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Future of Athleisure and Sustainable Fast Fashion are among many interesting issues to be debated at Intertextile Shanghai Apparel Fabrics - Autumn Edition during October 11-13 in Shanghai.

• Textile
• Athleisure
• Intertextile

Air Liquide SA is expanding its healthcare business in Japan with the acquisition of Sogo Sangyo Kabushiki Kaisha (SSKK), a major Japanese player with a strong presence in the home healthcare and medical gases markets especially in the Tokyo region.

• Healthcare

The government in Kano state in northern Nigeria has signed an agreement with China’s Shandong Ruyi Technology Group to establish a $600-million textile industrial park.

• Textile
• China

China's new economy will account for an estimated 12 percent of the country's annual GDP this year, according to a research report.

• China
• Economy

Sun Chemical has introduced new range of digital coatings for the label, narrow web and packaging markets.

• Sun
• Coating

In the near future, a cup of coffee purchased in California could give you jitters before you even take a sip

• Chemical
• Coffee

Indian Oil Corp (IOC) said that its board has given approval to setting up of a Rs 27,460 crore refinery by its subsidiary, Chennai Petroleum Corp Ltd.

• Oil

An antimicrobial compound made by honeybees could become the basis for new antibiotics, according to new research at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC).

• Honeybees
• Antibiotics

Plastic Recyclers Europe has warned that China’s ban on plastic scrap imports has ‘created turmoil’ in the waste market.

• China
• Plastic

The department said the leakage, which occurred about 10:45pm on Sunday, had the potential to impact local marine ecology and damage vessels that come into contact with the chemical.

• Chemical
• Caustic Soda

China plans to complete a massive relocation of chemical plants away from cities by 2025, but financial constraints may hamper the project, which is estimated to cost Chinese yuan (CNY) 800bn ($121bn), industry sources said.

• China
• Chemical

California’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment plans to list vinylidene chloride as a carcinogen under Proposition 65. The California law requires manufacturers and retailers to warn workers and consumers exposed to chemicals on the list.

• California
• Vinylidene Chloride

China has suggested reducing control over fluctuations of the yuan's exchange rate, stepping up efforts to allow the yuan to float freely against other currencies, according to a report by a leading think tank on Saturday.

• China
• Exchange

The automobile industry is one PC’s main downstream industries. Currently, China PC market is stable-to-decreasing after hitting highs. How does the automobile industry perform in 2017? How does this industry impact the PC market?

• PC
• Automobile

Leather chemicals market size was more than $6 billion in 2016 and is estimated to witness growth over 6 percent over the forecast timespan, according to a report by Global Market Insights Inc.

• Tanning
• Leather

The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) may have brought the two countries closer, but the two are miles apart when it comes to infrastructure development and this is a major reason why investment is hindered.

• Infrastructure
• China
• Pakistan

India’s crude oil production for the month of August fell around two per cent to 22.1 Million Barrels (MBBL) for the month of August as compared to the corresponding month a year ago while natural gas output witnessed a growth...

• India
• Oil

A combined study by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and NASA have found a layer of aerosol, sub-micron size particles suspended in air, over the Asian region.

• ISRO

State-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC) has made a significant oil discovery to the west of its prime Mumbai High fields in the Arabian sea, a senior official said.

• ONGC

Europeans will soon be swapping cabernets for Corollas. A nearly finalised free-trade pact between the European Union and Japan removes tariffs on European wines and cheeses and Japanese passenger cars.

• Japan
• Pharmaceuticals