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FOR ASIA’S private label cosmetics manufacturers, orders by Asian brands have been replacing those from western companies, as Asia has become the top personal care product market besides the US and Europe. Indeed, some countries in the region are still seeing high growth rates.…

Iraq and Syria are major hot spots in the fight against terrorism financing. Numerous militant Islamist groups are in operation, most notably the Islamic State (IS), with revenues derived from multiple sources, including extortion, seizures of grain, sales of oil, private donations and charities.…

2015 will be an important year in southeast Asia, with the launch of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Economic Community (AEC) in December. But analysts question whether the region’s non-ferrous metal giant Indonesia is ready to integrate its industry with those of its neighbours.…

Indonesia remains the world’s fastest growing soap market, say researchers Mintel, which point to Indonesian bathing habits encouraged by the country’s sweltering humidity, but wealthier Indonesians are starting to prefer liquid products to bar soap. Indonesians have for centuries opted for a quick ‘mandi’, the traditional bathing method of using a scoop to pour cold water on oneself.…

THE JOINT Aviation Authorities Training Organisation (JAA TO) has signed a memorandum of understanding with Indonesia’s PT HESA Air Service to improve civil aviation safety and security standards in this key emerging market country. The JAA will work with PT HESA to deliver training programmes on these topics, “as per the market’s demand or tailored to special request and delivered at the premises designated by PT.…

The Indonesian unit of Japanese probiotic drinks giant Yakult Honsha Co Ltd has confirmed to just-food.com that it will expand its production facility in East Java to meet growing demand in the country. Details of the plan were announced by Indra Tjahjono, managing director of Yakult Indonesia, who told local media that the firm will upgrade its plant at the Ngoro Industrial Park.…

THE INDONESIAN textiles association (API) is to partner with the Indonesian ministry of industry to set up free training courses for textiles workers, according to API chairman Ade Sudrajat. The initiative is seen as an early indicator of the investor-friendly credentials of the new administration, under President Joko Widodo, who took office last month.…

THE GOVERNMENT of Indonesia’s new President Joko Widodo — who was inaugurated on Monday (Oct 20) — will need to invest heavily in infrastructure to boost the country’s textiles and broader manufacturing sector, according to a senior industry consultant.

“The major challenge presented by Indonesia’s poor infrastructure are shared by every industry,” Keith Loveard, senior risk analyst, at Jakarta-based Concord Consulting.…

Indonesia’s upstream textile industry is turning to onsite combined heat and power (CHP) on the back of double digit electricity price hikes this year, according to an industry insider. Nils Hansen, sales director for Jakarta-based Navigat Energy, which supplies gas turbine engines in Indonesia, CHP is becoming an increasingly attractive option as the country’s textile manufacturers seek to avoid spiralling energy bills.…

INDONESIAN garment manufacturers are moving to the Central Java province to capitalise on lower minimum wage costs, according to a senior industry figure.
Ade Sudrajat, chairman of the Indonesian Textile Association (API), said the industry’s established manufacturing hub in West Java, greater Jakarta and Banten province (all in western Java) had become less competitive as unions have won repeated inflation-busting wage increases.  …