ITW Spraytec is a well-known company in the area of on-site safety, which first and foremost concerns the building sector, thanks in particular to marking products like its Top de Rocol range. This autumn, ITW Spraytec chose its French brand, Jelt Sécurité, to launch its Top H20 aerosol, which it views as a major driver of future development.

For nearly six years, the R&D department of ITW Spraytec, based in Vireux-Molhain, has been working, under the leadership of Dr. Jean-Marc Leleu, on the formulation of more environmentally friendly aerosol products. In 2007, it started to work on a new formulation of marking paint without harmful solvents for users and the environment, capable of replacing products currently available on the market. This investment has now led to the launching of Top H20, the first ecological professional worksite marking paint based on a resin in the form of an acqueous emulsion. This original formula, where water is the main solvent and the cosolvents are biodegradeable, produces a highly resistant paint with excellent coverage power. Top H20 can thus be used to mark and signal dangers on various surfaces like tar, macadam, bitumen, gravel, sand, metals, wood, etc. Furthermore, it has a six bar solid stream spray for highly precise marking and an automatic, ergonomically designed safety cap, already built in to other products in the Top range. The paint is available in 7 colours, 5 of which are fluorescent..

Top H20, with its ecological formula and sophisticated spray cap, proves that ITW Spraytec is at the cutting edge; however, in terms of strategy, while the development of this formula is a decisive step forward, it is only a first stage in our desire to develop more user and environmentally friendly aerosols. The future of aerosols is « green ».

The costs of aerosol cans are evaluated on the basis of material cost and manufacturing cost. History of Aluminium and Steel prices are combined with the performance of both materials. Both Aluminium and Steel are natural partners of distinct metal forming technologies. Various technologies are given. The technologies can be identified as operating windows in the cost/performance diagram. It is shown how can makers may switch between windows for their own and their customers benefit. Customer requirement is evaluated on the basis of market data. It is shown how market data is giving focus for both can makers and suppliers of machinery. The requirements on machine technology and line layout are discussed with focus on impact extrusion compared to DWI technology. The manufacturing technology we will show, gives benefit regarding: enhanced options to use recycled Aluminium reduction in material use, i.e. light weighting option We think that both aspects improve carbon foot print.

- 3-Piece Tinplate Aerosol Construction
- Benefits of Separate Components
- Benefits for the Decoration Process
- Benefits for Container Enhancement & Shaping

Commercial Examples

The aim of this lecture is to review the key construction features of the 3-piece tinplate aerosol and explain why this configuration is particularly helpful to the technologist when working on container development and innovation.

It will be shown that having a container fabricated from 3 separate elements allows each part of the container to optimize not only for standard production, but also for container innovation. It will also be shown that this 3-piece construction facilitates the use of a large range of processes to create new and innovative containers to meet the evolving needs of the market.

Benefits in the area of external decoration, as well as to container customization and shaping will be shown together with a range of commercial examples.

Robert Fell has now been in the packaging industry for 25 years, having originally joined Metal Box R&D in 1984. After initially specializing in metal printing & coating, he moved into technical operational support for aerosol and specialties. He joined USC Europe in 1999 as UK Technical Services Manager ,later becoming their European Aerosol Technology Manager. He joined the Impress Group in September 2006 as R&D Manager - Aerosol as part of the Impress acquisition of USC Europe.

Robert Fell lectures on can manufacturing on behalf of the British Aerosols Manufacturers Association and is a member of their Environment committee. He also chairs the UK’s Metal Packaging Manufacturers Association’s Environment Committee.

- Innovative product design
- Smart spray technologies
- Optimised production
- Recyclability
- Savings (energy, material, cost, etc.)

Roel has many years' experience in the plastics industry. From May 2006 to October 2008, Roel was Chief Operating Officer of the Plasticum Group. Before joining Plasticum, he was Regional Director of Mikron Plastics Technology, where he managed a number of Mikron companies in Switzerland, Italy and the USA. Prior to this, Roel was President American Operations at Mikron Plastics Technology. Roel started his career at Axxicon (Tools & Components), where he held several positions in Finance, Logistics, Operations and General Management. He holds a Master Degree in Business Economics from the University of Tilburg.

