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BY EMMA JACKSON

THE TEXTILE and clothing industry maybe almost unrecognisable from its organisation today in 10 years’ time: Chinese-owned offshore production; unstoppable e-commerce, demand for eco-textiles, shifting luxury markets to Asia’s new middle class, and higher prices for everyone, are just some predictions.…

Kencho Wangdi

The Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan is renowned for its untouched mountainous beauty. It is also known for its political innovation: it tobacco sales ban and use of ‘gross national happiness country’ as a yardstick for development. But it may soon become known as a higher education hub of Asia, if current plans go well.…

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 ALAN OSBORN

THE FIRST deadline for registering key substances under the European Union’s (EU) REACH programme for chemical safety controls is looming on November 30 and though it is more than three years since the policy entered into force, a measure of confusion and even anxiety clearly exists in parts of the global textiles industry.…

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

THE POPULARITY of drinks made from organically grown ingredients is on the rise, fostered in part by increasingly comprehensive regulations designed to ensure organically labelled products are indeed organic. Yet obstacles and limitations to the growth of this niche drinks sector remain, and combined with the economic downturn the organic industry still needs a push to reach its full potential.…

BY WANG FANGQING

CHINA is to accelerate its use of recycled materials and resources in the next five years from 2011 to 2015, including recycled plastics, metals and textiles, announced the country’s National Development and Reform Commission on July 23.

Domestic demand for imported recovered materials, especially waste paper, scrap plastics and metals, has been growing in the past decade, though it slowed in 2009 due to the global 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 ALYSHAH HASHAM

TO MAXIMISE the performance of slitting and rewinding, speed is of course essential. But efficiency and lack of mistakes are equally crucial. And so, said David Annoni, of Italy-based Ghezzi & Annoni, it is not just the speed of the slitter-rewinder, but the speed of the whole production process that matters: one must complement the other.…

BY MARK ROWE

THE GLOBAL recession and tentative recovery have certainly tested the ingenuity of luxury cosmetics brands, with producers keen to keep costs low – but without compromising on quality – with packaging being a critical issue.

After some uncertainty, the luxury arm of the sector appears to be recovering, and fine packaging is helping them recoup revenue.…