Industry News BWAY Corp., a Stone Canyon Industries company and North American manufacturer of rigid metal, aerosol and plastic containers, announced that it completed the acquisition of the assets and certain liabilities of Ball Corp.’s metal packaging business located in Hubbard, OH. The facility produces certain general line, household products and specialty metal containers. Berry Plastics Group, Inc. announced that it is changing its name to Berry Global Group, Inc. In addition, Berry Plastics Corp., a wholly owned subsidiary of Berry Plastics Group, Inc., will change its name to Berry Global, Inc. Both name changes will be effective April 13. The next Paris Aerosol & Dispensing Forum (ADF) & Packaging of Perfume, Cosmetics & Design (PCD) will be held Jan. 31–Feb. 1 at Porte de Versaille, Hall 6, Paris, France. More info: aerosol-forum.com. Shiseido Company, Limited has introduced a pilot program deploying industrial humanoid robots on the assembly lines of personal care products at its Kakegawa, Japan factory, beginning in March 2017. In this factory, one human worker and two humanoid robots work together to assemble various parts of varied shapes and materials, delivering finished products. While humanoid robots cover the procedures that are harder to be automated with conventional machines and existing industrial robots, the human worker focuses on inspection of minor defects such as scratches. The American Chemistry Council (ACC) reported that U.S. specialty chemicals market volumes rose a strong 0.6 percent in February. This follows an upwardly revised 0.4% gain in January. Volumes have generally been moving up since May of 2016. Qosmedix announced the launch of the new Qosmedix.com, featuring upgrades including multiple product views, zoom images, the ability to shop multiple sizes and colors from one product page, quick view, a wish list and streamlined check-out process. In addition, a new blog called “QosmeTips” was also rolled out, featuring monthly articles with tips for using Qosmedix products along with advice from the company’s beauty industry experts. A key component to the upgrade was developing a mobile responsive interface, which allows users to easily make their purchases from any device. Visit www.qosmedix.com. Plaze Georgia Smyrna, GA 30082 800-533-3548 rhuey@plaze.com www.apolloind.com Products Filled: A,C,D,E,F Quest Specialty Corp. Brenham, TX 77833 713-896-8188 info@questspecialty.com www. questspecialty.com Products Filled: A,C,D,E,J Slide Products Wheeling, IL 60090 800-323-6433 pmccue@slideproducts.com www.slideproducts.com Products Filled: D A = Automotive, B = Food, C = Household, D = Industrial, E = Insecticide, F = Paint, G = Personal, H = Pharmaceutical, I = Self Defense, J = Veterinary The following are corrections to SPRAY’s 2017 Fillers Directory: 40 Spray May 2017 Labelmaster now offers three new online training courses to help dangerous goods (DG) shippers transport hazardous materials safely and comply with increasingly changing, complicated regulations. The courses include General Awareness Hazmat Training and are available online to provide shippers the flexibility to take the classes anytime and anywhere the internet is accessible. The U.S. Dept. of Transportation requires everyone in an organization who handles regulated hazardous materials to take general awareness training every three years. The 90-minute General Awareness Hazmat Training course meets those requirements and covers topics such as DG classifications, general packaging requirements, the transport chain, government agency requirements and other issues. The other courses include Shipping Excepted Lithium Batteries and Shipping Fully Regulated Lithium Batteries. More info: www.labelmaster.com/training. Sederma, part of Croda International Plc. and provider of ingredients and technologies for the personal care industry, announced a €10 million ($10.65 million) investment at its facility in Le Perray en Yvelines, France. The investment will expand Sederma’s innovation and production capacity in beauty active ingredients. Gattefossé has adopted Mass Balance RSPO (Roundtable for Sustainable Palm Oil) certification.The company has been a member of RSPO, which supports cooperatives and producers of sustainable palm oil, since 2010. Research, consulting and training firm Organic Monitor has relaunched as Ecovia Intelligence. The re-branding reflects the broadening range of the organization’s activities, it said, encompassing market research, business consulting, technical research, seminars and workshops. Wacker Chemie AG is strengthening its presence in Japan and has opened a new Wacker Academy training center in Tsukuba, near Tokyo. The center primarily offers seminars on silicone products for the personal care, automotive, sealant and electronics. With the addition of the Wacker Academy, the site now combines production, R&D, application technology and training under one roof.
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