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CENTRAL/EASTERN EUROPE PAINT MARKET AND INDUSTRY POSTS UNEVEN PERFORMANCE AS ECONOMIC RECOVERY BEDS IN
MULTI-COUNTRY regions such as eastern Europe do not always follow the same script when it comes to market performance. Sometimes, when major events happen, such as the global financial crisis, it is difficult for national coatings markets to buck the trend, but with the recovery now established, weakening economic headwinds, the latent differences between national markets can become clear.…
BRUSSELS MAKES FIRST CONNECTING EUROPE CALL FOR PROPOSALS
THE EUROPEAN Commission has made its first formal call for proposals under the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF), to help finance key European Union (EU) energy infrastructure projects. In this round of subsidies, EUR200 million will be made available for projects designed to eliminate structural bottlenecks impeding the flow of energy between EU countries.…
EU COMMISSION THREATENS LEGAL ACTION OVER AIRPORT CHARGING IN BELGIUM AND POLAND
THE EUROPEAN Commission has threatened European Court of Justice (ECJ) legal action against Belgium and Poland over claims they have broken the European Union (EU) airport charges directive (2009/12/EC). The Commission says Belgium has failed to establish an independent supervisory authority to settle charge disputes between airports and airlines, as required by the law.…
POLISH GOVERNMENT PUSHES EU FOR CONCERTED ACTION TO HELP PIGMEAT TRADE
Poland has requested measures to help boost its struggling pigmeat sector at an European Council of Minsters’ agriculture and fisheries meeting, expressing “deep concern at the development of the situation in the pigmeat market.
A document circulated to EU ministers by the Polish delegation to the council said additional financial resources, or “exceptional support”, from the EU for the pigmeat sector to compensate for producers’ continuing losses resulting from Russia’s embargo and a drought in 2015.…
RUSSIA CRISIS OVERSHADOWS KEY TURKISH YARN FAIR, BUT ORGANISERS BULLISH ABOUT ITS IMPACT
Organisers of the 13th annual Istanbul Yarn Fair remain optimistic about the future of Turkey’s yarn segment, despite the country’s recent diplomatic crisis with Russia depressing this year’s turnout.
“Although the recent political issues have affected the number of Russian buyers who come to the fair, the relationship between Turkey and Russia is very strong and [built on a long history],” said Gülbin Bozkurt, project group director of Tüyap Fairs and Exhibitions Organization Inc, which organised the fair.…
OECD SAYS GREEN REGULATIONS CAN OFFER ADVANTAGES TO TEXTILE MANUFACTURERS
A report released yesterday (Mar 10) by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation & Development (OECD) has advised textile manufacturers to support government efforts to tighten environmental rules, saying they are unlikely to cause a loss of business.
The report is an attempt to dispel the widely-held view that tighter environmental rules increase costs and damages business – especially in emerging market manufacturing hubs.…
GERMANY SEEKS TO SOOTH POLAND OVER NORD STREAM EXPANSION
GERMANY has been trying to soothe opposition to plans to double the capacity of the current Nord Stream 1 and 2 lines. The country’s Vice Chancellor Sigmar Gabriel travelled to Warsaw to mollify Poland’s new conservative government, which has been upset by the proposal.…
RUSSIA CRISIS OVERSHADOWS KEY TURKISH YARN FAIR, BUT ORGANISERS BULLISH ABOUT ITS IMPACT
Organisers of the 13th annual Istanbul Yarn Fair remain optimistic about the future of Turkey’s yarn segment, despite the country’s recent diplomatic crisis with Russia depressing this year’s turnout.
“Although the recent political issues have affected the number of Russian buyers who come to the fair, the relationship between Turkey and Russia is very strong and [built on a long history],” said Gülbin Bozkurt, project group director of Tüyap Fairs and Exhibitions Organization Inc, which organised the fair.…
EUROPE NEEDS CARBON CAPTURE TO REDUCE ITS CO2 EMISSIONS – BUT IS SLOW TO ROLL-OUT THE TECHNOLOGY
The European Union’s (EU) Energy Roadmap 2050 project is certainly ambitious – looking to decarbonise Europe’s energy sector – and it anticipates that carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology will play an important role. Yet, it is clear that this technology is far from ubiquitous and significant efforts will be required to enable CCS to play a key part in Europe’s CCS future.…
PERSONAL CARE PRODUCT SECTOR STRUGGLES TO MAINTAIN SALES IN UNSTABLE MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA
Five years since the start of the Arab uprisings in 2011, instability is still impacting cosmetics sales in the Levant and north Africa. Last year saw a slight improvement on overall sales in 2014, the year the Islamic State spread through northern Iraq and Syria, but figures are down on 2013, and the growth projected in 2010, according to figures from market researcher Euromonitor International and estimates from cosmetics companies.…