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THE INDONESIAN batik industry may be set for record profits in 2015, on the back of strong growth of both the domestic and export market in recent years, according to an industry insider. “Our turnover trade has approximately doubled in the last five years,” Dewanto Santosa, director of Batik Danar Hadi, said.…

With the conflict in Syria entering its fifth year, air traffic has dropped significantly, with the national airline carrying less than a third the number of passengers as in 2010. Only three out of the country’s five international airports are operational.…

A NEW offline version of the EudraLex database of European Union (EU) pharmaceutical legislation has been launched. The EudraLex V30 is similar to the existing online EudraLex database, but can be used off-line with an integrated search engine. All documents are in.pdf…

THE EUROPEAN Branded Clothing Alliance (EBCA) has asked the negotiators of the planned European Union (EU)-United States Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) to strike an ambitious agreement. It told negotiators yesterday (Wed Feb 4) it wanted a deal to fully remove tariffs and either harmonises or at least leads to the mutual recognition of standards on clothing and textiles.…

A NEW international standard for the monitoring and reporting of suspected side effects of medicines has been explained by a new European Medicines Agency (EMA) guide. The standard will come into use from July 2016, and explains how such problems should be noted in individual case safety reports (ICSRs).…

The Egyptian energy sector is facing numerous challenges in the immediate and long-term, mirroring how the country is struggling to secure political stability. Insufficient power supply is resulting in sporadic power cuts in the major cities, driving up sales of private generators.…

TOILETRIES sales in the Arab Gulf countries remain robust, an oasis of economic and political stability in a turbulent Middle East. Elsewhere in the region, the ongoing conflicts in Syria and Iraq, and the rise of the Islamic State, has seen toiletries sales plummet.…

Japan’s confectionery manufacturers have a reputation for being creative when it comes to new product lines, and when it comes to bubble gum and chewing gums, companies will need all the innovation they can manage. Domestic sales in the segment have been falling sharply.…

Projects are underway in India to install captive solar photovoltaic power systems in the country’s airports, exploiting innovative funding models and long term power purchase agreements. However, the country’s grid power operators are refusing to purchase any excess power.

The Airports Authority of India (AAI), which is owned by the Indian government, plans to generate 50 megawatts (MW) of electric power from solar plants at 30 airports by the end of 2015.…

The Russian government is considering restoring the fire-damaged library of the Institute of Scientific Information on Social Sciences of the Russian Academy of Sciences (INION), a major centre for research in social studies and humanities.

The Russian Federal Agency of Scientific Organisations (FASO), a federal executive body, said the January 31 fire damaged about 5.42 million books, of which about 2.32 million were destroyed.…