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The manufacture of nonwovens surgical gowns are offering Cambodia’s nascent non-wovens sector hope for growth,  in one of the world’s toughest garment and fabric export businesses. The problem for smaller emerging market countries such as Cambodia, experts from international non-wovens industry associations told WTiN.com…

European and American automotive manufacturers are working together in pressing US and European Union (EU) negotiators to be ambitious as they try to forge a Transatlantic Trade & Investment Partnership (TTIP) agreement.

Erik Bergelin, director of trade and economics at the European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA) and Matthew Blunt, president of the American Automotive Policy Council (AAPC), have together called for the agreement to recognise the equivalence of engine emission standards and safety regulations.…

THE EUROPEAN Union’s (EU) Innovative Medicines Initiative (IMI) second phase has now started operations, launching a call for proposed research projects that could receive funding from an initial budget of EUR24.63 million. The ambitious private-public research scheme will spend EUR3.3 billion until 2024, with the “goal of fast-tracking the development of the next generation of medicines, especially in areas of unmet need,” said an IMI note.…

THE EUROPEAN Network of Centres for Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmacovigilance (ENCePP) has revised its guide on methodological standards in pharmacoepidemiology, adding a chapter on the design and analysis of pharmacogenetic studies. These investigate how individual genetic variations determine a patient’s response to a medicine, therapeutically and regarding side effects.…

The investment arm of Hong Kong-based Li & Fung is investing in US-based Centric Software Inc, a provider of product lifecycle management (PLM) software to the apparel industry, helping Centric’s expansion into Asia. Centric announced yesterday (July 29) it has secured USD24 million in growth capital from financiers including Fung Capital USA – the investment arm of Hong Kong-based Fung Group, which includes Li & Fung.…

Indian dairy product giant Amul’s newly appointed managing director Amul Dairy managing director Dr K Rathnam has spoken to just-food  about the Gujarat-based cooperative’s future : A range of new value-added ‘nutraceutical products’ are due for launch later this year midst  plans to start manufacturing  in Europe and Singapore by early 2016.…

Transparency International (TI) has issued a free, detailed guide to countering small bribes after research by the anti-corruption organisation found one-in-four people globally paid a bribe in a recent 12-month period.

These include cash or vouchers, and benefits in kind such as tickets to sporting events, pre-paid phone cards, alcohol, tobacco and perfume.…

Many eyes will be on a court room in Shanghai on July 29 when a Chinese judge will decide the fate of one of the most prominent investigators of fraud in China. The trial of Peter Humphreys and his wife Yu Yingzheng follows a year’s imprisonment for the two, who founded ChinaWhys, a Shanghai and Hong Kong-based firm that performed due diligence, credit checks (as well as investigations of staff for possible kickbacks or embezzlement) for western corporations in China.…

COSMETICS and personal care product companies are increasingly looking to eco-friendly packaging to deliver green marketing as well as practical cost-saving advantages. Producers are seeking to raise consumers’ awareness of environmentally-sensitive products by using packaging materials such as wood and decoration such as reusable ribbons and scarves; encouraging thrift by offering refillable fragrance bottles; and saving costs by using lighter packaging materials, that can also be flagged as sustainable on labelling.…

THE EUROPEAN cosmetics industry should steer away from claiming its products are ‘free-of’ preservatives and other similar ingredients, which could give consumers the wrong impression, the annual conference organised by Cosmetics Europe in Brussels on 10-11 June heard.

“All that preservatives-free claims do in the long term is to reinforce the stigmatisation of preservatives, since consumers believe they are wrong,” said Martin Seychell, deputy director-general for health and consumers at the European Commission.…