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1. With one of the fastest growing paint and coatings industries in the South East Asian region, Vietnam has attracted a number of regional ...

1. Steel coil- a finished steel product such as sheet or strip which has been wound or coiled after rolling. Steel coils can be classified i...

1. Motor continued to drive the local general insurance sector, which recorded a 1.5% growth, underpinned by the jump in car sales during th...

Having already transformed large swathes of the developing world over the past five years, China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) now looks ...

US LIFE INSURERS MISSING OUT ON $70BN IN PREMIUMS 1. The average life insurance policyholder in the US is massively underinsured, new resea...

DB PENSIONS TO PAY OUT 1/3 OF A TRILLION POUNDS BY 2021 1. Defined benefit (DB) pension schemes in the UK are set to pay out almost one-thi...

1. The global rubber gloves industry owes its present boom to the spurt in demand for disposable gloves for hand protection generated by the...

GENERAL OVERVIEW 1. Traditionally, Natural Rubber (NR) latex glove has been the glove of choice for the medical industry due to its low che...

1. Bio based chemicals have been used for niche applications such as personal care and food additives. However, various new applications of ...

in 2018, Indonesia managed to rise sharply in the ranks of the World Bank's latest Logistics Performance Index (LPI). Indonesia ranked 4...

1. Polymers are typical insulation materials due to their extremely low electrical conductivity. They charge very easily and even when groun...

1. In today’s demanding market environment, those companies that are best prepared to react to sudden market openings will have the best cha...

1. Traditionally, one of the only drawbacks of plastic has been its lack of electrical conductivity. But, that’s starting to change with hyb...

1. Both India and France are likely to overtake the UK in the rankings of the world’s largest economies next year, with Britain falling from...

Palm oil is literally everywhere – in our foods, cosmetics, cleaning products and fuels.

1. The approach to sustainable packaging and the future of plastics in packaging. 2. With public interest in the impacts of plastic leakag...

TOD is the key to more efficient, sustainable, and equitable communities because it prioritizes the “3Cs”: compact, coordinated and connecte...

1. A defined benefit pension plan is a type of pension plan in which an employer/sponsor promises a specified pension payment, lump-sum (or ...

Southeast Asia is seeing a boom in foreign direct investment as the intensifying trade war between the U.S. and China prompts companies to s...

Generally, “bioplastic” are made from renewable resources such as corn, sugars, potatoes, etc. There are four types of degradable plastics ...