Spray Patterns BY AVA CARIDAD Editorial Director WD-40 Co. launched WD-40 EZ-Reach to better meet the needs of trade professionals and heavy DIYers who use WD-40 Multi-Use as part of their jobs. For more than 60 years, skilled automotive and construction tradesmen have used WD-40 Multi-Use to get their jobs done, said the company, but many have expressed the challenge of getting the formula into tight VariBlend is accepting worldwide entries for the first-ever VariBlend Formulation Challenge. Open to manufacturers, contract packagers and formulators, the inaugural challenge invites entrants to devise a skin care product using the company’s 40mm dual dispenser. The entry period runs until Dec. 1, and award winners will be announced on Jan. 30, 2016. $7,500 will go to the first-place winner; second-place will take home $2,500. Contact 2015Challenge@ VariBlend.com for more information. 46 Spray September 2015 and hard-to-reach places. The new WD-40 EZ-REACH, which features an attached, 8-inch flexible straw that bends and keeps its shape, allows users to get around corners and crevices to deliver the traditional WD-40 Multi-Use product. “This new delivery system gives trade professionals and DIYers the ability to reach the unreachable and accomplish difficult tasks in overhead areas, under the sink plumbing components, or specific sections in motors and engines, among numerous other uses,” said Tim Lesmeister, WD-40 VP of Marketing. SC Johnson announced that Precision Valve Corp. is the recipient of its 2015 Quality Excellence Supplier Award. The company is being recognized for delivering on aggressive quality standards every time, for a proven ability to prioritize and for quickly and effectively addressing quality issues. Winners were recently announced at an awards ceremony during an SC Johnson supplier recognition event in Chicago. Beards are back in vogue, and that trend, plus declining shaving by women, is putting a big dent in Procter & Gamble’s (P&G) grooming business. P&G reported in July that sales and profits in its grooming segment plunged 18% and 32%, respectively in its fiscal fourth quarter. The segment’s performance was by far the lowest of any of P&G’s business lines during the quarter, according to a report from TheStreet.com. Sluggish sales in P&G’s grooming business were particularly disappointing following the successful launch of the Gillette Fusion ProGlide shaving gel and razor for men and the Venus Swirl for women in the company’s third fiscal quarter. The vast majority of UK consumers (92%) say they buy or use aerosols, new research for the British Aerosol Manufacturers’ Association (BAMA) shows. The research among 2,000 UK adults was conducted by Populus for BAMA and asked those nine out of 10 people who do buy or use aerosols what it was they liked. Of those questioned, • 92% agreed aerosols were easy to use; • 86% said they are easy to direct just where you want the product to go; • 80% thought they were airtight, clean and hygienic; • 79% thought they were efficient; • 78% agreed they make no mess or spills; and • 75% liked the fact that they are sealed and cannot be contaminated. When asked what they do with empty containers, 70% said they recycle (61% at curbside, 9% drop-off). Deodorants/antiperspirant containers are the most recycled (85%), followed by empty aerosol air fresheners (72%). The top cities for recycling were Hull (78%), Cardiff (73%), Manchester (71%) and Birmingham (69%). Clayton Corp., Fenton, MO—full-service manufacturer specializing in the design and development of aerosol valves and plastic components for manufacturers around the world— has been named the Pacific Area Chamber of Commerce business of the month for July 2015.
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