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BY ZLATKO CONKAS

Will Croatia’s ascension to the EU hamper the country’s tobacco industry?

Croatia’s strong tobacco sector stands to benefit from selling into the European Union once the country joins the EU. However it could lose trade in neighbouring states because of duty changes.…

BY MARK GODFREY

THERE is no end to the number of ambitious companies eyeing a slice of the estimated USD10 billion-a-year demand for nuclear power construction and maintenance in China. And in a country known for its favouritism towards local firms in public procurement contracts, one would assume that mainland Chinese companies would get the maximum share of the spoils.…

BY MJ DESCHAMPS

THE EUROPEAN Commission is praising the results of a European Union (EU)-funded initiative boosting the competitiveness of European mould manufacturing for plastics-based household goods, automotive and aerospace components, and more.

Technologies previously available for machining heat-resistant metal moulds have been cost and time-intensive.…

BY ALAN OBSORN

A NUMBER of the bothersome procedures and technical hang-ups related to the use of biocides that have made life maddening for coatings manufacturers for many years now may at last be on the way out. It looks as if the European Union’s (EU) long-awaited and much-needed proposed biocidal product regulation will enter into force in September 2013 ushering in a new era of product authorisation at the EU level for many items and providing for effective mutual recognition of national marketing authorisations.…

BY MJ DESCHAMPS

THE EUROPEAN and South American gypsum operations of French building materials company Lafarge will be acquired by Etex Group NV/SA of Belgium, a manufacturer of building material and systems, with the deal now receiving competition approval from the European Commission.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE EUROPEAN Union’s (EU) anti-fraud Commissioner has blamed member states for the EU accounts again being declared faulty by the Court of Auditors, the union’s financial watchdog. The court concluded in its assessment of the 2010 accounts that while they "present fairly the financial position of the European Union…the payments underlying these accounts were still affected by material error, with an estimated error rate of 3.7% for the EUR122.2 billion of EU spending."…

BY ANDREW MCEWEN

ASK a school supplies business owner in Beijing why she loves a certain knitted cashmere line and her response might make you blush.

"Thermal underwear, great!" laughs Liu Qiao, 47. "I bought a pair of cashmere long johns for my husband last year and he loves them.…

BY MARK ROWE

THE AVIATION sector is significantly boosting Asia-Pacific technical coatings demand. With fuel overheads typically accounting for around 40% of all costs in the aviation industry, there has been increased demand in recent years for a new generation of aerodynamic coatings, which can reduce drag and cut costs, especially in emerging markets where operators need to minimise costs.…

BY PACIFICA GODDARD

CONSTRUCTION for a ground-breaking ecology-friendly airport is under way in Ecuador’s ecological paradise, the Galapagos Islands. This is the Ecuadorian government’s latest step towards creating a model for sustainable eco-tourism in the islands, renowned as one of the most bio-diverse regions of the world.…

BY GEOFF MEADE

THE EUROPEAN Commission has threatened to take "radical" measures against most European Union (EU) countries unless more is done to deliver a ‘Single European Sky’ for air traffic control services. It has warned this could include proposing new EU legislation to force member states to do more in forging a unified and efficient EU ATC system.…