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INDONESIA STRIKES OUT ON ITS OWN REGARDING PALM OIL SUSTAINABILITY STANDARDS
BY MARK ROWE
WHEN it comes to palm oil production, there are – despite growing production in South America and west Africa – only two major players on the global stage – Malaysia and Indonesia. Cultivation in south-east Asia accounts for around 80% of the world’s global supply – which in turn reached a record high of 45.9 million tonnes in 2009-2010.…
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This was the year when Turkey really came into its own. With a well-established and successful clothing and textile industry, supping Europe, Russia and the Middle East, its industry this year laid claim to becoming a fashion centre. August’s Istanbul Fashion Week caught a lot of global attention with 21 catwalk shows, an audience of 40,000, and more than 500 overseas guests.…
INDIAN ALUMINIUM COMPANY TO BUILD SMELTER IN INDONESIA
BY RAGHAVENDRA VERMA
THE INDIAN government-owned National Aluminium Company Ltd (Nalco) is going to build a USD4.5 billion aluminium smelter of 500,000 tonnes annual capacity in Indonesia’s East Kalimantan province. On Tuesday, the company signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the provincial government for setting up the smelter and a 1,250MW power plant, which is expected to take four years to construct.…
RENATIONALISATIONS COULD TRANSFORM EGYPT TEXTILE SECTOR
BY MEGAN DETRIE
A KEY figure in the Egyptian textile industry has called on his government to invest in the two companies recently re-nationalised, following a court decision which ruled illegal their privatisation by the deposed Mubarak regime.
Judges said that the Shebin El-Kom Textile Company (which has major international clothing sector clients), and the Tanta Company for Linen and Derivatives (which does not sell to the clothing sector) had been sold off without sufficient due process, restoring the companies’ ownership to the state.…
BIG COMPANIES ORGANISE CAREFULLY TO HANDLE VARIED ASIAN COSMETICS PACKAGING
BY KARRYN MILLER
WHEN it comes to cosmetics, people from east, southeast, and south Asia may have overlapping beauty needs. But given the diversity of the region, it is no surprise to say personal care companies can not use a ‘one size fits all’ strategy.…
SOUTHEAST ASIA COSMETICS SECTOR STILL DEVELOPING, DESPITE THE RECESSION
BY KARRYN MILLER, AHMAD PATHONI, MARK ROWE
SOUTHEAST Asia is a growing and diverse market for international personal care product brands, despite the challenges (and some losses) cased by the recession. The region contains relatively rich emerging markets (and the very rich city state of Singapore), and its major poorer countries, notably Vietnam and Indonesia are growing fast and emerging robustly from the recession.…
EU MINISTERS ASKED TO BACK NEW INDONESIA DEAL
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Union (EU) Council of Ministers has been asked to approve a new open skies deal negotiated by the European Commission with Indonesia, which will allow EU airlines free access to Indonesian airports. Similarly, airlines from Indonesia will be able to fly to airports in all 27 member states.…
PALM OIL HAS GREAT POTENTIAL AS BIOFUEL FEEDSTOCK - BUT ENVIRONMENTAL CHALLENGES ARE SIGNIFICANT
BY MARK ROWE
THE OIL palm is a prolific shrub that can be converted into palm oil, one of the most versatile fats known to man – rich in solid saturated fatty acids and able to withstand refining at high temperatures.…
RELIGION AND SMOKING DON'T ALWAYS MIX WELL
BY PAUL COCHRANE, AHMAD PATHONI, GAVIN BLAIR, RAGHAVENDRA VERMA, WANG FANGQING, HELEN FLUSFELDER, KARRYN MILLER, KEITH NUTHALL and ALAN OSBORN
THE BRITISH writer Oscar Wilde wrote: "A cigarette is the perfect type of a perfect pleasure. It is exquisite, and it leaves one unsatisfied.…
INDONESIA OIL AND GAS DEMAND TO FALL THROUGH GEOTHERMAL EXPANSION
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE DEMAND for fossil fuels in Indonesia should fall with the approval of a US$400 million plan to boost renewable energy, especially from large scale geothermal plants. The Clean Technology Fund (CTF), run by international development banks, including the World Bank, will bankroll the programme.…