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GESTAMP, a Spanish multinational specializing in metal vehicle components, is researching ways to make lighter and safer cars after acquiring funding from the European Investment Bank (EIB).

“The project activities aim at further reducing vehicle weight (contributing to lower fuel consumption and emissions) [and] improving vehicle safety, while enhancing manufacturing productivity and reducing average production cost,” a Gestamp spokesperson told wardsauto.…

The European Union’s automotive manufacturing and telecommunications industry trade bodies July 7 unveiled plans for a joint test project in connected and automated driving, due to launch 2017. The European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA), the European Association of Automotive Suppliers (CLEPA), the European Telecommunications Network Operators’ Association (ETNO), the European Competitive Telecommunications Association (ECTA) and the global association for the mobile telecoms industry (GSMA) will operate the research scheme.…

WITH 4.8 million Syrian refugees registered by the UN, and many more displaced without registration, their impact on consumer markets outside their home country has been significant. The tobacco sector has been no exception. Indeed, even before the civil war, Syrians were keen smokers – with 2004 Syrian Centre for Tobacco Studies research indicating that 56.9% of men smoked cigarettes and 17% of women; 20.2% of men smoked waterpipes (shisha) and 4.8% of women; 29% smoked daily – 51.4% of men and 11.5% of women).…

THE EUROPEAN Commission has protected the use of a German blood sausage product name, adding it to the list of European Union (EU) geographical indications. The spicy ‘Aachener Puttes,’ (or ‘Oecher Puttes’ in local dialect – both names will be protected) from Aachen city in north-west Germany is sold fresh, tinned or smoked.…

One month after the UK’s Brexit referendum vote to leave the European Union (EU) on June 23, the British clothing industry has been weighing up the immediate impact and trying to assess what might happen in advance of any longer-term trade solution.…

YOUNGER generations are more vulnerable to online crime and fraudulent activity than the older people, cyber security experts have told Fraud Intelligence, and are warning younger computer users to be particularly careful about what information they share online.

“The younger generation has a higher risk of being targeted by online criminals than the older generation,” said Atif Ghauri, senior vice president of the Toronto-based Herjavec Group, a global information security firm.…

Personal care product and ingredient manufacturers based in Britain face a risk that some key exports to the European Union (EU) will attract duties in future, now the UK government has confirmed it will push ahead with leaving the EU following the June 23 Brexit referendum.…

THE EUROPEAN Union (EU) chocolate sector stands to access supplies from the world’s third largest cocoa producer – Indonesia – should new talks to forge an EU-Indonesia trade deal prove successful. The country produced around 400,000 tonnes of cocoa in 2015.…

COSMETICS and skincare brands are expecting more functionalities and innovations from applicators to help boost market share. Packaging companies are responding by developing applicators that do not just deliver product, they add to user experience, such as with rolling and massaging functions reminiscent of spa-type applications; applicators with different benefits based on its temperature; and those that ensure the hygiene of the product.…

Scandinavia’s colour cosmetic sector is poised to grow between 2016 and 2019 after two years of slumping sales, with Sweden being the stronger national market, according to UK-based market intelligence firm Mintel.

Even Sweden has had a bumpy ride, however: in 2013, Sweden’s SEK41.12 million (USD4.78 million – at current exchange rates) colour cosmetics market up from SEK35.9 million (USD4.18 million).…