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SOUTH AFRICA BREAKS GROUND IN PROMOTING SOLAR POWER IN AIRPORTS
By the end of this year Airports Company South Africa (ACSA) will have gone a significant way to achieving its goal of powering all the country’s state-owned regional airports from renewable energy sources.
The first milestone in this ambitious project was achieved early last year when ACSA announced that George Airport had become Africa’s first – and the world’s second, after Cochin airport in southern India – largely green-powered airport following the completion of phase one of its solar development.…
LIGHT AIRCRAFT TRIAL DEMONSTRATES UTILITY OF PLASTIC WASTE AVIATION FUEL BLEND
A light aircraft powered partly by fuel made from plastic waste could dramatically increase aviation sustainability, it is claimed.
Environmentalist Jeremy Roswell flew 500 miles from Sydney to Melbourne in a Vans RV9a aircraft powered by fuel, 90% conventional fuel and 10% from a fuel made from reprocessed end-of-life plastic by London recycling firm Plastic Energy, similar to fragments found in the sea.…
ROLLS-ROYCE AGREES EXPENSIVE PENALTIES IN UK, USA AND BRAZIL OVER CORRUPTION CLAIMS
ROLLS-ROYCE has announced that it has reached deferred prosecution agreements (DPA) with the UK Serious Fraud Office (SFO) and the USA Department of Justice (DoJ), plus a leniency deal with the Brazilian government, to settle bribery and corruption claims. The agreements will see the company pay GBP671 million (USD808 million) in total, which will suspend prosecutions over alleged bribery and corruption involving intermediaries in overseas markets.…
POLAND PERSONAL CARE PRODUCT MARKET GROWTH STILL ROBUST AND SUSTAINED
POLAND’S beauty and personal care market is fragmented, highly competitive and extremely price sensitive, but continues to grow faster than that of most other countries in central and eastern Europe. Poles spent about EUR3.6 billion (USD 3.85 billion) on cosmetics and personal care products in 2016, according to the latest estimates from London-based market research firm Euromonitor International.…
EASTERN EUROPE’S SLOW BUT STEADY GROWTH A WORLD AWAY FROM POST-COMMUNIST GROWTH HEYDAY
MANY personal care product markets in eastern and central Europe are growing slowly, with incremental growth being tapped especially by major international brands who have squeezed out local players with their solid pricing and reliable quality.
But with natural cosmetics rising in popularity, there is still space for innovative smaller players with sufficient local roots and knowhow to appeal to consumers in what remains an extremely diverse region in terms of culture and consumer habits.…
EASTERN EUROPE’S SLOW BUT STEADY GROWTH A WORLD AWAY FROM POST-COMMUNIST GROWTH HEYDAY
MANY personal care product markets in eastern and central Europe are growing slowly, with incremental growth being tapped especially by major international brands who have squeezed out local players with their solid pricing and reliable quality.
But with natural cosmetics rising in popularity, there is still space for innovative smaller players with sufficient local roots and knowhow to appeal to consumers in what remains an extremely diverse region in terms of culture and consumer habits.…
SAUDI ARABIA: MALE GROOMING MARKET GROWS – AS MORE SAUDI MEN WORK IN OFFICES
Saudi Arabia’s economy has been going through tough times ever since oil prices started tumbling in late 2014. Only a few market segments have withstood the effects of the latest downturn – men’s grooming being one of them. Overall, the male grooming market in the kingdom registered a minor value decline of 0.4% in 2016 compared to 2015, reaching Saudi Arabian SAR2 billion (USD533.2 million), according to research company Euromonitor International.…
EU AIR TRAFFIC RISES IN ALL MEMBER STATES, SAYS EUROSTAT
EUROPEAN Union (EU) statistical agency Eurostat has released comprehensive EU-wide air passenger data revealing increases in traffic in all 28 EU member states. Overall, 918.3 million passenger flights were undertaken in the EU in 2015, up 4.7% on 2014, and 22% compared to 2009.…
VIETNAM’S PAINTS AND VARNISHES INDUSTRY CONTINUES TO GROW
VIETNAM’S construction and manufacturing sectors are driving demand for paints and varnishes as economic growth remains healthy despite speed bumps this year. While this key south-east Asian emerging market’s economic growth took a hit this year thanks to environmental issues and weak global export demand, the country’s paints and coatings industry continues to grow.…
WOMEN IN FINANCE STILL PRESSURED TO PROVE THEMSELVES MORE THAN MEN, SAYS KEY FEMALE UAE ENTREPRENEUR
Her Excellency Sara Al Madani ventured into the business world at a time when very few Emirati women dared to do so. Defying gender and cultural norms, she started her fashion label Rouge Couture at the age of 15.
Eager to give a new twist to the abaya (the robe-like dress worn by some Muslim women), she went on to create dozens of unconventional designs of the traditional garment and opened three branches of her boutique in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).…