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SPAIN BOOK SECTOR OPTIMISTIC ABOUT RISING SALES AT LIBER FAIR
THE SPANISH book sector has declared that it is optimistic about growth in sales at its annual LIBER International Book Fair, which wrapped up on Friday (Oct 14). A statement from the organisers said that there was a “positive feeling about the sector’s upswing”.…
EUROPEAN BRANDS’ KNITTING MANUFACTURE LOOKS SET TO GO LOCAL IN FUTURE
KNITTING production is likely to move away from its long-time Chinese production base and move closer to “home”, Lutz Walter, secretary general of the European Technology Platform for the Future of Textiles and Clothing (ETP) – the largest European textiles research and innovations network – told Knitting International at the 12-13 October ‘European Textiles: Going Digital – Going High-Tech’ conference in Brussels.…
EU LAWMAKERS SPLIT OVER WAY FORWARD FOR TYPE APPROVAL
European Union (EU) lawmakers in a key European Parliament committee are split over how to amend proposed reforms to the 28 country bloc’s automotive type approval controls. These members of the parliament’s internal market and consumer protection committee discussed on Thursday (September 29) changes suggested by British Conservative MEP Dan Dalton on proposals from the EU executive, the European Commission, to overhaul EU type approval rules – its key goal is making them sufficiently tight to prevent a repeat of the Dieselgate scandal where emissions controls were circumvented.…
JAPANESE AUTO PAINT MANUFACTURERS SETTING UP FACILITIES IN THEIR TARGET MARKETS
Japan’s automobile manufacturers are increasingly looking to set up plants in – or, at least, very close to – their target markets, and paint companies with expertise in the auto coatings sector are following their lead.
“In 2015, the overall Japanese paints and varnishes market recorded 0.3 per cent growth, with producers struggling to remain competitive because production in Japan is pricier due to environmental requirements and higher labour costs,” said Andrius Balsys, a research analyst who monitors the paints sector for London-based market researcher, Euromonitor International.…
EU ROUND UP – CEFIC ATTACKS NEW EU ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR CHEMICALS CRITERIA
THE EUROPEAN chemical industry association Cefic has criticised the European Commission’s criteria for defining endocrine disrupting (hormone affecting) chemicals, saying resulting guidance could over-regulate harmless chemicals. “For the industry to ensure that people and the environment are properly protected, it is essential that the criteria enable the identification of harmful substances.…
TEXTILE MATERIALS MANAGEMENT BRIEFING
COTTON
Cotton maybe one of the most popular fibres for clothing and accessories because of its universality, timelessness, and availability, but this past year has shown that the fibre is not immune to volatile economic markets. World cotton production fell by 17% to 21.65 million tonnes in 2015-2016, the lowest volume since 2003-2004, according to the International Cotton Advisory Committee (ICAC).…
ASIAN OUTSOURCING NEEDS TO RAISE ITS GAME TO DEAL WITH INCREASING GLOBAL COMPETITION – CONVENTION TOLD
Growing competition across the world for clothing outsourcing contracts, with China not only being challenged in Asia, but by sub-Saharan African and even Russian suppliers, is pushing Asian governments to sharpen their industrial policy to retain market share, a major international conference has heard.…
THAI APPETITE FOR PREMIUM PACKAGED FOOD GROWING
A slowly recovering economy and a string of political crises may have weakened consumer spending in Thailand, but appetite for packaged premium brands, remained strong, according to industry experts. Overall, packaged food sales (retail and food services including premium) soared from USD8.06 billion in 2011 to USD 11.07 billion in 2015, according to data from London-based market researcher Euromonitor International, with sales projected to continue to grow through 2020, albeit at a slower pace.…
AVIATION SECTOR GETS CREATIVE ON IMPLEMENTING NEW TRACKING SIGNAL RULES
THE CIVIL aviation industry and its suppliers are innovating solutions to comply with the new tracking rule from the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) which came into force in July and will be compulsory for new planes with a take-off mass exceeding 27,000kg from January 2021.…
INDUSTRY DEMANDS COMMON APPROACH TO TACKLE MARINE PLASTICS WASTE
Plastics has a very good image – but the industry’s contribution to marine waste is damaging it, Antonino Furfari, managing director of industry organisation Plastics Recyclers Europe, told yesterday’s (September 29) high level Brussels conference on measures to prevent this environmental problem.…