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Earlier this year Italian pasta giant Barilla presented its latest technological innovation: a next generation 3D printer that swaps ink for pasta dough and is able to make unique pasta shapes in just minutes.

Barilla is among the world’s first food producers to leverage the latest digital technologies and apply them to food production.…

THE SECRETARY General of the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) has said her UN agency will work hard to help forge consensus over emissions controls among member states, now ICAO hopes to approve a new global market-based measure (GMBM) limiting civil aviation’s climate change impact.…

THE DEVELOPMENT of electricity interconnectors crossing national borders is simultaneously a technical and geo-political act, requiring careful planning and skilled installation of technology, along with an eye towards promoting security of power supplies.

Such investments are a priority of the European Union (EU) and its member states under its Energy Union programme.…

Plastics has a very good image – but the industry’s contribution to marine waste is damaging it, Antonino Furfari, managing director of industry organisation Plastics Recyclers Europe, told yesterday’s (September 29) high level Brussels conference on measures to prevent this environmental problem.…

Sri Lanka’s cosmetic and beauty product manufacturers are becoming increasingly anxious over the lack of sales regulations, promoting significant volumes of lower grade cosmetic imports, putting local manufacturers at risk. 

Until July 2015, there was a specific authority to oversee cosmetic products being imported as well as distributed in the country.…

Beauté Prestige International’s (BPI) acquisition of the Dolce & Gabbana (D&G) fragrances, colour cosmetics and skincare products business, approved by the European Commission on August 19, will boost personal care product sales for the Shiseido Group, BPI’s parent company, said the Japanese company.…

AS a decades-long prohibition on production and sale of the ‘cannabis sativa’ plant and its components are falling away throughout North America, the use of hemp as a personal care product ingredient is on the rise.

In the United States (US), four states have legalised recreational cannabis (Colorado, Washington, Oregon and Alaska), along with the capital territory Washington DC, while 21 states have legalised medical marijuana, boosting growth in the legal consumption and production of the plant.…

The United Arab Emirates’ (UAE) spa market experienced healthy growth in 2015 compared to 2014, increasing 11% in value terms to reach Emirati Dirham AED1.57 billion (USD428 million), according to market research company Euromonitor International.

In 2016, the market is predicted to grow by 9% to hit USD435 million year-on-year, accounting for nearly 14% of the Middle East and Africa’s USD3 billion spa market, according to Euromonitor.…

COSMETICS giant the Kao Group has opened a state of the art research facility at its existing plant in Odawara city, around 80 km south-west of Tokyo. Its new Beauty Research & Innovation Centre includes laboratory space where the company’s scientists, developers and marketing experts are encouraged to interact through technology in the search for new products.…

AUSTRALIAN cosmetics consumers are increasingly going online to buy their products, offering e-tailers and web-savvy personal care product companies an opportunity to grow their sales.

And in Australia’s mature market, there are a lot to be had. Almost two-in-every-three (64%) women in Australia (aged 14+) buy some kind of make-up in an average six months.…