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BY KEITH NUTHALL

A JOINT report from the European Union’s (EU) scientific committees on emerging and newly identified health risks; consumer safety; and health and environmental risks has outlined necessary improvements for human and ecological risk assessments of consumer products. The committees conduct regular checks on chemicals used in textile finishing.…

BY MJ DESCHAMPS

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Bangladesh

Despite its well-trailed labour and environmental problems, analysts still backed Bangladesh as having the potential to become a long term apparel sourcing hotspot. Indeed, ready-made garment exports could triple within a decade, as buyers move sourcing away from China, according to research by McKinsey & Company.…

SOUTH Africa’s paint and coatings industry is expected to increase in value from 560.0 million in 2009 to USD712.47 million in 2016, according to market analysts Frost & Sullivan. But the sector has faced tough times since the global financial crisis hit in 2008, and is only now recovering from the recession that hit South Africa as a result, and that recovery has been slow.…

THE LUXURY packaging seent of the personal care product industry has always been important, but with the industry’s high end becoming increasingly profitable worldwide, packagers are assuming a really critical role.

Simply, while revolutionary formulations are being developed to tap wealthy markets, the resulting cosmetics and personal care products need to set themselves apart for marketing with classy exteriors.…

THE KNITWEAR manufacturers of Taiwan are being challenged by headwinds from the global economic downturn, which has undermined their smart high-end export strategy. Last year was not a good one – as indicated by drops in exports of circular-knit fabric and knitted clothing apparel of 2.74% to USD1.265 billion and 10.97% to USD178 million respectively in the first eight months compared to the corresponding period of 2011.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE EUROPEAN Commission, once a keen promoter of biofuels, has now reined in its enthusiasm, admitting that biofuels can emit as much carbon as fossil fuels, proposing reforms encouraging the production of secondary biofuels based on waste matter and algae.…

BY MJ DESCHAMPS

WHETHER an object is perceived as green rather than yellow, or pink rather than red can depend on the time of day, the surrounding environment, the light source, or an individual’s particular colour vision. But while skewed colour perception of different products, structures and objects might not be an issue in most situations, it can be quite problematic for the cosmetics industry, where a product’s appearance is of the utmost importance.…

BY ALAN OSBORN

THE MARCH towards a safer, healthier and, let’s hope, less litigation-conscious cosmetics industry will quicken pace in 2013 with the May 31, deadline looming for the registration of medium-tonnage chemicals (100 to 1,000 tonne volumes) under the EU’s REACH policy.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

The newly elected president of UNESDA, the Union of European Beverages Associations, has committed herself to further talks with European Union (EU) and national regulators over health and environmental issues.

Dominique Reiniche, also president of Coca-Cola Europe, was speaking as she started her new job – whose term expires May 2015.…

BY CARMEN PAUN, IN BRUSSELS

ACADEMICS attending an international conference on how their work can promote financial stability have stressed how universities can play an important role in helping the world recover from the recession. Indeed Dr Jean-Pierre Zigrand, Reader in Finance at the London School of Economics (LSE) told University World News at the Brussels event that there was a new, unusual drive for academics to work together with economists and central banks in the aftermath of the global financial and economic crisis: "That’s because they [central banks] don’t have the required tools and only universities have the manpower, the human skills and capital to come up with [these models], Dr Zigrand said.…