It's that time of year. The flowers are blooming, the grass is growing and the spring cleaning awaits. Today's consumers have a heightened awareness of bacteria and germs and want their homes to be fresh and clean. However between work, family, and calendars bursting with appointments, a thorough spring cleaning is often at the bottom of the To-Do List. Trending within the industry are products that can make cleaning easier for the time-starved consumer. Not only do they want to find these products on their store shelves, they are willing to spend more for this convenience so long as the product is effective.

The American Cleaning Institute® has some suggestions for those products that can help make the task of spring cleaning easier. In their recently released spring newsletter, the Institute suggests investing in these essential cleaning supplies: an all-purpose powder or liquid cleaner, an abrasive cleaner, a non-abrasive cleaner, chlorine bleach, glass cleaner, furniture polish, and trash bags.

For many of these cleaning essentials, Weatherchem has closures to help these products achieve the ease-of-use desired by consumers. The LiquiFlapper® and Flapper® caps offer ideal solutions for the indoor chemical products market. Regulated more than many other industries, chemical products must be packaged in materials that can withstand harsh liquids and other substances, provide excellent barrier properties to prevent leakage, and dispense without glugging, spilling, or creating a mess. Weatherchem's LiquiFlapper closures are a perfect complement to any packaging concept for household liquid chemicals, while the variety of sizes and dispensing options available for the original Flapper® closure can handle just about any requirement imaginable for dry chemicals.

Additionally, when it comes to cleaning products, sustainability of both the cleaning agents and their packages have received increased attention from today’s consumers. Naturally derived ingredients, highlighted promotion of eco-friendly features on the package and use of cleaning product refills all testify to the augmented environmental awareness of today's consumer. Weatherchem's LiquiFlapper is a perfect solution for brand packagers responsible for household refill containers, since it provides controlled directional dispensing into smaller packages. Because refill containers use less packaging material than primary containers, consumers can feel good about their contribution to sustainability when utilizing these packages.

No matter if your objective is to help consumers save time while using your product or improve the environment, Weatherchem closures can impact your household chemical package performance. Combined with ergonomic contemporary look of both the Flapper and LiquiFlapper closures, your package can have a positive brand impact on the shelf.