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WHEN the Percassi family, owners of the successful make-up brand KIKO Make Up Milan, purchased in October 2013 a UNESCO-listed historic industrial site called Crespi d’Adda in northern Italy, it was not only a sign of their success, but proof of the old adage that tough economic times can be good for the beauty industry. …

Innovations in sustainability for cosmetics and packaging were highlighted at the 47th Cosmoprof Worldwide Bologna (April 4-7), in Italy. From natural, innovative materials to using traditional materials specifically designed to protect sustainable and organic products, Cosmoprof and its related Cosmopack exhibition emphasised the latest in cosmetics and personal care innovations, and offered a look at trends to come in 2015.…

REPRESENTATIVES from Europe’s sugar industry want sugar to be excluded from the current free trade negotiations between the United States and the European Union (EU). Speaking at an EU-US Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) briefing in Brussels, Oscar Ruiz de Imaña – the deputy director general of the European Association of Sugar Producers (CEFS), warned of the uncertainties in the sugar markets on both sides of the Atlantic.…

MYANMAR’S booming construction industry is spurring rapid growth in the country’s paints and coatings sector, as a steadily increasing number of foreign firms attempt to stake out a share in a market that was, until relatively recently, decidedly lacklustre.

The Burmese  construction industry is currently valued at USD3 billion and is forecast to grow to USD4.2 billion by 2016, according to a February 2014 report by the financial advisory firm New Crossroads Asia.…

THE INSTABILITY prompted by the crisis in Ukraine is increasing the risk of crime-tainted Russian assets being moved into new safe havens to avoid the effects of possible sanctions. With EU member state Cyprus long favoured by Russian investors, and likely to be covered by any sanctions, could the self-proclaimed Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) offer an attractive alternative?…

MYANMAR’S booming construction industry is spurring rapid growth in the country’s paints and coatings sector, as a steadily increasing number of foreign firms attempt to stake out a share in a market that was, until relatively recently, decidedly lacklustre.

The Burmese  construction industry is currently valued at USD3 billion and is forecast to grow to USD4.2 billion by 2016, according to a February 2014 report by the financial advisory firm New Crossroads Asia.…

Serious negotiations in a much-vaunted and debated trade deal between India and Pakistan, which could significantly boost the textile trade between the two neighbours, have been shelved due to the impending Indian elections, WTiN.com has been told.

“The Pakistanis had second thoughts in going ahead while knowing that there will be a change in government [in India] and they could have to start from the scratch,” said Dr Nisha Taneja, a professor at Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations in New Delhi, “My expectation is that it would be done four months after [the new government takes over in] May.”…

The textile industry in the Kahramanmaraş region, which lies in southeastern Turkey and is one of Turkey’s most important textile production hubs, is growing strongly through investments encouraged by a government incentive scheme. Growth is focusing increasingly on technical textiles.

According to data from the Kahramanmaraş Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Kahramanmaraş Ticaret ve Sanayi Odasi – KMTSO), the value of the region’s textile exports reached USD679 million in the first 10 months of 2013, already 17% up on the total textile exports for 2012, which were USD581 million.…

While India’s Supreme Court last week (April 21) lifted an 18-month-old ban on iron ore mining in the state of Goa, it maybe six months before extraction begins, Steel First has been told.

“Some things can be put in place by September but the full-fledged mining would start only by January [next year],” said Parag Nagarcenka, assistant director at Goa’s directorate of mines & geology.…

ALTHOUGH two-thirds of vaccine research and development (R&D) globally is carried out by European firms, manufacturers in China, India and Brazil are becoming increasingly muscular and “moving from dependency to self-sufficiency” experts at a two-day conference in Brussels on vaccine research heard last week.…