Ma2.7  Forest industry and respect for the natural environment See details →      

  Florence Auriol, Responsable Marketing, Soppec, France 
  Dorine Robert, Responsable R&D, Soppec, France

In the forest industry, respect for the natural environment and health and safety of users even more than elsewhere is basic criteria for the selection of marking products.
With its commitment for 20 years in a QSE policy and the triple certification (ISO9001 for quality, ISO 14001 for Environment and OHSAS 18001 for safety), Soppec European leader in aerosol marking, is known as the preferred partner of the foresters with the brand Sylvamark.
Meeting these expectations, the new innovative patented marking gun "Sylva Gun" (Awards 2009 aerosol forum) has been launched.
More recently, Soppec has developed a range of water based marking products made for long and specially designed for use with the tool Sylva Gun. This range "Hydromark" was successfully presented for the first time on the International exhibition ELMYA in Sweden in June 2009, biggest event for the forest industry meeting wood professionals from the World Wide.
Formulated in a non-fluorescent pigment composition and modified alkyd resins emulsified in the aqueous phase has a rate Hydromark Voc extremely reduced, providing greater comfort in use include the lack of smell. This range is available in several colours and allows marking of high quality and maintained over 24 months. 

The world of aerosols and pharmaceuticals are closely linked. Asthma and many other treatments are based on the spraying of extremely small particles; this can easily be achieved with various aerosol systems, which are increasingly cleverly designed to improve the compliance of patients in all age groups. State-of-the-art technologies are thus combined with increasing ease of use to make life more simple. The requirements and rules of the pharmaceutical world will be detailed together with the range of offers available.

Pascale Gauthier obtained his pharmaceutical degree from the Faculty of Pharmacy, Clermont-Ferrand, in 1989, and continued research work (master of Biopharmacy in 1990) on a "new gelification method for vegetal oils" followed in 1991 by a Specific Master (DEA) in Pharmacokinetics "Pharmacokinetic study of antihypertensive drug and its metabolites after single and repeated dose". She then worked in the Biopharmaceuticals Department of Clermont-Ferrand (Pr Aiache) on industrial research on multiparticulate dosage forms; in 1995, she obtained a PhD in Pharmaceutical Technology on a "rotogranulation process used for the manufacture of spheres". She was involved in several patents, international publications and conferences. She is a founding member of PharmaDesign, an association for the promotion of Design in the Pharmaceutical Area. Together with designers, the PharmaDesign team focussed efforts on several categories of users and especially on elderly people and children.

Since 1996, she has been associate Pharmacist in a Pharmacy and is also in charge of Marketing and Design courses in the Faculty of Pharmacy in Clermont-Ferrand.

Today’s aerosol technologies allow the generation of different spray performances customised to the demands of various applications.
In the pharmaceutical field a reliable and consistent performance is a fundamental requirement for the efficacy of a therapy. In the cosmetic sector compatibility issues due to the manifold different ingredients of such products can occur.

Various physical parameters define the quality of an aerosol cloud. In addition the possible interaction between the used materials in the device and the respective formulation can alter the performance over time. Either in the cosmetic or pharmaceutical field it is essential to characterise and to predict realistically the perfomance throughout the live cycle of a product. Traduction / In aqueous based formulations microbiological aspects in terms of a possible contamination of the products have also to be considered.

The presentation will discuss the significant parameters, the approach to characterise aerosols and the necessary equipment.

The spring is a key part of the aerosol valve. The steel grade chosen for the spring must withstand the corrosive media it will portion, besides offering mechanical properties that can handle the required spring rate within a limited space.

Sandvik Materials Technology offers a wide range of stainless spring wire grades for many different applications.

The new grades, SANDVIK LONIFLEX and SANDVIK SPRINGFLEX are reinforcing the palette of existing Sandvik products. They are economical and advantageous alternatives to grades such as 302,316, 904L and Nitronic 50. A stainless steel from Sandvik will ensure a successful aerosol valve solution.

Miniaturization

Ultra low power consumption (µA)

High level of integration, user convenience, state of the art technology, monitoring technology for improved health care management, reliability, approval process.

Joachim obtained his engineering degree in space technology from Stuttgart University. From 1990 – 1995, he worked for Daimler-Benz Aerospace as development engineer for civil and military aircraft modules; he was in charge of suppliers in the Far East and gained lengthy experience in the approval process for aircraft components. In 1995, he joined the Pfeiffer group, as a project engineer, and then moved on to several different positions; he holds several patents. Member of the steering committee for the MikroSystemtechnik Kongress 2009. Permanent Member of the FAM in Freiburg. Since 2008, assistant professor (part time) at the DHBW Stuttgart for manufacturing technology.

Foams in the food industry : new prospects for aerosols

- Market and regulatory framework
- The art of spray and the art of foam
- Aerosols in the food industry
- Foams in the food industry : status, prospects

Technical and organoleptic constraints

- What is a foam ?
- Factors with an impact on foam stability : prepared foods that could be turned into foams and....the others
- Factors with an impact on texture (bubbly, light, rich and smooth) : hydration, viscosity, % and propellant vapor pressure, ...
- What is taste?
- The relationship between texture and taste and texture and palate

How ?

