Search Results for: Indonesian

BY POORNA RODRIGO

THE INDONESIAN Textile Association (API) has branded a government decision to increase the minimum wage in the capital Jakarta and its surrounding region by 44% as "illogical", arguing the country’s garment and textile industry will be hit hard by the hike.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

JAPANESE cosmetics ingredients company Ajinomoto has unveiled a joint venture with Indonesia chemical company PT Lautan Luas Tbk (LTL). Western Java-based PT Lautan Ajinomoto Fine Ingredients will use amino acids to manufacture cosmetics ingredients, especially for Asia customers.…

BY CARMEN PAUN, IN RIO DE JANEIRO

THE WORLD’S energy ministers are pondering policy responses to ‘The Future We Want’, a document summarising recommendations from the United Nations (UN) Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20) which ended June 22 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.…

BY MARIANI DEWI, IN JAKARTA

THE CHAIRMAN of the Indonesian Food and Beverage Association (Gapmmi) has called for tougher enforcement of his country’s labelling rules, preventing food products being sold where consumers cannot read key information on packaging.

Adhi Siswaja Lukman, association chairman, said customs officials should simply block imports if they are improperly labelled: laws say labels must be in Bahasa Indonesian and include a "product name, composition, producer and use by date," he noted.…

BY MARK ROWE

FOR products that are marketed for their ability to sooth and generate the feel-good factor, the sustainable sourcing of cosmetics ingredients causes plenty of headaches for manufacturers and suppliers. The industry is in a period of transition, in which several of the world’s multinationals are engaging in a step change in how they go about sourcing the oils they need, and the public wants.…

BY DAVID HAYHURST, IN PARIS

CHANTAL Ronceray is targeting fast growth in turnover at Jamal Paris, a small but ambitious halal cosmetics products company she co-founded in 2007. It is an act of faith in the long-term potential for sales among France’s 4.7 million Muslims, Europe’s largest such population.…

BY KARRYN MILLER, IN HANOI

WITH similar tropical and sub-tropical climates giving personal care product consumers some similar requirements as regards skin care, the 10 countries that make up the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) region could be regarded as one by lazy marketers.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

ACCOUNTING giant Ernst & Young has claimed nearly half of chief financial officers worldwide – still struggling with the global economic crisis – would undertake unethical and potentially illegal actions to protect their companies.

Its latest global fraud survey said that of almost 400 CFOs questioned, 47% "felt one or more… possibly questionable actions that may help the business survive…could be justified in an economic downturn".…

BY HANA KAMARUDDIN, IN SELANGOR, MALAYSIA

Students in some Asian countries, such as Japan, Indonesia and South Korea now earn credit hours for voluntary work, an incentive that builds volunteering into the university assessment system and promotes community work as an integral part of higher education, a conference has been told.…

BY JAMES FULLER

THE FORMER sales and marketing director of UK speciality chemicals company Innospec has pleaded guilty to three counts of conspiracy to corrupt in an international bribery case. Dr David Turner admitted two counts of securing contracts to sell toxic petrol additives, (tetraethyl lead -TEL), by bribing Iraqi and Indonesian officials from 2002-2008.…