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THE INTERNATIONAL Confederation of European Beet Growers (CIBE) and the European Association of Sugar Producers (CEFS-Comité Européen des Fabricants de Sucre) have jointly called on the European Union (EU) to continue protecting producers with import tariffs, even as the EU negotiates 12 trade deals affecting the food industry.…

A global player in the textile tyre, composite and construction reinforcement technologies market, Turkey’s Kordsa Global is benefiting from a new research initiative as it seeks to remain a world leader in the market of tyre reinforcement technologies.

Keen to reinforce its own position as an innovator, in 2014 Kordsa Global entered into a partnership with Sabancı University to create the Composite Technologies Centre of Excellence.…

THE EUROPEAN Chemicals Agency (ECHA) is investigating if European Union (EU)-wide controls are needed to protect consumers against substances used in tattoo inks and permanent make-up (PMU) – with one solution expanding the scope of the EU cosmetics directive.

While the printing ink industry has suffered a recession, the tattoo and PMU ink sectors are booming in the wake of a huge increase in purchases of tattoos EU-wide.…

IRAN’S rose water export sector is facing the potential for rapid expansion now that the country can trade freely globally after the bulk of international banking and economic sanctions imposed over the Iranian nuclear programme were lifted this January (2016).…

With the country in political turmoil following an attempted coup in the summer and a subsequent economic downturn, the current situation in Turkey is having a negative impact on spending, particularly on luxury items including personal care and pampering products. Consumers, instead, are tending to stock up on essential items such as basic foodstuffs as concerns about the present crisis continue, but personal care products, especially higher end lines, are a lower priority for consumers.…

THE ATTEMPTED coup against the Turkish government on July 15 does not seem to have slowed down the development of the new mega-airport in Istanbul, with the Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan announcing on Sunday (November 13) that the first stage of the new facility will be opened early 2018.…

AB InBev and Turkey’s Anadolu Efes are considering merging their Russian businesses, which would create Russia’s second largest beer producer, according to a spokesperson for the country’s industry and trade minister Denis Manturov.

He said: “Currently two possible scenarios of the merging of Russian assets of the companies are discussed, one of which involves direct purchase of the Russian assets of Efes by AB InBev, or the sale of the Russian business of AB InBev to Efes, in exchange of the increase of a stake in the Turkish company, where AB InBev already holds 24 percent.”…

High-profile terrorist attacks on Brussels Airport and Istanbul Atatürk Airport this year cast a long shadow over the 25^th AVSEC World Conference, titled ‘Evolving Risks, Integrated Solutions’. The event, held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, from October 25-27, brought industry leaders together for discussions, workshops and presentations focused on emerging threats; key among these was how to keep landside areas of airports secure.…

The Russian government is planning to facilitate up to USD300 million in private investment for the development of the national textile industry, according to an official spokesman of Denis Manturov, Russia’s minister of industry and trade.

He told WTiN.com that funds would be invested in the establishment of large-scale facilities specialising in textile production, with the aim of ensuring that such plants would be located across the country.…

PAKISTAN’S denim export industry hopes that help for the textile announced by the government in February (exemption from paying sales tax and payment of long overdue tax refunds) and in a meeting with industry leaders in September (a promised reduction in energy costs) will boost this promising segment.…