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Following a period of recession-induced stagnation, business in the US body care product industry is back with a vengeance. Driven by a combination of seasonal and demographic factors, Americans spent just over USD2.9 billion, USD9.23 per person, on body care products in 2014.…

The global confectionery and sweet bakery sectors have been hit hard by California’s worst ever drought, lasting since 2011, which has devastated its critically important production of the key ingredient almonds. The result has been scarcity and rising prices for this nut, worldwide
Sylvia Kälin, head of corporate communications for Lindt & Sprüngli, in Switzerland, said the shortage has helped increase the price of chocolates that include almonds, at a time when cocoa prices are also rising: “Even if we always attempt to counter— at least partially— these challenges with ongoing increases in efficiency and volume, this challenging situation may possibly result in further price increases on the side of the chocolate industry,” she told Confectionery Production.…

A WIDE range of flavouring innovations continue to emerge in the global confectionery and sweet bakery industry as brands look to differentiate themselves with new formulations, unusual concepts, and novel natural products. Speaking to Confectionery Production, Lindsey Bagley, a UK-based technical consultant to the global food industry, observed that extensive research is taking place in the flavouring industry.…

The business outlook for South Korea’s coatings manufacturers was a mixed bag last year, with demand from some key buyers, such as construction, original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and automakers, slightly increasing, but demand from shipbuilders has fallen. According to estimates made by Kusumgar, Nerlfi & Growney Inc, a New Jersey, USA-based consulting firm for the polymer and chemical industries, consumption of coatings in South Korea in 2014 reached 1.8 billion wet formulated pounds, valued at USD3.3 billion.…

Further regulation is not always the way to restore trust in business – rather it can be achieved by greater emphasis on improving corporate culture, a May 5 conference at the European Parliament, in Brussels, heard. This did not mean that regulation should be scrapped or ignored, but speakers at the joint ACCA – European Confederation of Directors’ Associations (ecoDa) conference ‘Creating value through governance: channelling corporate culture and ethics in boards’ wanted to see legislation set incentives – carrots rather than sticks.…

The fall of the Russian ruble is pushing leading Russian textile and clothing brands into considering abandoning outsourcing abroad, shifting production back to Russia and away from China and other Asian countries, government officials claim.
According to analysts at the Russian ministry of industry and trade, the decline of the ruble (RUB) (1 ruble now buys 1.9 US cents, compared to 2.9 cents last June) through weak oil prices and western sanctions, has made Russian textile production 15%-20% cheaper than Asian imports.…

Russia’s annexation of Crimea in March 2014, which followed swiftly on the heels of the Ukrainian Maidan revolution, triggered a rapid chain of events, and the country’s energy sector is likely to be transformed as a result. Recent weeks have seen tentatively positive political developments, with a ceasefire more or less observed in eastern Ukraine.…

Demand for marine and anti-fouling paints has expanded significantly since Denmark’s Hempel laid claim to producing the first antifouling coating for ships’ hulls in 1917. With a greater understanding of the economic benefits of anti-fouling paints and tougher environmental legislation, marine paints are very much at the forefront of coatings technology today.…

China’s new found taste for olive oil is growing, opening up new sales channels for olive oil producing countries and Morocco is one potential beneficiary. Morocco is the fourth largest exporter of olive oil and olives after the European Union (EU), Turkey and Tunisia, currently producing between 100,000 and 120,000 tonnes per year of which 25,000 tonnes are exported.”…

THE ONWARD march of nonwovens production in Europe appears to be relentless, but the drivers behind it have changed in recent years. Early markets for disposable products have matured and levelled off in many countries and newer applications have taken up the slack.…