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BY KEITH NUTHALL, DEIRDRE MASON and MJ DESCHAMPS

Car dealers like a good deal – that’s a given. And they hate a bad deal. But when they are getting a bad deal, and the wool is being pulled over their eyes – well, that takes the biscuit.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE EUROPEAN Commission has announced Euro EUR700 million has been paid to energy projects under a programme to help drag Europe out of recession – but administrative delays mean the announcement has come well into the economic recovery.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE EUROPEAN Chemicals Agency (ECHA) has told manufacturers of intermediate chemicals – including those used in the paint, coatings and solvent sectors – they may have to submit more information under REACH chemical control system. ECHA screened more than 400 dossiers of substances declared as intermediates and has said that 86% have not proved that this special status should apply – the agency requires less information on intermediates than standard chemical substances.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

A SERIES of bilateral civil aviation agreements negotiated by the European Union (EU) have remained unenforced because some EU member states have failed to ratify their terms. The European Commission has issued a report branding this "unfortunate", noting this "has the consequence of delaying their entry into force".…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

SCIENTISTS from a Euro EUR14.6 million research project are to unveil progress at a June 1-3 nanotechnology conference in Budapest on their goal of using nano-medicine to fight Alzheimer’s disease. Researchers in the NAD Project have tried to make a virtue out of the environmental concern that nano-particles can breach the blood-brain-barrier.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

EUROPEAN Union (EU) scientists are developing targeted anti-smoking medicines avoiding side-effects such as sleeplessness and muscle problems. The EU’s NEUROCYPRES project has focused on brain pathways called ion channels which are opened and shut by certain chemicals. These can promote nicotine addiction, as well as sleep and muscle difficulties.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

A EURO 2.8 million European Union (EU)-funded research project is developing new technology to incorporate warming and cooling phase-changing materials (PCMs) within textile fibres. The ‘Novel temperature regulating fibres and garments’ (Noterefiga) project has been exploring novel ways of incorporating PCMs in fibres, so that when body temperatures increase the PCM melts and absorbs latent heat, crystallising when the temperature drops and releasing heat for the wearer.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

A EUROPEAN Union (EU) research project is developing an innovative business model which can allow consumers to design and choose their own clothing online, with manufacturers shipping remotely-controlled bespoke work. The Euro 5.17 million Open Garments project aims to create a secure and practical electronic communications system delivering customer requirements to manufacturers, who can act on them swiftly.…

BY MJ DESCHAMPS

AS companies are constantly trying to appeal to consumers by offering attractive and practical new packaging innovations, bag and sack converters are also continually looking for new ways to make the converting process as seamless and state-of-the-art as possible.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE EUROPEAN Commission has announced another Euro EUR172 million’s worth of funding for the European Union’s (EU) Innovative Medicines Initiative (IMI), with eight new public-private research and development projects being launched. These will develop new patient treatments for cancer, rheumatoid arthritis and infectious diseases, said Brussels.…