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Thailand’s paint and coating industry is facing a challenging time as its country grapples with economic and political difficulties. Thailand’s economic growth has slowed significantly over the last two years. GDP expanded by 6.6% in 2012, as the country recovered from the devastating floods of 2011, which hit northern, north-eastern and central Thailand, as well as parts of Bangkok.…

WORKWEAR producers know that their products must be reliable. And one excellent way to demonstrate that is ensuring and declaring that their production and materials are in line with those recommended by national and international standards organisations.

In the competitive American market, development organisations such as the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) and the American Association of Textile Chemists and Colourists (AATCC) constantly update workwear-related safety and testing standards. …

A Spanish study project is working to find a way to join dissimilar metals for use in the automotive industry to increase the proportion of lighter weight parts. Research organisation CIC marGUNE, the Co-operative Research Centre into High-performance Manufacturing, based in Eibar, in the Basque Country, is coordinating a group of Spain-based studies whose aim is fusing different metals for auto production.…

THE EUROPEAN Union’s executive, the European Commission has threatened Germany with legal action unless it orders its automakers to comply with EU legislation covering mobile air conditioning systems in motor vehicles. If Berlin refuses and the case goes against it in the European Court of Justice (ECJ), Germany could end up paying massive recurring fines of thousands of Euros a day, until it complies.…

THE EUROPEAN Automobile Manufacturers Association (ACEA) has called on the European Union (EU) to take broad action to make cleaner fuels more available across Europe, now the final details of the EU’s fuel quality directive have been revealed. The European Commission has proposed a complex formula for measuring the amount of emissions involved in making and using liquid fuels, which is tied to commitments by member states to reduce carbon emissions linked to transport.…

EXPERTS on China’s textile and apparel industry say that international brands must take increasing care to ensure their sourcing is environmentally and socially responsible, with tightening government restrictions anticipated.

Their comments to just-style come after the release of a China National Textile and Apparel Council’s (CNTAC) 2013-2014 social responsibility report of the textile industry, released last month (September).…

As the global apparel sector searches for more eco-friendly fibres and fabrics, innovative developments are increasingly focusing on more sustainable and often unusual alternative feedstocks.
Companies are being encouraged to innovate also by recent high cotton prices and a growing awareness that tighter control of supply chains can help keep costs down in general.…

Pharmaceuticals are at the heart of the ambitious trade agreement whose final details have just been agreed between the European Union (EU) and Canada, with both sides agreeing that it will improve market access and facilitate innovation for drug companies on both sides of the Atlantic.…

IT is perhaps rare in the acronym-rich world of international aviation regulation and guidance to find an initiative designed to be useful and well-intentioned – as is usually the case – but also practical. But such is the goal of so-called ‘implementation kits’ (iKITs) produced by the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO), which aid to help member states who may lack the technical and administrative capacity to enact civil aviation reforms that are sought by the UN agency.…

EUROPE is suffering economically from commercial aviation flights diverting to the Middle East and Turkey, where airports have far more spare capacity, Angela Gittens, the director general of Airports Council International World (ACI World) has claimed. Highlighting growth at Dubai and Istanbul airports at ICAO’s first Global Aviation Cooperation Symposium (GACS), she said: “Internal constraints in Europe [on airport capacity] are allowing more traffic to be carried to other areas – especially in the Middle East, where they have kept up with capacity, and Istanbul where they have a national public-private approach towards aviation – their economies benefit.…