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PERU'S CLOTHING AND TEXTILE PRODUCERS MOVE UPMARKET - A BOON FOR FINISHING CHEMICAL SUPPLYERS
BY JONATHAN DYSON, IN LIMA
PERU’S clothing and textile industry has been moving up market to carve out sales in a sector whose low end continues to be dominated by Asian suppliers, and the country’s dyeing and finishing sector is benefiting.…
BETWEEN PROTOTYPE AND PRODUCT - HOW GLOBAL MANUFACTURING AND SUPPLY CHAINS ARE SHIFTING AND CHANGING
BY MJ DESCHAMPS
Manufacturers and suppliers in the fashion production chain used to have a fairly cut and dry job: procure a certain amount of fabrics and materials at the beginning of the season to be manufactured into a predetermined number of apparel items in specific styles, colours and sizes.…
FASHION TRENDS BECOME HARMONIZED ACROSS BORDERS THROUGH GLOBAL FAST FASHION EXPANSION
BY MJ DESCHAMPS
WHILE cities such as Milan, Paris, New York City, and London have historically been seen as the global ‘fashion hubs’ – acting as meeting spots for high-end designers, fashion shows, luxury retail outlets and fashionistas – the rise of fast fashion has been diffusing that concentration a bit; making cutting-edge trends more accessible to the rest of the world.…
PERU'S CLOTHING AND TEXTILE PRODUCERS MOVE UPMARKET - A BOON FOR FINISHING CHEMICAL SUPPLYERS
BY JONATHAN DYSON, IN LIMA
PERU’S clothing and textile industry has been moving up market to carve out sales in a sector whose low end continues to be dominated by Asian suppliers, and the country’s dyeing and finishing sector is benefiting.…
ITC SETS UP NEW NOODLE PLANT IN KOLKATA
BY MINI PANT ZACHARIAH, IN MUMBAI
AN EXECUTIVE with Indian food company the Keventer Group has welcomed the launch of a noodle manufacturing plant it will run with food and tobacco conglomerate ITC in Kolkata (Calcutta). Saurav Jajodia, Keventor’s assistant vice president (operations) told just-food the alliance was a good fit: "This plant will synergise a lot of back-end operations.…
SOUTHEAST ASIA COSMETICS MARKET HAS MANU COMMON CHARACTERISTICS, DESPITE WIDE VARIATIONS IN CONSUMER WEALTH
BY KARRYN MILLER, IN HANOI
WITH similar tropical and sub-tropical climates giving personal care product consumers some similar requirements as regards skin care, the 10 countries that make up the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) region could be regarded as one by lazy marketers.…
STEADY GROWTH IN SOUTH KOREA COATINGS MARKET
BY KARRYN MILLER
SOUTH Korea’s paint and coatings market may be mature but that has not stopped it from showing steady growth. According to business research firm Timetric, which has a South Korea office, the country’s architectural paint market was worth USD582.9 million in 2010 and USD600.8 million in 2011.…
EUROPEAN UNION BACKS GEF AS FINANCIAL MECHANISM FOR FUTURE GLOBAL MERCURY CONVENTION
BY CARMEN PAUN, IN BRUSSELS
European Union (EU) environment ministers meeting yesterday (June 11) in Luxembourg agreed they wanted the UN’s Global Environment Facility (GEF) to finance a future binding global mercury control treaty to be established by the end of 2013.…
NUCLEAR SUPPLIERS JOSTLE FOR POSITION AS POLISH NUCLEAR POWER PLANT TENDER IS AWAITED
BY ANDREW KURETH, IN WARSAW
MAJOR international nuclear-energy technology providers are signing a wave of agreements with Polish energy companies and research institutes to curry political favour as they compete in the race for the tender to supply Poland’s first nuclear power plant, set to come on line in 2023.…
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.…