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BY JULIAN RYALL and KARRYN MILLER

RETAINING a competitive advantage in a saturated market is never an easy task but the job becomes even more challenging during a financial slump. East Asia’s most developed countries Japan and South Korea have a strong record in technical innovation and their paint and coatings companies always bear close examination for inventions and good practice.…

By Keith Nuthall, International News Services

India’s regulatory and legal framework is converging fast with the international system, however there are many unique political, social and historical influences that make it imperative for the overseas business to take a cautious approach while entering the country. According to a new book written by International News Services’ experienced chief south Asia correspondent Raghavendra Verma, India presents many different sets of problems and he highlights solutions developed by local enterprises.

A compilation of a series of articles discussing business deals and a spectrum of issues affecting the current business environment, this well-researched and crisply written book presents exclusive comments and analysis from the experts. For example how the Tata Steel handled the exceptional situation created during the merger with Corus that even forced change in the takeover code of UK; or the speedy merger of Ranbaxy, India’s biggest pharmaceutical company with Japanese giant Daiichi-Sankyo, which highlighted the role of multiple regulatory authorities in India and the hurdles that companies need to cross.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

A MAJOR effort of public intervention to pump-prime European demand for electric vehicles has been proposed by the Spanish government, which currently holds the European Union’s (EU) six month rotating presidency.

Despite the appointment of a permanent president of the EU Council of Ministers (which represents the 27 member states), national governments will still take turns in being the lead country for the EU every six months.…

BY MARK ROWE

FOR a developing country dependent on exports to a world still groggy from recession, Vietnam and its paint industry have proved impressively resilient over the past 18 months.

According to the country’s ministry of planning and investment, industrial production value in January was 28.4% higher than the same period last year, and the government called for industry to cut back on imports in February to boost domestic production.…

BY EMMA JACKSON

THIS April, the long-awaited carbon reduction commitment (CRC) scheme will commence in the UK, bringing in the first phase of a carbon emissions trading programme unlike any other in Europe.

The programme covers virtually everything the European Union’s (EU) emissions trading scheme (ETS) does not: any corporation, company or business – including transport and agriculture – which consumes more than 6,000 megawatt hours (MWh) per year.…

BY KARRYN MILLER

THE WORDS ‘boom and bust’ are often used to describe communities involved in petroleum exploitation. When the oil flows, the local economy benefits, but when wells run dry, the wealth can disappear too. However, this tale is, thankfully, not entirely true for Pennsylvania’s Oil Region National Heritage Area (ORNHA) – the birthplace of the world’s modern petroleum industry.…

BY MONIKA HANLEY

THE CLOSURE of the last functioning reactor in Lithuania’s Ignalina nuclear power plant facilities on December 31 has laid focus on the daunting decommissioning process currently underway with the help of several international agencies. Funding for this work is chiefly being made available by an Ignalina International Decommissioning Support Fund (IIDSF), which is managed by the European Bank for Reconstruction & Development (EBRD).…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE EUROPEAN Union (EU) Council of Ministers has accepted an additional delay to the introduction of new rules on some biocides, whose active substances are currently under an EU environmental health review. An exemption for some biocides from mandated EU controls restricting their use will now be prolonged until May 14, 2014, when this review is supposed to be completed.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE EUROPEAN Union (EU) Council of Ministers has accepted an additional delay to the introduction of new rules on some biocides, whose active substances are currently under an EU environmental health review. An exemption for some biocides from mandated EU controls restricting their use will now be prolonged until May 14, 2014, when this review is supposed to be completed.…

BY ANCA GURZU

ALTHOUGH the economic effects of recession can be felt in different sectors of the German converting industry, its companies have been busy launching new innovations, equipment and technologies aimed at energy-saving, waste-reduction and increased productivity. The printing sectors were notably active in 2009.…