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BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE INTERNATIONAL Organisation for Standardisation (ISO) has released two standards helping nonwoven manufacturers check the effectiveness of protective clothing and the materials used to make them. They lay down laboratory tests measuring the penetration resistance of clothing materials to blood, body fluids and other potentially infectious materials.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
WITH the summer holiday season in full swing, hold those calls to Stockholm: the Swedes have more time off than other Europeans, Germany’s IW economic institute has claimed. In an international survey of holidays taken by workers in 2003 in 14 western European countries, the Cologne-based think tank said Sweden was closely followed by the Netherlands (31 days) and Denmark (30 days).…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
AN ARAB sheik and his camel, riding the desert with a trained falcon, hunting for bustard migrating south to Africa; with skill and tenacity, he could catch 10 plump prey, a feast in a land where little grows.…

BY KEITN NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission has cleared the proposed acquisition by USA takeover, investment and strategic management company Platinum Equity LLC of German textile dye manufacturer and international distributor Dystar Textilfarben GmBH & Co. The deal was approved under the Commission’s simplified competition procedure and Brussels imposed no conditions on allowing the takeover.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
UNIFORM global rules on the market approval of internal combustion engines in non-road mobile machinery have been approved regarding the measurement of the net power. The standard – agreed by the United Nations’ World Forum for Harmonisation of Vehicle Regulations – is expected to encourage manufacturers to use net rather than gross power as a yardstick.…

KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission has cleared the proposed acquisition by USA takeover and investment company Platinum Equity LLC of German textile dye manufacturer and international distributor Dystar Textilfarben GmBH & Co.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission is threatening seven European Union (EU) countries with legal action at the European Court of Justice (ECJ) for failing to apply EU law and give local companies the option of applying International Accounting Standard (IAS) 39 on financial instruments.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
DESPERATE to offer Afghan farmers a lucrative alternative to growing opium poppies, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is working with French company HD Investment to develop a rose oil fragrance industry. HD has committed $100,000 in start-up funds for the enterprise, following presentations by the UNDP and Kabul-based Altai Consulting.…

Keith Nuthall
A JOINT-STOCK company boosting cotton production in central Asia’s Tajikistan will receive a US$500,000 loan from the International Finance Corporation (IFC), of the World Bank. The loan will help SugAgroServ (SAS), increase yields, reduce debt, and – hopefully – double its land from 1,500 to 3,500 hectares.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE DOMINANCE of Electricité de France (EDF) within its home country is risking progress made by the French government regarding liberalising its power market, the International Energy Authority has warned. In an assessment of French energy policy, it said Paris had been “successful achieving energy security, economic growth and environment protection, with a centralised approach using strong government involvement.”…