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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.…

THE ARAB Spring has certainly been a mixed blessing for North Africa, with political instability as common as progress towards democratisation, and the region’s paint sector has not been insulated from these changes. Sales have swung up and down, with North Africa’s economies performing unevenly as the Arab Spring’s political changes shake out.…

The new business director of Birla Cellulose (part of India’s Aditya Birla Group), Dilip Gaur, has his priority set: to build on the popularity of the Liva fabric and take it to new heights.

Barely two weeks into his new position as the head of multi-billion dollar Aditya Birla Group’s cellulose business, Mr Gaur told Twist International, “My focus will be to see how I can scale it up.…

Turkish denim firms have roared onto the global market in recent years, impressing consumers, terrifying the competition.

These companies are aided by Turkey’s high quality cotton – particularly that produced in the country’s Aegean region on the west coast. Aegean premium cotton is renowned for its ability to retain paint and for its softness and absorbency, all without genetic modification.…

Czech automobile manufacturer Škoda Auto, the subsidiary of Germany’s Volkswagen, plans to strengthen its position in the Chinese market, through a planned EUR2 billion investment over five years in the Shanghai-based SAIC Volkswagen Automotive Company Ltd.

The manufacturer is betting on the Chinese market in the future, Škoda China president Andreas Hafemann told wardsauto, saying the company wanted to double its China sales following the deal.…

It is high time universities started to measure more what achieve in student learning, and less in enrolment, the Presidents’ Forum of the Worldwide Universities Network (WUN) has been told. The president of the Netherlands’ Maastricht University’s, Professor Jo Ritzen, referenced an American study in 2011 which found that many USA university and college students did not learn much at all.…

THE STABLE north African kingdom of Morocco is pushing ahead with plans to grow its automotive manufacturing industry, creating a lower-cost hub for supplying nearby wealthy European markets. Indeed, with the Strait of Gibraltar crossing between Morocco and Spain being just over eight miles wide, the Morocco government’s 2014-2020 industrial acceleration policy is clear – it wants to grow its auto sector fast.…

Branded garments in India will become more expensive after the decision by the central government to impose a 2% excise duty on clothing and other manufactured textile retail items that cost more than Indian rupees INR1,000 (USD14.74), the Clothing Manufacturing Association of India, told just-style.…

Laboratory-grown meat has moved from a distant sci-fi concept to a realistic idea that could be commercialised and mainstream in just a few years, according to industry experts. “We aim to commercialise in four to five years, and it will become mainstream in the two to three years after that,” Prof Mark J Post, professor and chair of physiology at Maastricht University, in the Netherlands, told just-food.…

The attack at Brussels Zaventem airport will spark new discussions on the security of landside facilities at European airports as the European Union rolls out reforms from its European Agenda on Security Strategy (EASS).

It was launched last April (2015), and was the latest in a series of security policy developments undertaken by the EU since the September 11 attacks on the USA.…