top tens! spring meeting recap
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3621 Hill Rd., Parsippany, NJ 07054
NewsletterJuly 2011
TOP TENS! Fall Meeting Focuses on Operational Excellence
Michalski
The EAA Fall Meeting will be held October 13, 2011 at the Crowne Plaza, Clark, NJ. The pro-gram will be Top Ten Lists for Operational Excel-lence. An FDA representative will begin the day with a keynote address on the Top Ten Consid-erations for Regulatory Compliance. Following the keynote, attendees will hear Top Ten lists on several key discussion topics in a roundtable for-mat. The roundtable discussion topics and their presenters will be:
Top Ten considerations when establishing an on-going Maintenance Program, Jim McBride, MBC Aerosol.
Top Ten factors for moving a new product from R & D to full production, Marina Azizova, Zotos Int’l.
Top Ten details for adding a new vendor to your approved vendor list, Dian Abbey, L’Oreal.
Top Ten steps for successful process validation, Antoine Little, Energizer.
Top Ten factors for meaningful product stability testing, Steve Tait, Pair of Docs.
Top Ten details for purchasing new filling equip-ment, Doug Beardsworth, Beardsworth & Assoc.
Top Ten steps to a successful facilities safety pro-gram, Mark Rivers, Aeropres Corp.
Registration information for the full day program will be available on the website and by mail . The fee will be $200 for non-members, $150 for members. Questions? Please email,[email protected]
Golf Outing The Annual EAA Golf Outing will be held at Crystal Springs Resort in Hamburg, NJ on August 9, 2011. Please see the registration form on page 3. See you all there for a wonderful day of golf, dinner and prizes!
Spring Meeting RecapTony Miller and Chris Michalski of the Dept. of Transportation (DOT) headlined EAA’s spring meeting at the Sheraton Mahwah last April. The daylong program offered a sampling of new concepts and regulations affecting aerosols. The DOT representatives offered a comprehen-sive view of Hazardous Materials Regulations including a discussion of non-compliance issues that typically relate to aerosols. Daniel Levine, President, Product Safety Solutions, introduced specifics about the new Safety Data Sheet that will soon replace the current MSDS. Doug Fratz, VP, Scientific & Technical Affairs, CSPA presented Global Harmonization issues coming to the U.S. from Europe and how they will affect aerosol products. Eileen Moyer, Moyer Regulatory Strat-egies, provided a syn-opsis of the regulatory landscape and warned
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Board of DirectorsPresidentPete EricksonAptar Beauty & Home 908-334-8542
Vice PresidentChris NyaradyMontebello Packaging315-904-4207
Secretary Cynthia HundleySpray Technology973-331-9545
TreasurerDennis SmithPrecise Packaging 845-878-3031
TrusteesMac BhutaConsultant908-240-3753
George BucklandDS Containers609-230-3205
Bob DariaLindal North America201-944-4043
Bob FlahertyAmerican Spraytech908-725-6060
Maria Lind-HansenYoungstown Pre-press732-270-4625
Rey OrdialesColgate-Palmolive973-630-1674
Frank TerranovaNovabella, Inc.610-551-9500
Jay TourignyMicro Care Corp. 860-827-0626
Ken WannerFormulated Solutions727-373-3970
EAA President Pete Erickson (left) wel-comes Mr. Sunscreen during the break.
Spring Meeting Recap (continued)
that industry needs to keep outside pres-sures in mind and not dismiss the power of the NGO community or public perception, but rather, take proactive steps to reduce or eliminate chemicals that could be im-pacted by public policy. Queshia Bradley, ACE outlined ACE’s Active Program Areas and announced the collaboration with the Major League Baseball team The Minnesota Twins in a Strike Out Inhalant Abuse Program. Lastly, there was a visit by Mr. Sunscreen, an industry mascot used during the regional Minor League Baseball initiatives.
Moyer
In Memorium - EAA recently lost two members who were long time industry associates.
Al Pellini died on June 14 doing what he loved best, fishing on Cut-tyhunk Island, off the Massachusetts coast. He started his career with Continental Can and then moved on to become Senior VP Sales & Marketing of Advanced Monobloc, a part of CCL Industries. Al served as Consumer Specialty Products Association (CSPA) Chairman in 1991 and as a member of the CSPA Board of Directors from 1984-1992. He was also CSPA Aerosol Products Division Chair from 1984-1985. He is survived by his wife Marilyn, son Michael, daughter Lynn and four grand-children.
Joe Iapelli passed away on May 24. He began his career with Precision Valve where he worked in the laboratory for 17 years before transition-ing into sales. He joined Monobloc USA in 1987, shortly before it was acquired by CCL Industries. At the time of his death, he was employed by American Spraytech. Joe leaves behind two daughters and his wife Lanie.
Please mail or fax to:Cindy HundleySpray Technology3621 Hill RoadParsippany, NJ 07054
Fax: 973-331-9547
Upcoming Industry Events
Please pass this newsletter along to people in your of-fice who may not be receiving a copy. For membership information, please contact membership chairman, Pete Erickson at: [email protected]
August 9: Eastern Aerosol Association (EAA) Golf Outing. Crystal Springs Resort, Hamburg, NJ. www.easternaerosol.com.
August 16: Midwest Aerosol Association (MAA) Golf Out-ing. Orchard Valley Golf Club, Aurora, IL. Mike Montani, (630) 543-6500 x243, [email protected], www.oktospray.com.
September 11-13: Western Aerosol Information Bureau (WAIB) 39th Annual Conference. Rancho Bernardo Inn, San Diego, CA. Mary Metzner, [email protected], www.waib.org.
September 29-October 2: Southern Aerosol Technical As-sociation (SATA) Fall Meeting. Myrtle Beach Marriott Resort at Grande Dunes, Myrtle Beach, SC. Tracy Koehnke, (513) 388-2218 or Elena Badiuzzi, (770) 243-8948.
October 13: Eastern Aerosol Association (EAA) Fall Meet-ing: Top Ten Lists for Operational Excellence. Crowne Plaza, Clark, NJ. www.easternaerosol.com
December 4-8: Consumer Specialty Products Association (CSPA) Annual Meeting. Marriott Harbor Beach Resort, Fort Lauderdale, FL. www.cspa.org.
Membership
Individual membership is open to anyone in the aerosol industry and is comprised of marketers, contract manufacturers, suppliers and consul-tants. Please become a member by sending us your Name, Company, Address and Phone number along with a check for $50 to:
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