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BY MARK ROWE

INNOVATIVE packaging is transforming the drinks industry. Heavy tins and bottles are being replaced by lighter composite and biodegradeable materials; hi-tech cartons are being manufactured that tell consumers if the milk’s gone off; and RFID (radio frequency identification) tags are being embedded with temperature sensors.…

BY KARRYN MILLER, AHMAD PATHONI, MARK ROWE

SOUTHEAST Asia is a growing and diverse market for international personal care product brands, despite the challenges (and some losses) cased by the recession. The region contains relatively rich emerging markets (and the very rich city state of Singapore), and its major poorer countries, notably Vietnam and Indonesia are growing fast and emerging robustly from the recession.…

BY MARK ROWE

INNOVATIVE packaging is transforming the drinks industry. Heavy tins and bottles are being replaced by lighter composite and biodegradeable materials; hi-tech cartons are being manufactured that tell consumers if the milk’s gone off; and RFID (radio frequency identification) tags are being embedded with temperature sensors.…

BY MARK ROWE

MATERIALS recycling is becoming increasingly sophisticated as requirements and demand grow to salvage all kinds of materials from products made from all kinds of metals, plastics and paper. But the difficulties involved in extracting valuable materials could soon become a lot more complicated: the emerging technology of nanotechnology and its use of the tiniest particles could prove problematic for the recycling industry for a number of reasons.…

BY EMMA JACKSON

SUSTAINABILITY is becoming increasingly important in the beverage industry, and worldwide companies have been embracing environmentally conscious initiatives.

In the province of Ontario, in Canada, The Beer Store (TBS), a protected retailer under Canada’s highly regulated drinks sales system, collects empty packaging, and has boasted of a return rate of 94% between 2008 and 2009.…

BY MARK ROWE

ENERGY production that uses renewable sources or drastically reduces the use of fossil fuels are of course increasingly entering the market place, and with such transformation, innovation is at a premium. Demand for novel thinking and processes is being inflated in Europe by the European Union’s EU2020 objectives for a 20% reduction in CO2, and for 20% of energy to be generated from renewable energy sources by 2020.…

BY MONIKA HANLEY, ZLATKO ?ONKA?, CRISTINA MUNTEAN, KEITH NUTHALL

CAR prices in eastern and central Europe tumbled during the recession, significantly faster than in western Europe according to the latest data, impeding attempts to create a unified auto market that spans Europe.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

FORD UK has this morning welcomed the signing of contracts for a GBPounds GBP450 million loan from the European Investment Bank (EIB) it says will unlock five-years’ investment in environment-friendly auto production. GBP 360 million of the loan will be guaranteed by the British government.…

BY KELLY WETHERILLE

FOR years Japan has been the world’s largest market for luxury goods, but change seems to be imminently on the horizon. Although brands like Hermes, Chanel and Louis Vuitton all still maintain several outlets throughout the country, many luxury brands are suffering due to a sluggish economy, which has helped trigger a newfound fascination with fast fashion.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL and ALYSHAH HASHAM

CANADA – long a difficult jurisdiction for the tobacco sector – became tougher still on July 5, when a national ban on manufacturing and selling most flavoured cigarettes, cigarillos and blunt wraps came into force.…