The aerosol spray can—used for many years to apply everything from deodorant to paint to insecticides--dates back to 1926, when Norwegian inventor Eric Rotheim discovered that a product could be contained in and sprayed from an aluminum can...

Aerosol spray is a type of dispensing system which creates an aerosol mist of liquid particles. This is used with a can or bottle that contains a liquid under pressure. When the container's valve is opened, the liquid is forced out of a small hole and...

California's leading anti-smog agency has broadened its assault on air pollution by ordering a reduction in the smog-forming hydrocarbons in antiperspirant and deodorant aerosol sprays. The Air Resources Board voted 6 to 2 Wednesday to require a 20 percent reduction in hydrocarbons from...

IN SPITE of continued environment issues and ever-present regulatory pressure, Aerobal, the European Association of Aluminum Aerosol Container Manufacturers, estimated 4.3 billion aerosol cans were produced in Europe in 2001, compared to 4.1 billion aerosol fillings in 2000. The European market accounted for...

Esmark Inc., a privately held steelmaker based near Chicago, has "expressed interest" to Mittal Steel Co. in buying its Sparrows Point mill near Baltimore, Esmark President Craig T. Bouchard said Wednesday.Bouchard declined to discuss what his company might pay for the mill, which Mittal must...