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AUTOMOTIVE BIOPLASTICS FUNCTIONAL AS WELL AS ECOFRIENDLY
BY KITTY SO
FORD, Fiat, Mercedes-Benz, BMW, Toyota, Mazda, and Hyundai: the list of car manufacturers switching to bioplastics for internal components is full of heavyweights and growing.
Attracted initially by environmental benefits, car makers and their suppliers now ask what added functionality they can get from non-compostable, bio-based materials.…
EASTERN EUROPE'S PAINTS AND COATINGS MARKET CONTINUES TO GROW AS THE WEST STAYS STAGNANT
BY E BLAKE BERRY, IN POLAND; MIKE STEIN, IN PRAGUE; MONIKA HANLEY, IN RIGA; AND MJ DESCHAMPS,
WHILE southern and western Europe’s economies falter, being mired in debt, eastern Europe’s coatings market is now growing solidly amidst economic performances that are recovering from a recession that hit the region hard.…
EU U-TURN ON BIOFUELS ILLUSTRATES PERILS OF LEGISLATING IN HASTE
BY KEITH NUTHALL, MJ DESCHAMPS, PACIFICA GODDARD AND KARRYN MILLER
GOVERNMENTS can get things wrong – badly wrong – and alter the planet’s human and natural geography in ways that were never intended. And one of those embarrassing events is now unfolding: over the promotion of biofuels.…
CASE STUDY: BIODIESEL PLANT & THE ELECTRIC JEEPNEY
BY HANA KAMARUDDIN IN SELANGOR, MALAYSIA
ASIAN universities are engaged in ground-breaking projects to counter waste, boost the use of alternative fuels, and reduce emission of greenhouse gases. Researchers at the Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia (UTHM) have collaborated with Azhar Food Industries, both being in the Malaysian state of Johor – to install a mini biodiesel plant in the latter’s factory
Azhar Food Industries makes potato chips and crisps for the local market.…
LOCAL TRADERS EXPLORING ELECTRIC VEHICLES
BY MICHAEL KOSMIDES AND POORNA RODRIGO
NEW technologies in transport are offering delivery and wholesale managers potential fuel savings on their transport budgets, especially when the customer base is in a limited range from a wholesale hub. Some companies are looking at buying a fleet of electric cars and vans and assessing how much money can be saved – so depot managers used to operating standard combustion engine vehicles beware: green change could be looming.…
EUROPEAN UNION AUTO TECHNICAL RULE MORATORIUM ANTICIPATED - BUT WILL IT HELP MANUFACTURERS
BY CARMEN PAUN, IN BRUSSELS
THE EUROPEAN Union (EU) auto industry is awaiting the announcement by the EU executive, the European Commission, of a moratorium on new technical regulations, which could come in June. If it happens, it will be announced by EU industry Commissioner Antonio Tajani, who is responsible for technical rules on vehicles across the EU, and is worried that a European auto sector, already having a tough time, is being hamstrung by a conveyor belt of new rules.…
THAILAND'S PAINT SECTOR RECOVERS FROM MAJOR FLOODS AND POLITICAL UNREST
BY KARRYN MILLER
THAILAND has not had the easiest time over the last few years. Political unrest first deterred people from visiting the country in 2010. And last year, floods from the north spilled into greater Bangkok and its environs. Citizens and businesses have suffered.…
EUROPEAN UNION AUTO TECHNICAL RULE MORATORIUM ANTICIPATED - BUT WILL IT HELP MANUFACTURERS
BY CARMEN PAUN, IN BRUSSELS
THE EUROPEAN Union (EU) auto industry is awaiting the announcement by the EU executive, the European Commission, of a moratorium on new technical regulations, which could come in June. If it happens, it will be announced by EU industry Commissioner Antonio Tajani, who is responsible for technical rules on vehicles across the EU, and is worried that a European auto sector, already having a tough time, is being hamstrung by a conveyor belt of new rules.…
EUROPEAN AUTOMAKERS DENOUNCE NOISE REGULATION PROPOSAL TARGETS AS EXORBITANT
BY CARMEN PAUN, IN BRUSSELS
IVAN Hodac, the secretary general of the European Automobile Manufacturers Association (ACEA) has attacked proposals from the European Commission to reduce vehicle noise from European Union (EU) autos, saying the implementation costs would be exorbitant. Speaking yesterday at a European Parliament workshop on the issue in Brussels, he said reaching the noise limit levels currently proposed by the EU executive would add manufacturing costs of between Euro EUR1,500 (USD1,143) to EUR3,000 (USD2,288) per truck and anywhere between EUR300 (USD228) and EUR600 (USD457) per car for automakers.…
BATTERY PRICE FALLS COULD UNDERPIN NEW GROWTH MARKET FOR LITHIUM
BY LEAH GERMAIN
THE STEADY decline in the price of lithium-ion battery packs is firming up the market for electric cars, making it likely that this new use of lithium will continue to grow.
Recent data shows that the installed cost of lithium-ion batteries will fall more than one-third by the end of 2017.…