- « Food » propellants
- Adapting aerosoll components to food constraints
Conclusion
- Trends and new ideas

After recalling:

a) That most animal or plant-based food products often change radically as a result of heat treatment (pasteurisation, sterilisation, etc;) ;
b) That in many instances, when an « aerosoll » is built into the concept of the product, it provides for safety and a long shelf-life for the finished product, without heat treatment ;
c) That « traditional » packagings lose the advantages of pasteurisation or sterilisation as soon as they are opened, whereas aerosols retain these advantages from first to last use;

I will briefly discuss the two main systems suitable for foodstuffs :

- «conventional » aerosols where the propellant is mixed with the product ;
- Dual compartment » aerosols (bag or piston) where the propellant is not mixed with the product.
- Main ADAPTATIONS OF AEROSOL LINES TO FOOD PRODUCTS, which must take account of the constraints linked to:
- a humid environment;
- Cleaning, aseptic conditions, etc.
- Frequent, quick dismantling ;
- Flexibility and versatility.

ANTI-BACTERIOLOGICAL CONTAMINATION packaging technology which, in many instances, can replace post-pasteurisation..

Edoardo Ruga received technical and managerial training at Catania University (Italy) and then ran companies in Italy and France. He is currently director of the POLENGHI-COLTIVIA company (Polenghi group), an aerosol food product research and packaging unit whose products, manufactured under client brands, are distributed in Europe and the USA. Edoardo has been “captivated” by the dream of aerosol as a “physical preservative” of food products for over 30 years. He is the inventor and holder of several patents for products and processes linking food and aerosol. Several years of close cooperation with Japanese operators and industrialists have led to the creation in Japan of various anti-bacteriological contamination aerosol packaging lines and an aluminium can manufacturing unit.

Andy’s lecture focuses on one of ColepCCL’s core competencies; namely ‘WINGS’, an Oral Application System Device for powerfully boosted vaporized, liquid or gel formulae. This system of convenient application controls actuation through the user’s mouth or hand without the need to pump. It perfectly fits Nutrition, Oral Care and Pharmaceutical Healthcare Applications. The Bag-On-Valve Technology, an expertise in which ColepCCL leads, is an integral part of the Device also supporting formula protection.

Andy will describe how ColepCCL’s success in this sphere of technology will help customers launch a new format for their products. WINGS pipeline is loaded with a broad Range of Applications and Format options. The presentation will include overviews on the following :

- WINGS – The Technology
- Bag-on-Valve Technology
- Benefits of WINGS
- Innovative possibilities for the application of WINGS

New Developments such as WINGS will be pushed forward, because such technologies will contribute in developing new markets and establishing attractive value in the field of Aerosols. Open innovation and technical development are very important for ColepCCL’s success and are crucial for sustainable business.

Andy Maurer was born in Stuttgart, Germany, in 1959. After two courses of study, in Electronic Engineering and Business Administration, he spent 2 years in International Industrial Project-Management. During the 15 years spent managing his own business in International Project Management, he taught for 5 years at the University of Mosbach. In 2000 he joined CCL as Managing Director of CCL Rapid-Spray Germany, before becoming the Managing Director, in 2004, of the Speciality Custom Manufacturing Division of ColepCCL with plants in Laupheim (Germany) and Zülpich (Germany) and Member of the Executive Board of Directors (Corporate Management Team). The Speciality Custom Manufacturing Division comprises the development of applications and aerosol-technology, with a core competence in Bag-On-Valve-Technology.

Aerosol systems do more than just provide 100% protection from oxygen, light and germs to food products. Apart from considerably increasing their shelf life they also increase their value for the consumer by adding extra processing comfort: When you buy a can of whipped cream for example you save a lot of time and a hand mixer. Aerosol packaged food is not only food in a metal container; it is food + a kitchen utensil. At LINDAL we offer a lot more than these standard containing and mixing devices. Our aerosol systems can spray or dispense anything from pure water, to Olive and Canola Oils, to Mousse (Espumas), to very viscous products such as honey, cheese or liver pâté, etc.

- Overview of existing products in food within Exal-Boxal
- Food Sector
- Application
- What makes Aerosol unique in the food packaging
- Consumer advantages
- Boxal innovation supporting future success in Food sectors
- Les boissons, un exemple à suivre pour les produits alimentaires ? / Beverage use as road map for Food ?