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ADDITIVES MANUFACTURERS SEEK TO GIVE ASIAN COATINGS BRANDS EDGE IN COMPETITIVE REGIONAL MARKET
WITH the Asia-Pacific coatings market and industry being one of the most dynamic worldwide, experiencing continuous robust growth, the potential for additives to give brands an edge in seizing market share is increasingly important.
Backed by buoyant construction, automotive and marine industries across the Asia Pacific, the region’s paint and coatings additives market is showing promising growth, analysts say.…
CAMBODIA BUILDING CHINESE INVESTMENT CUSHION AGAINST POTENTIAL END TO EUROPEAN TEXTILE TRADE PREFERENCES
THE CAMBODIAN government has good reason to be bullish about the potential loss of its European Union (EU) ‘Everything but Arms’ duty-free trade access – investment from China in its clothing and textile sector is booming. Prime Minister Hun Sen has threatened violence against Cambodian opposition leaders if the EU follows through on scrapping this trade preference.…
CAMBODIA BUILDING CHINESE INVESTMENT CUSHION AGAINST POTENTIAL END TO EUROPEAN TEXTILE TRADE PREFERENCES
THE CAMBODIAN government has good reason to be bullish about the potential loss of its European Union (EU) ‘Everything but Arms’ duty-free trade access – investment from China in its clothing and textile sector is booming. Prime Minister Hun Sen has threatened violence against Cambodian opposition leaders if the EU follows through on scrapping this trade preference.…
WOOL INDUSTRY NEEDS TO GIRD ITS SUSTAINABILITY REPUTATION – IWTO MEETING TOLD
THE WOOL industry worldwide needs to bolster its reputation for sustainability, amidst increasing siren attacks on its marketing position from animal rights and environmental activists, the 2018 International Wool Textile Organisation (IWTO) Wool Round Table, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, heard this month (December 3-4).…
TRADE WAR OR NOT, CHINA SEEKING ALTERNATIVES TO US SOYBEANS
The US and China at the G20 meeting in early December settled for a 90-day suspension of their bilateral trade war including a halt to any additional tariffs, but sourcing patterns are not going to become business-as-usual any time soon for China’s soybean sector.…
CHINESE PERSONAL CARE PRODUCT MARKET MATURES AS ONLINE SALES BOOM
It is hard to avoid either a cosmetics store or an advertisement for one in Chinese cities today. A mind-boggling wave of new retailers set up by investment firms to cash in on the cosmetics and personal care boom are eagerly seeking franchisees around the country.…
THAILAND’S ROBUST ECONOMY REFLECTED BY GROWTH IN BURGEONING PAINT AND COATINGS SALES
AS the second largest economy within the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) bloc, Thailand remains a key market in the region for paint and coatings sales. Regarding sales of home paints and coatings, including lacquers and varnishes, London-based market researcher Euromonitor International says that sales have been growing strongly.…
ASIAN PAINT AND COATINGS REGULATORY ROUND UP – VIETNAM RAMPS UP ANTI-LEAD IN PAINTS EFFORTS
THE VIETNAM Chemicals Agency us ramping up efforts to remove lead from paints in Vietnam – officially requesting to be considered a partner in the Global Alliance to Eliminate Lead in Paint, a voluntary partnership formed by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and the World Health Organisation (WHO).…
VOLVO RUSSIA CFO STRESSES NEED FOR EMPATHY AND FLEXIBILITY TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS
There are two displays in the Moscow office of the CFO of Volvo Car Russia, Vladimir Lagutin, that catches the attention, immediately: a large elegantly-framed poster of UK electronic music band Depeche Mode and a case of tennis balls.
“Those things – music and tennis – keep me from being stressed,” says Lagutin.…
TECHNICAL ROUND UP – BRAZIL TOLD TO SCRAP MANUFACTURING TAX BREAKS
*Brazil has been told to reform tax breaks given to Brazil-based manufacturers of automobiles and information technology products. The World Trade Organisation’s (WTO) appellate body has ruled that they break WTO rules on giving special tax favours to domestic producers over importers.…