March 2014 SpraY 45 International News Revlon announced it is leaving China and eliminating 1,100 jobs as part of a costcutting measure. Revlon’s operations there consist of only 2% of the company’s sales, which have been declining. The departure will save the company $11 million a year, Revlon said. Unilever announced an investment of over €15 million ($20.5 million) in a new manufacturing plant in Konya, Turkey to increase its capacity for sustainable growth in Home & Personal Care. The new plant will follow Unilever’s factory design model of ever-lower environmental impacts at sites. The aim is for the Home & Personal Care plant at Konya to be LEED-certified and zero waste-to-landfill, through the use of energy efficient motors, rainwater collection and full water treatment. The European Union is set to relax air-travel restrictions on liquids in hand luggage. Provided they are carried in a sealed security bag from the point of purchase, liquids such as aerosols, bought in dutyfree shops, are now permitted through airport security. All other liquids must still be stowed in checked baggage. Restrictions on liquids were introduced in 2006. The EU plans to lift all restrictions by 2016. Estee Lauder Cos. announced the opening of the Somaly Mam Beauty Salon in Siem Reap, Cambodia. Developed in partnership with the Somaly Mam Foundation, an anti-trafficking group, the full-service salon will provide vocational education and skills to young women in hair care, makeup application and nail treatments with Estee Lauder brands Bobbi Brown, Bumble and Bumble and Clinique. The LINDAL Group’s Itupeva facility in Sao Paolo, Brazil reached the 100 million actuator production milestone this year, indicating a 26% growth since 2012. If stacked end to end, 100 million LINDAL two-inch actuators would stretch over 3,000 miles, from Sao Paolo to Puerto Rico, said the company. IFF Inc. announced that it plans to invest over $50 million in its flavors operations in Jakarta, Indonesia. The investment will include a new state-of-the-art creative center on the existing site that will primarily support customers in Indonesia and is expected to be completed by the fourth quarter of 2014. Additionally, the company will build a new manufacturing facility in a nearby site to expand capacity and better serve global and regional customers in the growing ASEAN region. This facility is expected to be operational in the second half of 2015. In order to meet customer requirements in Asia, the Middle East and the Maghreb region, Evonik Industries commissioned an examination of its plants in Essen and Duisburg for compliance with Islamic law. As of November, these plants are classified as “pure” (tahir) and permitted according to ritual Islamic regulations and therefore evaluated as “Halal.”
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