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BY KEITH NUTHALL

A EUROPEAN Union (EU) research project is developing an innovative business model which can allow consumers to design and choose their own clothing online, with manufacturers shipping remotely-controlled bespoke work. The Euro 5.17 million Open Garments project aims to create a secure and practical electronic communications system delivering customer requirements to manufacturers, who can act on them swiftly.…

BY EMMA JACKSON

CLOTHING and accessory consumers are fickle at the best of times, and trying to nail down their desires in the growing eco-fashion niche market is proving especially difficult as the industry moves toward environmental responsibility.

On the one hand consumers, (especially young people in mature western markets), are increasingly aware of the environmental and social footprints of fashion and textile production.…

BY MARK GODFREY

CHINA’S shipbuilders are clearly on a roll, the nation having surpassed South Korea and Japan to become the world’s top builder of vessels – and specialist maritime coating manufacturers are taking notice. Data from maritime consultancy UK-based Clarkson Research Services Ltd shows spending on new vessels in 2010 saw a year-on-year increase of 106%.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE EUROPEAN Commission may this year release proposals to reduce the vulnerability of the European Union’s (EU) emissions trading system (ETS) to fraud. Cyber-criminals launched a lucrative attack on its systems in January. How open is this ground-breaking system to fraud?…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE EUROPEAN Commission has fast-tracked regulatory approval of UK-based Ineos’ planned takeover of a polystyrene and expanded polystyrene joint venture operated with Canada’s Nova since 2005. The business has 11 manufacturing plants in six countries: the Netherlands, France, Sweden, Germany, Canada and the USA.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

Discord has hit the usually placid calm of European Union (EU) financial watchdog, the Court of Auditors: a dissident ex-member says EU fraud and mismanagement is even worse than we think. Keith Nuthall explains.

It was something of a surprise when Dutch auditor Maarten Engwirda marked his retirement from the Luxembourg-based court with what amounted to an accounting kiss-and-tell exclusive in the Netherlands’ De Volkskrant newspaper.…

BY DEIRDRE MASON

WHEN manufacturers generally are feeling the squeeze, maximising the efficiency of packaging systems and their related costs can be an essential part of securing profits. That means increasing demands will be made of conveying, with companies on the look-out for new high-tech solutions.…

BY RAGHAVENDRA VERMA

May 31, 2009, a quiet Sunday morning at Mumbai’s ChhatrapatiShivaji International Airport: Air India flight 348 to New Delhi and Jet Airways 651 to Calcutta had accelerated on their runways to 180 km per hour when just seconds before take-off they made emergency stops.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

BILATERAL civil aviation deals struck with Russia by Belgium, Britain, Denmark, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and Sweden are being challenged legally by the European Commission. It fears the agreements enable Russia to charge punitive Siberia over-flight fees to these countries’ airlines at a variety of rates.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

The European Union’s (EU) agriculture commissioner wants to preserve or even increase EU food spending beyond its current Euro EUR44 billion-a-year whileEU national governments implement austerity cuts. In a debate yesterday (January 13) at a European Parliament policy challenges committee meeting DacianCiolo?…