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BY MARK ROWE
THE JAPANESE electronics giant Sharp says it has created an air conditioner that not only cools your office but also cleans up the air, cutting down on the colds and sniffles that plague air-conditioned environments.

Tests carried out by scientists at the Japanese Ministry of Health and Labour Welfare, found that Sharp’s air conditioner reduced the airborne bacteria count (E.…

BY MARK ROWE
TOYOTA Motor Corp plans to buy Chinese parts to make cars in its operations in China as a way to cut costs, instead of shipping them in from Japan. Toyota would procure discount door parts and materials including steel sheet from China’s leading steel-maker, Shanghai Baoshan Iron & Steel.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE PHILIPPINES government has imposed safeguard duties on imports of ceramic floor and wall tiles, to protect its domestic industry from a boom in trade. Following a complaint from the Philippines’ Ceramic Tiles Manufacturers Association, Manila has decided to levy a duty of Pesos 5.40/kg for the first year, (backdated to January), Pesos 4.30/kg for the second year and Pesos 3.50/kg for the third year.…

Keith Nuthall
THE VOLUNTARY strategy on pedestrian safety design standards for motor vehicles adopted by the European Commission with the European, Japanese and South Korean auto manufacturers has been undermined by a key European Parliament committee, which has called for EU legislation on the subject.…

BY MARK ROWE
THE JAPANESE electronics giant Sharp says it has created an air conditioner that not only cools your office but also rids a room of nitrogen oxide, a substance found in cigarette smoke. A test conducted by Japanese Government scientists found that the air conditioner was able to regulate the balance of positive and negative ions floating in the air and remove virtually all traces of nitrogen oxide the within 12 minutes.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE CHILEAN government has expanded the safeguard duty investigation on steel imports that it launched in December, so it can take into account the chain of events sparked by the Bush administration’s imposition of wide-ranging steel tariffs.

In a statement to the World Trade Organisation, Santiago said that the decision was taken “on the basis of the emergency measures adopted in recent weeks by a group of producer countries, the implications of which on the domestic industry can not yet be fully appreciated.”…

BY RICHARD HURST, in Johannesburg
JAPANESE truck manufacturer Nissan Diesel is considering sourcing components from South Africa to benefit from the tariff reductions for imported vehicles containing locally made parts, local press reports claim. The Japanese company has indicated that it intends using South Africa as a base to expand truck exports into the rest of Africa.…

BY RICHARD HURST, in Johannesburg
JAPANESE truck manufacturer Nissan Diesel is considering sourcing components from South Africa to benefit from the tariff reduction plans implemented by the Pretoria government to develop the national motor industry, local press reports claim.

The Japanese company has indicated that it intends using South Africa as a base from which to expand truck exports into the rest of Africa.…

BY MARK ROWE
JAPANESE synthetic fibre giant Toray International, one of the world’s largest textile and chemical companies has teamed up with and Mitsui Soko, Japan’s second largest warehousing company, and online logistics firm Bolero International.The companies are jointly running a phased testing of bolero.net…

BY SWINEETHA DIAS WICKRAMANAYAKA
A JAPANESE company has developed a portable solar cell set that can be carried in a container the size of an attache case and which the firm says is highly convenient for lighting construction or camping sites, for instance.…