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BY LAWRENCE J SPEER

FRENCH carmaker Renault and recycling giant SITA France are increasing joint efforts to boost the recycling of materials from the country’s end-of-life vehicle (ELV) sector. The two companies aim to radically improve teardown, recycling and used-part recovery at 350 state-certified dismantlers nationwide.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL, MJ DESCHAMPS

EUROPEAN car makers will push for additional changes to the controversial European Union (EU)-South Korea free trade agreement when it is placed before the European Parliament for ratification. The spokesperson for the European automobile manufacturers association ACEA Sigrid de Vries told wardsauto it wanted the deal’s text revised to help Europe’s auto sector.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL, EMMA JACKSON, MJ DESCHAMPS

IT is the classic chicken and egg scenario. To what extent do widespread networks of fuel filling stations need to be established offering compressed and liquefied natural gas (CNG/LNG) for a mass market of autos using these fuels to develop?…

BY MONIKA HANLEY, ZLATKO ?ONKA?, CRISTINA MUNTEAN, KEITH NUTHALL

CAR prices in eastern and central Europe tumbled during the recession, significantly faster than in western Europe according to the latest data, impeding attempts to create a unified auto market that spans Europe.…

BY EMMA JACKSON

WILLIAM Chase, founder of Chase Vodka and an empire of potato products in the UK, has launched a plan to convert waste potatoes from his UK distillery into a high grade biofuel for vehicles.

"We have known for a long time that potato starch is an excellent source of bio fuel, but this new scheme will tap the resources left behind in distillery waste," said Mr Chase, who heads the Herefordshire, UK distillery.…

BY MARK ROWE

THE PHILIPPINES paint market may be small, but it has punched above its weight during the global recession, retaining its distinctive feature of a manufacturing base dominated by local players. According to the Philippine Association of Paint Manufacturers (PAPM), the country has just five major paint manufacturers, with a 70% market share being enjoyed by Pacific Paints (Boysen), followed by other local players Charter Chemical & Coating Corporation and Asian Coatings Philippines, Inc.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

EUROPEAN Union (EU) auto dealers importing South Korea-made cars in future beware – if they sell too many, punishing import duties may make them too expensive for average consumers. The European Parliament has to ratify a trade deal struck last year lowering tariffs for commerce between the EU and South Korea and is worried an influx of cheap South Korean car imports could harm European manufacturers.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

THERE maybe lies, damned lies and statistics, but it’s hard to ignore MoT failure figures, especially if they get worse year-after-year. But that is what has been happening for class seven vehicle MoTs – goods vehicles between 3,000 and 3,500 kg gross weight.…

BY WANG FANGQING

CHINA’S Geely has told Automotive Management it will press ahead with the acquisition of Sweden’s Volvo by September having secured competition approval for the deal from the European Commission.

It green-lighted the purchase of Volvo Cars by Geely Holding Group and publicly owned investment firm Daqing, owned by the Daqing city government in north-east China’s Heilongjiang Province.…

BY DINAH GARDNER

EVERY time a US trade delegation comes to Beijing or the city holds a major international event, it is noticeable how many of the city’s pirated DVDs get whisked away by shopkeepers to a back cupboard, leaving only black and white movies from the 1940s and local TV show box sets on suddenly bare selves.…