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Until recently, the automotive sector relied more heavily on liquid spray coatings and resins than other industries, but this trend is changing, with powder coatings becoming more popular. One stumbling block regarding efficiency improvements centred on the type of conveyor belts used to move the parts, which are dictated by load weight.…

South Korea is a society that values image and status. It is said that looking good is a sign of your respect towards others. Men and women of all ages in the country typically place great emphasis upon looks; personal grooming and beauty routines are of utmost importance. …

A RESEARCH project that has received EUR7 million in funding from the European Commission is working to bring more environmentally-friendly processes in the mainstream of the cosmetics industry in Europe. The OPTIBIOCAT (Optimised esterase biocatalysts for cost-effective industrial production) project, which began in 2013, wants to replace resource and energy-intensive chemical processes currently used in the cosmetics industry with less intensive ones, based on enzymes.…

A move by China this summer to drop the requirement for compulsory testing of some types of cosmetics has been applauded by animal rights activists in Beijing. “China is become more caring for animals…it shows that officials also have dogs and cats,” said Wang Ping, the head of the Tuanjiehu branch of the Small Animals Protection Association, an increasingly active, government-sanctioned national movement for animal rights.…

WH Group, China’s largest pork company and a major shareholder in Henan Shuanghui Investment & Development Co, Ltd, which acquired Smithfield Foods for USD7.1 billion in 2013, has successfully floated on the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (HKEx).

WH Group offered a total of 256,740,000 shares or 10% of its Global Offering on the main board of HKEx at a price of HKD6.20 (USD0.80) per share, according to the company’s August 4 communiqué.…

CHINA HAS recently launched its first website for drug-induced liver injuries, ‘Hepatox’ (www.hepatox.org). Managed by China’s Renji Hospital of Shanghai Jiao Tong University, ‘Hepatox’ is similar to the US LiverTox. It will provide a database, where medical professionals can report and find a huge number of reported cases to study and use in further research and development for liver disease prevention, diagnosis and treatment.…

THE PHARMACEUTICALS sector has not emerged unscathed from China’s recent anti-trust investigations of multinational companies, but with healthcare spending rising, there are plenty of opportunities for the industry. The powerful National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), which investigates alleged price fixing in China, has made claims alleging GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) have charged Chinese consumers seven times its average global prices.…

QINGHAI University of north-western China is setting up a new laboratory with the University of Utah, in the United States, for collaborative research into altitude sickness and potential treatments.

Dr Josef Prchal, a professor of medicine at the University of Utah, told Manufacturing Chemist that a dedicated facility is to be established in Xining City, capital of Qinghai province.…

THE SALE to Russia of multi-directional, multi-dimensional knitting and interlacing machines, including adapters and modification kits, specially designed or modified for weaving, interlacing or braiding fibres, for composite structures has been banned by the European Union (EU).

This is because the EU considers such machines of potential use to the Russian military, which has been involved in the Ukraine crisis.…

THE PAKISTAN Institute of Labour Education & Research (PILER) says they intend to file a lawsuit in the European courts against a German firm, in relation to the death of over 250 people in a fire at the Ali Enterprises garment factory in Baldia, Karachi, on September 11, 2012.…