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THE IDEA of an international airport terminal that sits in a lagoon instead of on land is groundbreaking, but if it makes sense anywhere it is probably in the Maldives. The Indian ocean archipelago has a thriving tourist industry based on its natural beauty with “pristine water, deserted islands, white coral sandy beaches, mild weather and an unpolluted sky,” stressed a designer of the proposed Hanimadhoo airport.…

INTERNATIONAL clothing and textile experts gathered near Shanghai last week (September 23-7) to discuss solutions to China’s twin challenges – dealing with less foreign demand, while managing rising production costs.

Speaking at the 29th World Fashion Convention, Shanghai, staged in nearby Kunshan, Texhong CEO Hong Tianzhu told delegates it was time for Chinese manufacturers to upgrade their plant and processes, while moving some production outside China.…

KNITWEAR manufacturing is a complex as well as international business, so the development of detailed global, regional and national standards covering its production processes can be immensely helpful. They act as a transparent blueprint for good practice, having been developed by industry, regulatory and academic experts.…

THE CONFECTIONERY sector has long been interested in edible packaging – the use of rice paper to contain sherbet being a classic example – but food technology companies are innovating hard to allow companies to boast their products generate no packaging waste.…

A BRITISH plastics chemical supplier has welcomed a ruling from the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) board of appeal that will clarify procedures for submitting safety information during REACH registrations. Canterbury-based Thor was told by ECHA that a safety dossier on its flame retardant AFLAMMIT would be ignored because it was submitted after the agency had issued a draft decision refusing registration and requiring even more safety tests.…

Japan’s silk industry has been shrinking since the recent inundation of cheaper Chinese silk into the world market, especially regarding its mass market. This lower priced competition from its giant neighbour has caused a large decline in silk farming numbers across Japan.…

THE EUROPEAN Bank for Reconstruction & Development (EBRD) has praised a planned Euro EUR3.1 million loan to a Ukraine beef producer for setting up a biogas plant as good practice promoting meat sector energy efficiency.

A report on the deal from the London-based development bank has stressed how Ukraine is “famous for the profligacy of its electricity and gas consumption and poor energy efficiency,” noting how it “relies heavily on imported fuel and its own energy-generating capacities are ageing and highly polluting.”…

NEW biocides to preserve oils and fats products, and oil and fat containing products with biocidal properties, have to be registered under the European Union’s (EU) biocidal products regulation (EU) No 528/2012) starting from September 1 this year.

The regulation builds on and replaces the EU’s biocidal products directive (98/8/EC), except for a few transitional arrangements.…

THE INSURANCE risks involved in oil and gas exploration and production (E&P) are rising in line with growing industry complexity and the move into deeper, remoter and more environmentally sensitive environments.

This is placing ever greater demands on the need to identify, quantify and insure against risk, particularly when the financial and reputational repercussions of getting it wrong are escalating too.…

The European Union’s (EU) new ship recycling regulation that controls how European-flagged ships are to be scrapped in Asian countries has been ridiculed by experts in Bangladesh and India, the two major shipbreaking centres in Asia. They told Steel First that even if the poor existing facilities in these countries are upgraded to meet the minimum environmental standards as prescribed in the new regulation, verifying them would be tough. …