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BY MJ DESCHAMPS AND PAUL COCHRANE

THE ARAB Spring has brought many unlikely changes and not all have been welcome, but one development that is certainly positive for the printing industry is its encouragement of publishing and advertising. Saudi Arabia is a case in point, with the government last year ordering a print run of 1.5 million religious edicts banning protests, which helped drive sales at printing presses.…

BY HANA KAMARUDDIN, IN SELANGOR, MALAYSIA

Students in some Asian countries, such as Japan, Indonesia and South Korea now earn credit hours for voluntary work, an incentive that builds volunteering into the university assessment system and promotes community work as an integral part of higher education, a conference has been told.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

The European Union’s (EU) anti-fraud unit has hailed the breaking of an international conspiracy to export China-made iron and steel tube and pipe fittings via other Asian countries to evade 58.6% EU anti-dumping duties usually levied on these products.…

BY KACI RACELMA

WHILE the majority of north African paint and coatings markets have been disrupted by the wave of political and economic unrest brought on by the ongoing Arab Spring revolution, relatively stable Morocco has generated modest growth.

The country’s paint companies predict an increase in domestic paints and coatings production and sales in 2012, following sluggish sales since the international financial crisis hit in 2008.…

BY WANG FANGQING, IN SHANGHAI

Suntory’s Pepsi Black

Category – Soft drinks

Available – From Tuesday, June 19

Location – Japan

Price – JPY140 (USD1.76) per 490ml bottle

Distribution – Suntory Holdings Limited

Beverage giant Suntory – Japan’s only distributor for Pepsi beverages is adding soft drink ‘Pepsi Black’ to its existing lineup next month.…

BY JULIAN RYALL, IN TOKYO

JAPAN’S health ministry is appealing to the country’s Supreme Court to overturn a ruling allowing sales of over-the-counter medications via the internet.

The appeal was filed May 9 after the Tokyo High Court decided a ban imposed by the ministry of health, labour and welfare on internet sales was unconstitutional.…

BY WANG FANGQING, IN SHANGHAI

Japanese beverage giant Suntory’s subsidiary, Singapore-based Suntory Beverage & Food Asia, is planning to manufacture beverages in India, a spokesman told just-drinks. It will in June buy 51% stocks in Narang Connect, a Mumbai-based subsidiary of India’s leading food and beverage distribution company Narang Group.…

BY JONATHAN DYSON, IN AREQUIPA, SOUTHERN PERU

PERU’S Inkabor, one of the world’s leading borates producers, is significantly increasing its product range as it capitalises on growing demand in several key sectors, senior managers told Industrial Minerals. Speaking at its Rio Seco boric acid and borax plant in Arequipa, southern Peru, Flavio Magheri, Inkabor managing director, said that Inkabor’s sales grew by 15% in 2011, with 10% growth forecast for 2012.…

BY PAUL COCHRANE, IN BEIRUT

Syria’s long uprising and associated sanctions has removed some competition for national tobacco company GOT. But a collapse in the Syrian pound has made inputs more expensive. And now GOT is facing an asset freeze in Europe as sanctions tighten.…

BY JOSEPHINE MCKENNA, IN ROME

Italy may not have the strongest tobacco black market, but it is a key portal into Europe for smuggling. This is fuelled by Italy’s long-coastline and strong organised crime organisations. Italian law enforcement has been fighting the problem, making seizures.…