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THE EUROPEAN Commission should do more to ensure stricter safety rules for coatings and varnishes coming into contact with food, industry experts have told Polymers Paint Colour Journal (PPCJ), following MEPs’ calls for European Union (EU)-wide measures last October.

Indeed, the European Union (EU) industry group CEPE (the European Council of the Paint, Printing Ink and Artists’ Colour Industry) has said: “An agreed harmonised protocol for risk assessment is urgently required,” agreed by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), the Commission, EU member states and Europe’s paint and coatings industry.…

workplace exposure limits for chromium (VI) compounds within chromium-containing pigments, paints and metal (conversion) coatings. The chemical is widely used in the industry, with compound including barium chromate, zinc chromate and calcium chromate being used as basic primers and top coats in the aerospace sector.…

MINIMUM wage increases undertaken every two years by the Malaysian government are doing more harm than good to the country’s low-skilled workers, an expert has warned.

Dr Carmelo Ferlito, senior fellow at Malaysia’s Institute for Democracy and Economic Affairs (IDEAS) argued that a higher minimum wage could help create a “higher unemployment rate among the low-skilled workers due to automation.”…

A smarter approach to asset integrity is proving to be the cost-effective answer to corrosion and erosion in ageing oil and gas assets. Indeed, the global oil and gas industry is maintaining a sharp focus on costs as operators grapple with ‘end or extend’ decisions over the commercial life of ageing assets in a lower-for-longer oil price environment.…

Birla Cellulose, India’s world leading manufacturer of artificial cellulose fibres, has told Twist International how it plans to incorporate new consumer trends and desires linking individualism and community in its autumn and winter 2018/19 collection. It will be showcased at the Première Vision show, at Paris, in September (2017).…

CHINESE customers bought 28 million vehicles in 2016, up 7.3% from 2015, which saw a year-on-year growth of 4.7%, according to the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers. However, such sales were largely stimulated by tax incentives released by the Chinese government in 2015 to encourage the sales of low-emission cars.…

EXECUTIVES within Sri Lanka’s apparel sector predict its exporters can generate an additional USD400 to USD500 million in annual sales because of the country regaining the Generalised Scheme of Preferences Plus (GSP+) trade concession with the European Union (EU).

This happened on May 19, (2017), almost seven years since Sri Lanka lost this trade access status (in August 2010) because of human rights violations during the previous government of ex-President Mahinda Rajapaksa.…

GERMAN researchers have been testing aviation biofuels on a dismounted CFM56 engine, used in Airbus and Boeing medium-haul aircraft, concluding they are both safe to use and reduce CO2 emissions compared to kerosene. They also tested 50/50 biofuel-kerosene blends at a test rig operated by airline research arm Lufthansa Technik, with similar positive results.…

ТHE EUROPEAN Union (EU) and the United States (US) have launched ongoing negotiations on widening the scope of a 2011 EU-US Memorandum of Cooperation on civil aviation research and development, with the goal of achieving interoperability in EU and US air traffic management systems.…

For the past year, passengers flying out of Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) have had to cough up a Hong Kong dollars HKD70-180 (USD9-23) Airport Construction Fee for the privilege. Should they want to see where their money is going, they need only look northwards from the glass-sided terminal to observe the construction of the hub’s third runway, which is due to be completed in 2024.…