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THE LUXURY packaging seent of the personal care product industry has always been important, but with the industry’s high end becoming increasingly profitable worldwide, packagers are assuming a really critical role.

Simply, while revolutionary formulations are being developed to tap wealthy markets, the resulting cosmetics and personal care products need to set themselves apart for marketing with classy exteriors.…

THE EUROPEAN Commission has released new guidelines on Internet public subsidies, allowing European Union (EU) governments to subsidise the development of new broadband services, while preserving competition in the sector.

This advice says how the Commission will interpret EU state aid laws for encouraging the roll-out of these comms technologies: if Brussels concludes EU rules have been breached, it can order the repayment of such illegal public subsidies.…

THE KNITWEAR manufacturers of Taiwan are being challenged by headwinds from the global economic downturn, which has undermined their smart high-end export strategy. Last year was not a good one – as indicated by drops in exports of circular-knit fabric and knitted clothing apparel of 2.74% to USD1.265 billion and 10.97% to USD178 million respectively in the first eight months compared to the corresponding period of 2011.…

BY JENS KASTNER, IN TAIPEI

Facing a fragile global economy, rival South Korea’s aggressive free trade agreement (FTA) strategy, as well as an appreciating local currency, Taiwan’s textile and apparel manufacturers have placed their bets on innovation. And indeed, their strong focus on upgraded and functional textiles appears to be paying off.…

BY ALAN OSBORN

It is a testimony to the continuing power of the American marketplace, even in today’s multi-polar world, that the USA’s controversial Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) has so much influence. Indeed, by key US trade partners adopting many of its provisions themselves, the act is going global and threatening to turn the world of international tax management upside down.…

BY WANG FANGQING, IN SHANGHAI

Major Japanese foods manufacturer Meiji is to boost its probiotics manufacturing by opening a new Japanese Yen JPY11.5 billion (USD145.5 million) dairy factory in Aichi prefecture, near Nagoya. It will replace an existing nearby plant and is set to start operations in September 2014, with a production capacity 1.5 times the current factory.…

BY DAVID HAYHURST, IN PARIS

BUILDING on its long-held global reputation for quality natural ingredients, France has now emerged as the second biggest natural and organic cosmetics market in Europe, after Germany. A January 2012 report by international consultants Deloitte – the most comprehensive yet conducted exclusively on the French natural cosmetics industry – calculated an average 2005-2009 growth rate of 25%.…

BY JONATHAN DYSON, IN BANGKOK

THAILAND’S first-car purchase subsidy scheme, in which tax rebates are paid to first-car owners, has provided a major boost to Thailand’s paint and coatings sector as the country’s economy continues to recover from the devastating floods of 2011.…

BY ALAN OSBORN, KEITH NUTHALL AND JULIAN RYALL, IN TOKYO

The non-ferrous metals sector in Europe has welcomed the announcement (on Thursday) of negotiations for a free trade agreement between the European Union (EU) and Japan. "We support these negotiations but we want to see how they will develop because the elimination of both tariff and non-tariff barriers is very important to us," said Elena Vyboldina, trade and economy manager of the EU’s non-ferrous trade association Eurometaux.…

BY JULIAN RYALL, IN TOKYO

Masumi Natsusaka, President of Kanebo Cosmetics Inc.

Date of Birth – March 19, 1956

Place of Birth – Saitama Prefecture, Japan

Academic Background – B.A. in Sociology, Osaka University

MBA, University of Washington

Career Summary:

April 1979 – Joined Kao Corp.,…