaps are losing market share due to the growing popularity of other product forms; sales of hand care products are projected to continue to increase at a compound annual growth rate of less than 4% through 2020, driven by foam hand soaps and instant hand sanitizers.
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