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EU ROUND UP
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission is fighting European Union (EU) member states who want to tightly restrict the use of creosote across Europe. It has proposed a regulation under the EU’s biocides directive saying creosote can be widely used, with appropriate protection for manufacturers, end-users and precautions to prevent creosote polluting watercourses.…
EGYPTIAN KNITWEAR INDUSTRY OPTIMISTIC AFTER THE REVOLUTION
BY REBECCA COLLARD
After a week of closure and weeks of disruption, Taha Fateh reopened his downtown Cairo clothing shop in late February. Fateh had been forced to close his store, which carries a variety of men’s and women’s clothing including a large range of knitwear such as dress, scarves and sweaters, as protestors clashed with police in this central downtown shopping district.…
INNOVATION IS CRITICAL TO MAKE SUSTAINABLE WORK IN THE CLOTHING AND TEXTILES MARKET
BY EMMA JACKSON
IN the green clothing and textiles market segment, the requirement to create sustainable and marketable eco-friendly products is becoming increasingly competitive. Out-of-the-box innovation is immensely valuable in such a market where companies seek to balance environmental marketing against increased costs – if green production can be achieved for lower costs, then major labels can and do take notice.…
NEW VAN EMISSIONS DIRECTIVE COULD RAISE PRICES WARNS MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE AGREEMENT by the European Parliament last week of CO2 emissions limits for vans sold in the European Union (EU) could increase prices for new models, the European Automobile Manufacturers Association (ACEA) has warned. Communications director Sigrid de Vries told Fleet News the targets were "extremely challenging" in the long term.…
NANOPARTICLES RESIST ENCAPSULATION IN COATINGS - PATCHY FINISHES MAY FOLLOW
BY MARK ROWE
THE BENEFITS nanotechnology offers to the paint and coatings industry has excited paint technology experts and researchers for several years. These range from anti-corrosive paints, primers and finishes that are durable, UV-resistant high scratch and impact resistant, anti-bacterial and water-resistant, coatings that protect iPod screens from scratching or make paper products waterproof.…
BRUSSELS PLOTS SECURING VULNERABLE EU EMISSIONS TRADING SYSTEM AGAINST FRAUD
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission may this year release proposals to reduce the vulnerability of the European Union’s (EU) emissions trading system (ETS) to fraud. Cyber-criminals launched a lucrative attack on its systems in January. How open is this ground-breaking system to fraud?…
FLEET MANAGERS KEEPING OPEN MIND ABOUT ONCOMING SHIFT TO GREEN FUELS
BY CHARLES WALLIN
ALTERNATIVE fuels could gradually replace fossil energy sources and make transport sustainable by 2050, according to a report just presented to the European Commission by the European Union’s (EU) expert group on future transport fuels. It says the EU needs a fossil fuel-free and largely CO2-free energy supply to reduce road transport’s impact on the environment and boost the security of energy supplies – and its experts say this is possible.…
FROM OUTER SPACE TO YOUR FACE
BY MJ DESCHAMPS
IN today’s beauty-obsessed society, sometimes no price is too high for an anti-aging product that is out of this world: something that many cosmetics companies have taken to heart. Literally.
UK cosmetics company Turn Back Time has recently followed in the footsteps of other cosmetics and beauty companies, looking to aerospace technology to create innovative, anti-aging solutions.…
WIND ENERGY AND WILDLIFE - AN INEVITABLE CONFLICT?
BY MJ DESCHAMPS
WIND-GENERATED energy – clean, safe, and increasingly economically viable, is facing an obstacle to its expansion: chagrin amongst conservationists that wind turbines can kill or harm wildlife, especially birds and bats. Recently, as a part of the European Union’s (EU) commitment to increase renewable energy to 20% of Europe’s total energy production by 2020, the European Commission published guidelines to prevent wind energy developments from harming wildlife in conservation zones included within its Natura 2000 network, which covers almost 18% of the EU’s land area.…
GREEN-SOURCING OF OILS AND FATS IS A HEADACHE FOR THE PERSONAL CARE PRODUCT SECTOR
BY MARK ROWE
FOR the cosmetics and personal care product sector, the provenance of their ingredients can be important for marketing, and this is particularly important for bio-based oil and fats. These can be the base of such products and with growing consciousness about the environmental impact of their production and feedstock cultivation, the personal care sector – a key client of the oils and fats industry – is looking hard at who supplies their ingredients.…