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An Indian government’s plan to develop 100 cities as ‘smart cities’ with modern infrastructural services would provide an incremental growth to the sales of high-end paint and coating products, said speakers at the 6th National Conference on Construction Chemicals 2015, held on May 8, in New Delhi.…

While many economies in Africa are growing fast, there is a consensus amongst accountants that the continent has to build its business reporting and administration to make sure this growth is sustainable. Indeed, the third African Congress of Accountants (ACOA), staged in Port Louis, Mauritius, from May 11 to 14, heard that this essential work is needed now, even as some countries remain marred by severe socio-political unrest, economic instability, poverty, famine and disease.…

Best-selling Australian author and accounting historian Jane Gleeson-White sees accountants as potential revolutionaries with the power to save the planet. Now, there’s a thought.
They need to be creative, however. And while such tactics are generally associated with the mafia and corporate crooks, laundering the proceeds of drug cartels or squirrelling profits away from the view of the taxman, Gleeson-White, 54, challenges this perception.…

Demand for marine and anti-fouling paints has expanded significantly since Denmark’s Hempel laid claim to producing the first antifouling coating for ships’ hulls in 1917. With a greater understanding of the economic benefits of anti-fouling paints and tougher environmental legislation, marine paints are very much at the forefront of coatings technology today.…

Leading figures of Europe’s aluminium industry with an annual turnover of Euro EUR40 billion met in Brussels yesterday (Apr 23) to launch a ‘Sustainability Roadmap 2025’ charting a greener way forward for the sector over the next decade.
“First and foremost, this is a call to action for European aluminium which we intend to unleash aluminium’s full potential for Europe,” Pierre Vareille, chairman of the European Aluminium Association and CEO of aluminium major Constellium.…

THE IRISH government has predicted to globalmeatnews.com that American beef exports to the European Union (EU) will be limited by quotas in future, even if the EU and USA successfully negotiate a Transatlantic Trade & Investment Partnership deal.
An official for Ireland’s department of jobs, enterprise and innovation explained: “The position of beef as a sensitive sector for Ireland is well known by the government and the EU Commission.…

THE CHINESE knitting sector facing transformation, being challenged by lacklustre economic performance in its key export markets, fast-rising domestic labour costs, as well as a determined government crusade for energy savings and emission reduction. The industry is, in general, cautiously optimistic about tackling these challenges and experts agree that if knitwear producers stick to their strategy of adding value through more sophisticated automation, they will manage to retain manufacturing supremacy over their south Asian and southeast Asian peers.…

A China-based cotton expert has predicted that Chinese clothing and textile producers will be forced to import more cotton now the government of Xinjiang province has decided to reduce its total cotton farming area in 2015. A communiqué from the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region Agricultural Bureau said it wanted to reduce north-west China region’s total cotton farming area to 300 hectares, down 17.5% on 2014.…

Bangladesh’s knitting industry faces key changes in the next 20 years as the western-educated children of first-generation businessmen take over family-owned firms. Industry experts note that some second-generation entrepreneurs have already taken the reins of major knitwear companies and are introducing modern management practices and discovering new financing channels.…

STANDARDS on pigments and colour set by international organisations are helping paint manufacturers ensure quality and cut costs, and are expected to become increasingly important.
“The foremost aim of international standardisation is to facilitate the exchange of goods and services through the elimination of technical barriers to trade,” said a document provided to Polymers Paint Colour Journal by the International Standardization Organization (ISO) (NOTE – ISO USES AMERICAN SPELLING) detailing the work of its technical committee (TC) 256 on ‘pigments, dyestuffs and extenders.’…