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A consortium headed by France’s Vinci Airports and Orix Corp, a financial services company based in Tokyo, took over the operation of Kansai International Airport and Osaka International Airport on April 1. The Japanese government is hoping that the deal will be the first of a series of privatisations of the nation’s often under-utilised airports.…

The goal of uniting Europe under a single sky of system-wide ATM interoperability, once an improbably futuristic idea, was given a tangible push forward at the SESAR Global Demonstration held in Rome on June 8 and 9. The two-day event, which took place at the Prototype Systems Centre of Italian civil aviation authority ENAV (Ente Nazionale per l’Assistenza al Volo), spotlighted the ways that System-Wide Information Management (SWIM) can simultaneously and seamlessly streamline ATM operations.…

The China Food and Drug Administration (CFDA) has published a new regulation requiring the registration with its officials of infant formula recipes for products sold in the country.

According to the regulation, which was released by the CFDA on June 8 (Wednesday), the agency must approve these registrations before any infant formula is sold in China, including imports, can be sold.…

Specialist health and nutritional foods are set to become more important in the European market in future, according to Nestlé executive vice president and head of EMENA zone (Europe, Middle East and North Africa), Luis Cantarell, who singled out foods for the ageing population as a key priority.…

Innovative reusable feminine hygiene products have recently gained popularity amongst women, and experts say this segment is poised to challenge the traditional disposable product industry worldwide.

The global retail sales of panty-liners, tampons and pads in 2015 were USD30 billion, up from USD29 billion in 2014 – a growth rate of 3.5%, according to Svetlana Uduslivaia, head of tissue and hygiene at UK-based market research firm, Euromonitor International.…

Global biolubricant sales should reach USD2.97 billion by 2020, according to US research firm MarketsandMarkets, with hydraulic fluids driving the sector. The US market is the fastest-growing region, while Europe retains the largest market share (around 45%).

However, although research and development projects have unveiled and unleashed the vast growth potential for this sector, the struggle remains to develop sufficient quantities of raw material to enable industry to replace fossil oil-based lubricants in a cost-effective manner.…

INDIAN nuclear plants have been awarded their first ever nuclear operator’s liability insurance policy, a move that is expected to attract international manufacturers of nuclear components to help in building new power generation capacity. Confirming the policy issued on May 26, Alice G Vaidyan, chairman-cum-managing director of General Insurance Corporation of India (GIC), told Fuel Cycle Week that, USD224 million insurance cover has been provided to all 21 nuclear power plants run by Nuclear Power Corporation of India (NPCIL).…

HIGH tech sales specialists are advising Brazil’s textile sector to keep refining their ecommerce strategy to boost their competitiveness in a tough market.

Paulo Renato Macedo, innovation director at Tropos Lab, a consulting company for entrepreneurs based in Belo Horizonte, north of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, said while “creativity, quality and brand keep being important,” adopting new electronic marketing was essential for the textile and clothing sector in Brazil.…

THE EUROPEAN Commission’s trade directorate general and the United States Trade Representative (USTR) office have said that they will be assessing the impact of Britain’s anticipated exit from the European Union (EU) on the planned EU-US Transatlantic Trade & Investment Partnership (TTIP).…

COUNTERFEIT products remain a major potential headache for wholesalers in the UK, indeed around the world, with clever fake product operations continuing to supply sophisticated copies that can fool even wary distributors.

And the risks of a fake slipping through the net and ending up on a retailer’s shelf can be very serious.…