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PLANS FOR BEIJING CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT’S FOURTH RUNWAY BEING KICKED DOWN THE ROAD
Nearly two years since Beijing Capital International Airport (BCIA) in September 2015 announced plans to build a fourth runway and a new air control centre by 2017 and inaugurate both in 2018, these projects are still not being materialized.
On January 17, the Beijing Municipal People’s Congress Standing Committee deputy director Wu Jianguo, for his part, revealed that the fourth runway is “brewing”, without however mentioning any timeline.…
UK MUST MAINTAIN EXISTING EU PLASTICS LEGISLATION POST BREXIT, EXPERTS SAY
WITH the Brexit negotiations now underway in earnest, the plastics industry is clear about its ideal outcome – maintaining the existing legislative framework for plastics when the UK leaves the European Union (EU) – scheduled for March 29, 2019. This is essential for the health of the industry in the UK and its current EU partners, experts have told European Plastics News, with the third round of Brexit negotiations to start August 28.…
NO MAJOR EVIDENCE THAT FOOD AND DRINK COMPANIES SHIRT CHANGER EASTERN EUROPE ON TASTE – BUT REPUTATIONS ARE RISKED ANYWAY
EASTERN and central European food consumers have often complained that international branded food tastes worse in their countries than in western Europe – even when comparing the same brands in similar packaging.
But the question is whether these grumbles are effectively urban myths – or if there is evidence suggesting that these differences are real.…
DEMAND FOR MEN’S COSMETICS GROWS IN RUSSIA AS MEN SLOWLY BANISH OLD STEREOTYPES
DEMAND for men’s personal care products is growing in Russia – a stark change for a country where men’s grooming was traditionally limited to the bare hygiene essentials, with any additional attention to physical appearance spurring fears of appearing too effeminate.…
INNOVATION IS THE KEY TO SUCCESSFUL SUSTAINABILITY, ESQUEL CONFERENCE TOLD
INNOVATIONS in boosting sustainability in the textile and clothing sector and beyond were highlighted at this year’s annual Integral Conversation conference, hosted again by Hong Kong shirt specialist Esquel in Guilin, between November 9 and 11.
Staged under the theme ‘Reimagining Health: Fostering the Health of the Planet and People’, its discussions focused on environmental and human health themes of critical importance to clothing manufacturers, with hundreds of globally prominent business leaders, influential scholars and policymakers present.…
AIRPORTS MOVE TOWARDS TOTAL MANAGEMENT MODEL, ICAO CONFERENCE TOLD
AIRPORTS are moving towards a collaborative total airport management model, including commercial, service and regulatory partners, although there are no plans to draft a formal global blueprint on how to achieve this.
An International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) official confirmed that this would not happen at a session of ICAO’s GANIS (Global Air Navigation Industry Symposium) in Montréal, Canada, this week (Dec 13), saying that airports were too diverse to make such a standard practical.…
USA PAINT AND COATINGS SECTOR EXPECTED TO GROW, IF TRUMP DOES NOT TORPEDO TRADE POLICY
International politics and trade relations are set to influence the medium-term future of the US paint and coatings industry, analysts have predicted, highlighting a generally positive outlook with certain caveats.
USA PAINT AND COATINGS SECTOR EXPECTED TO GROW, IF TRUMP DOES NOT TORPEDO TRADE POLICY
The state of the economy and its knock-on effect to the construction and manufacturing sectors (the World Bank is forecasting 2.2% GDP growth for the USA in 2017), is encouraging for paint and coatings producers.…
ASIA-PACIFIC GROWTH AND INNOVATION INSPIRES INVESTMENT INTO REGION’S NONWOVENS SECTOR
WITH the Asia-Pacific continuing to be the hub of global industrial growth and also a nexus of technological innovation, the region’s non-wovens sector has been making the most of these benefits, increasing both output and quality.
The Chinese nonwoven fabric sector, for instance, has been growing steadily, with 8-10% year-on-year growth in recent years, surpassing the average growth rate of the country’s entire textile industry.…
EU REGULATORY ROUND UP - ECHA LAUNCHES NEW NANOMATERIALS DATABASE
THE EUROPEAN Chemicals Agency (ECHA) has launched a new online database containing detailed materials on nanomaterials, an increasingly important input for the paint and coatings sector – the first phase of the creation of a European Union Observatory for Nanomaterials (EUON).…
COLOMBIAN FARC REBELS DUE TO HAND OVER LAUNDERED ASSETS TO FUND VICTIMS’ REPARATIONS
AT the end of June, Colombia’s FARC guerrillas handed in over 7,000 weapons to bring a close to over 50 years of armed struggle with the government. However, the next stage in the peace process is proving an even thornier issue than disarmament: surrendering their assets from laundered criminal wealth. …