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BY MARK ROWE and PAUL COCHRANE

IT is something of an understatement to describe Iran as a peripheral player on the international paint scene. The country’s share of the world market in paints and varnishes in 2007 is, according to research analysts Gobi International, just 0.5%.…

BY MARK GODFREY, in Beijing

CHINESE coatings made the headlines for all the wrong reasons this summer. Faulty paint jobs on Chinese exports has however put into sharp relief the quality gap between local and foreign players in China’s paint and coating sector, which has been enjoying unprecedented growth.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

COMPANY car fleets that use independent garages for repairs are increasingly risking their vehicles being fitted with counterfeit parts that could break down, causing road accidents – the world’s largest think tank has claimed.

A detailed report from the Organisation for Economic Cooperation & Development (OECD) has cited the US Federal Trade Commission claiming counterfeiting costs the global automotive parts industry US$12 billion a year.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

CLAIMS are being made at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) that the complexity of the European Union’s (EU) REACH chemical control system could break EU commitments under the WTO’s technical barriers to trade agreement. Argentina, Brazil, the USA, South Korea, Australia, Japan, Canada, Taiwan, Chile, China, Mexico and Thailand claim REACH could impose illegally difficult tasks on exporters.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

WITH the European Brands Association reporting that customs seizures of counterfeit food and drink products within Europe increased by 250% between 2003 and 2005, the world’s largest think tank has called for government action to fight this growing problem.…

BY RACHEL JONES, in Caracas

VENEZUELA’S Orinoco Belt-which follows the line of the Orinoco River in the south of the country’s Guárico, Anzoátegui and Monagas states-is home to some of the biggest reserves of crude oil in the world: 77.2 billion barrels of conventional proved reserves, and about 270 billion barrels of recoverable heavy oil.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

CHINA has been baldly accused of hosting much of the world’s booming counterfeit auto parts production. A detailed report by the planet’s largest think tank – the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) – said: "China has been repeatedly identified as the principal source of counterfeit activity in the automotive sector, involving both trademark and design infringements.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

HAULIERS that use independent garages for repairs are increasingly risking their vehicles being fitted with counterfeit parts that could break down, causing road accidents – the world’s largest think tank has claimed.

A detailed report from the Organisation for Economic Cooperation & Development (OECD) has cited the US Federal Trade Commission claiming counterfeiting costs the global automotive parts industry US$12 billion a year.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

Brussels

A TEAM of European and Asian researchers has linked more than 40,000 computers across 45 countries to speed studies into developing an anti-viral drug that can defeat bird flu. Funded by the European Union’s (EU) Enabling Grids for E-sciencE (EGEE) project, the computing grid is analysing the potential of more than 500,000 drug-like molecules.…

BY MARK ROWE

LORRIES are increasingly being stolen for their value as scrap and recycled materials, UK authorities have warned the road haulage industry. The rise in thefts of lorries has been blamed partly on the high prices now paid for scrap metal on the international markets – driven in part by China’s insatiable demand for metal – and on thieves who have realized that almost any part of a lorry, from wheel hubs to side panels, axles, catalytic converters, a plastic chair or the gold in the wiring looms has a recyclable value.…