Business
as Usual Aerosol fillers turn negatives into positives in 2020… Ava Caridad, Editorial Director
The aerosol contract filler industry had a great deal of
good news to report in the past 12 months. SPRAY
asked fillers to tell us what was new and challenging as
we come full circle in our first year under COVID-19
pandemic conditions.
Indeed, despite the health crisis, the aerosol filling industry
chugged along. ValenSil Technologies, Avon, OH, reported that
an Australian company came to them via vendor recommendation.
The customer had gone to filler after filler with no luck in getting
its brush-on coating converted to an aerosol spray—“with many
folks telling our client ‘it can’t be done,’” ValenSil said.
“Desperate by the time they came to us, our client asked if
we could help,” ValenSil noted. “In less than three months, we
developed the formula and the product performance was outstanding.
Though it was a short run, our formula team worked on this
project as if the client wanted millions.”
In an effort to reduce plastics processors’ hazardous waste disposal
costs and keep such materials out of the waste stream, Slide
Products Inc. now offers a hazardous aerosol return service. The
Wheeling, IL manufacturer of mold releases, lubricants, cleaners
and rust preventives began its free Slide Hazardous Aerosol Return
Program (SHARP) on July 1. Manufacturers pay only for shipping
to return used Slide-labeled aerosol cans to the filler, who handles
proper disposal.
Formulated Solutions, Largo, FL recently achieved three
separate ISO Standards—ISO 9001:2015 Quality; ISO 14001:2015
Environmental; and ISO 45001:2018 Occupational Health &
Safety. The certifications required a rigorous process and the
participation of the entire organization. In addition, Formulated
Solutions is currently pursuing ISO13485:2016 Medical Devices
Quality Management Systems.
Voyant Beauty Holdings, LLC finalized the acquisition of the
KIK Personal Care (KPC) business from KIK Custom Products
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Voyant Beauty’s Chicago office
in August 2020, expanding its footprint to include eight new
additional facilities to its existing network located in the U.S. and
Canada.
Voyant Beauty is the result of the acquisitions of Veepak, Aware
Laboratories, Cosmetic Essence Innovations as well as KIK
Personal Care. It has 15 facilities in the U.S., Canada and Poland
with the ability to formulate and fill across the skin, body, hair,
oral, home and laundry care categories in both aerosol and liquid
formats, noted the company.
“Voyant Beauty is proud to be an Essential Manufacturer, producing
essentials like hand soap and sanitizer,” said Lorne Lucree,
Chief Innovation Officer.
In other acquisition news, PLZ Aeroscience Corp.,
Downers Grove, IL, acquired high-end male personal
care contract manufacturer Mansfield-King, LLC of
Indianapolis, IN.
In 2021, Cortec hopes to expand on its distribution
of EcoLine ELP (Extreme Lubricant Penetrant) at its
Cortec Spray Technologies (CST) plant in Spooner,
WI. The product is a “Green” alternative to some
all-purpose lubricants. It is non-flammable, has a
high flash point and is non-hazardous, according to
the Globally Harmonized System of Classification &
Labeling of Chemicals (GHS). It is 95% bio-based and
readily biodegradable, according to Cortec Labs. It is
packaged in bag-on-valve (BOV) spray cans and may be
sprayed in any direction—even upside down.