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Technical textiles will be a key focus at textiles and clothing trade shows staged in Jakarta during the coming year, according to a senior event organiser. The Indonesia textile sector is planning a range of conferences for April, designed to educate potential investors about new technologies and business opportunities in Indonesia’s textiles sector.…

WHILE the global nonwovens industry maybe booming through investments, acquisition of new sites, expansion of capacity, more customers and exhibitions all over, the same optimism cannot be applied to emerging market former starlet Brazil. Despite its huge market with 200 million inhabitants, the nonwovens sector of South America’s economic powerhouse is looking for another deep loss of steam in 2015.…

Things are looking up for some kind of global agreement in the near future on moves to expose the true owners of shell companies and other suspect corporate entities. One factor is a change of tactics by the Obama administration in Washington DC.…

JAPAN’S textile sector, including technical textiles, has long enjoyed a reputation for producing innovative and high-quality products that meet – and surpass – consumers’ needs. Over the years, companies from across the industry, ranging from low-tech spinning operations to the manufacturers of cutting-edge technical textiles, have invested heavily in their research and development divisions and their personnel to stay ahead of the competition.…

Roaming fees, net neutrality and radio spectrum are set to be the main regulatory issues related to M2M (machine-to-machine) and IoT (Internet of Things) discussed by European Union (EU) member states in 2015, say Brussels sources.

The new European Commission, which took office on November 1, inherited a full in-tray from its predecessor, notably having to pilot the ‘connected continent’ package through the EU Council of Ministers and the European Parliament.…

Chinese travellers are increasingly venturing to Greece, offering great potential for its tourism industry. And while Greece’s exotic landscapes and architecture attract visitors from China, the tourism industry could prosper still further from developing services and infrastructure designed to cater to this growing market.…

THE PERSONAL care product industry will be hoping that US President Barack Obama’s “new chapter” in relations with Cuba, announced in December (2014), will revive sales and trade, amidst tightening rules on Cuban travellers from the US.

It is currently not certain just what specific changes in policy on either the US or Cuban side will occur, let alone when, but it is already clear that travel restrictions to Cuba will at least be lightened. …

THE SOUTH Korean cosmetics sector is hoping that a new bilateral free trade agreement (FTA) struck between its country and China in November will ease sales of their products into the world’s largest market.

This is despite the fact that the deal did not make much headway in reducing Chinese duties, given the FTA leaves cosmetics in a ‘hyper-sensitive goods’ category for Beijing.…

ASIAN domestic coatings markets are sharply diverse, in terms of economic development, climate and cultural preferences, but if there is one trend that unites them at present, it is the growing demand for waterborne paints.

In Japan, sales of waterborne paints have risen, while total shipments of paints from Japanese manufacturers has fallen: down from nearly 2.4 million tonnes in the early 1990s, Japanese paint producers shipped 1.53 million tonnes in 2013 –  the most recent full year for which figures are available, according to the Japan Paint Manufacturers Association (JPMA).…

IN another sign that the economic and social divisions wrought by Europe’s 1945-1989 ideological division continue to ease, Czech accountant Petr Kříž will serve as president of the Federation of European Accountants (FEE) for the next two years. It is the first time in the history of this professional organisation that its president comes from a former eastern bloc country.…