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In 2015, North America’s manufacturing capacity for nonwovens (regarding the United States, Canada and Mexico) grew from 2014 by 2.4% to reach about 2.77 million tonnes, according to a spokesperson for the US-based Association of the Nonwoven Fabrics Industry (INDA). The United States dominates supplies in the region, making up 91% of capacity.…

It gets exceedingly hot in Riyadh in the summer, with the mercury rarely below 40 degrees Celsius, but that does not deter Moazam Shah from going for his evening run around the residential compound he lives in with his family.

After six years in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Pakistani national Shah has acclimatised to exercising in extreme heat: “It’s a time for myself, to catch up on my thoughts,” he told Accounting & Business at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Manama, Bahrain.…

Brazil’s economic and political crisis is delaying plans to develop its nuclear power industry, experts say. This could be a lost opportunity to help the country reduce its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 43% below 2005 levels by 2030, and 37% below 2005 levels by 2025 as committed by the government at the United Nations’ 21st Session of the Conference of Parties (COP21), in Paris last December (2015).…

Seizures of contraband cosmetics have become an increasingly common sight on local TV in China. A recent case in point (this March – 2016) saw 1,488 boxes of South Korean cosmetics seized from a forty-foot container in the east coast port city of Qinhuangdao, about 300km east of Beijing.…

Chinese consumers’ preference for foreign brand and the sparsity of internationally-recognised domestic brands helps explain why some of the country’s largest personal care product conglomerates have been eyeing foreign acquisitions.

For instance, Shanghai-based Fosun International Ltd purchased Israeli cosmetics maker Ahava this April (2016); while Shanghai Jahwa United Co snapped up UK-based Mayborn Group, manufacturer and distributor of Tommee Tippee baby and child products the same month.…

Indonesia’s mosquito net industry is facing high demand due to the growing number of middle class consumers in the country and their increasing desire to live a more natural lifestyle, according to Citra Maya, an Indonesian mosquito net supplier.

Arif Novianto, a marketing manager at Citra Maya, told WTiN.com…

Demand for milk is outstripping domestic supply in Egypt, the most populous market in the Middle East and North Africa. The sector has been growing at more than 10% a year as Egypt – whose population is at least 82 million – consume more dairy products, especially milk and yoghurt.…

TWO thirds of large British businesses were hit by a cyber breach or attack in 2015 but are failing to protect themselves, according to new research this week from the United Kingdom (UK) department for culture, media and sport.

The ‘Cyber Security Breaches Survey’ found that while one in four large firms experiencing a breach did so at least once a month, only half of respondents have taken any recommended actions to identify and address vulnerabilities.…

Limiting an agreement on the controversial Transatlantic Trade & Investment Partnership (TTIP) to cutting tariffs will not suffice, and could have negative consequences for some segments, major food manufacturers and their representatives in the European Union (EU) and United States have told just-food.com.…

AS accountants, auditors and their business clients consider whether the UK should remain in or leave the European Union (EU) in the upcoming referendum on British EU membership, it has become abundantly clear that there are no simple options.

Remaining in the EU will mean the UK will continue to face demands for accepting European taxation policies that its government and businesses may find unpalatable, especially as it seeks to cement the City of London’s place as Europe’s, if not the world’s, premier financial centre.…