Category: Industry

As large of an employer as it is, chances are that you already know somebody who works in the Australian packaging industry. Indeed, it is a reasonably sized industry that exerts a massive amount of influence over our daily lives. From recycling to protecting the food that we purchase, packaging is essential.

The Packaging Industry: Value And Employment –

Numbers are among the very best ways to get an idea about the size of something. Consider this: The Australian packaging industry accounts for approximately 1% of the country’s GDP, or Gross Domestic Product. That may sound small, but Australia is a massive country with a very high volume of output. Combine that fact with the fact that approximately 30,000 people are employed by the Australian packaging industry, and it’s easy to see why this industry is so important.

Material Statistics Related To The Packaging Industry –

At 36%, paper and cardboard packaging definitely corner the market when it comes to packaging materials. A simple glance in your pantry or refrigerator will confirm to you that this is the case. However, plastics have reached 30% – a very respectable figure that is easy to confirm, what with the popularity of plastic packaging these days. At 20%, metal packaging has diminished a bit but is still fairly common. Finally, as glass is the most breakable and least practical material, it only accounts for 10% of the total packaging that today is used in Australia.

Recycling And The Packaging Industry –

Considering that the packaging industry only contributes about 10% of urban solid waste, it is remarkable that the industry has, nonetheless, agreed to a National Packaging Covenant that will increase the levels at which it recycles various materials. For example: Plastics, which are currently recycled at a rate of approximately 20%, will now be recycled approximately 30% to 35% of the time. Paper and cardboard, which are currently recycled at a rate of approximately 64%, will now be recycled at a rate of approximately 70% to 80%.

Packaging: An Industry To Watch –

Whether you work in the packaging industry or not, there’s no question that it plays a major role in your life. From the food you buy at the store to the recycling that you do, packaging plays a role in many aspects of your day to day life. As time goes by, the industry itself will be amping up its recycling efforts and will be contributing to the health of the planet. For this reason, consumers can now feel more comfortable about the products that they purchase and can be assured that the food packaging industry is continuously working towards making the world a better place.

India has emerged as one of the fastest growing markets for wine on the global map. Despite the country’s vast population of over 1.1 Billion, the consumption of wine remains extremely low. The per capita consumption of wine in the country was estimated at around 9 Milliliters in 2008, indicating huge potential for growth in the coming years.

Various factors such as favorable government policies, increasing disposable income, amplified wine marketing and influence of western culture are helping to drive India’s wine consumption. According to our latest research report, -Indian Wine Industry Forecast to 2012-, wine consumption in India is expected to grow by 25-30% annually between 2009 and 2012.

We have found that various policies by the state level governments are encouraging domestic wine producers to set up their own wineries in the country, giving a boost to the domestic industry. Efforts by the Maharashtra and Karnataka governments remain far-fetched in this regard. However, such measures have raised concerns to WTO which states that India is adopting protectionist policies for its domestic wine industry meanwhile curbing growth of imports.

While local players are including affordable imported wines in their portfolios to attract new consumers, foreign firms are trying hard to expand in the market owing to high rate of tax levied. Our research indicates that the premium wine segment in the country is dominated by imported wines. This is because domestic wines are still unable to demand a high price, largely because of low brand awareness and lack of quality taste. Meanwhile, total consumption is dominated by domestically-produced cheap wine.

-Indian Wine Industry Forecast to 2012- provides extensive research and rational analysis on the wine market in India. Our research gives deep insight into India’s wine consumption in terms of domestically-produced and imported wines, price structure, sales by location, type of wine consumed and a possible regional segmentation. Our research also highlights the market trends and developments that are expected to play key role in the growth of Indian wine market over the forecast period. Besides this, the report provides thorough analysis on the wine production, wine exports and wine imports of the country.

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Ever since, US President Obama vowed to punish U.S. “corporations that ship our jobs overseas,” the backlash in India against such a disastrous move has spread to officials from government, IT industry associations, and leading Indian IT services companies such as Infosys and Wipro. And while they say they want to wait for more details, they are also clearly deeply concerned about the huge implications such policy would have.

While today’s highly interdependent global economy renders Obama’s 19th-century notion of “our jobs” meaningless, the bigger issues are the impact such a move would have on the overall Indian economy’s ability to continue being a major consumer of U.S.-made products and services, and the likelihood that other countries would react to Obama’s protectionist stance with their own equally unproductive and trade-reducing positions.

Volume of concern from India
According to the sources US President Barack Obama’s statements on curbing tax breaks for outsourcing companies in the US set alarm bells ringing in the Indian IT sector.

Nasscom president Som Mittal, noting that American companies generate 50% of their revenue outside the U.S., said, “To be globally competitive, they also depend on globally shared services.” The body also said that any protectionist move by the US that adversely impacts the domestic outsourcing industry might trigger retaliatory measures by India.

Infosys in a statement said, “We are confident that the US will not take any measure which might hurt its global competitiveness and policies of protectionism would only hinder the revival of the world economy.”

Impact on the US

Obama’s tax proposals on the foreign investments made by American companies, if accepted by Congress, could affect their global competitiveness and would leave them at significant disadvantages against non-US companies. The report said while there are no direct proposals that impact off-shoring to India, the US corporations having business presence abroad could be saddled with increased tax cost if these proposals are enacted.

As per US government’s estimate, Obama’s proposals will generate $210 billion in revenue over 10 years. The new tax proposals also seek to tighten the foreign credit rules. It proposes to disallow foreign taxes paid on income, which is not subject to US tax. This may lead to double taxation and discourage US companies to invest overseas.

The Evasive Measures
US protectionism forces TCS to hire more foreigners: Seeking to mitigate protectionist measures like visa restrictions being adopted by countries like US, the top Indian IT exporter, TCS, is looking to employ more local nationals in key markets.

NASSCOM to meet FM for pre-budget consultations: The members of NASSCOM will meet Finance Minister to put forward their demands for the sector.

Outsourcing companies take cost-cut call: Indias $47 billion IT outsourcing industry, struggling to cut costs without compromising on seat capacity, is now reinventing the wheel. Some of them have stitched up deals with telecom companies, outsourcing their own communication infrastructure, a model now known as hosting services.

Virtually, the macroeconomic situation of any country relies on its Demand-Supply Equilibrium. There is an inbound tendency within the macroeconomic framework of any country, to maintain a balance between the demand and supply factors. Trucking industry plays an important role in maintaining a physical equilibrium within the economy. Domestic supply of materials to neutralize demand depends on trucking industry. Therefore, high degree of efficiency in the trucking industry is essential to maintain the supply side of the equilibrium.

Trucking software has brought extreme efficiency into the system of trucking industry. Functioning of a trucking business is highly improved by the induction of trucking software in this system. Indeed, trucking software has not only improved the efficiency of the trucking industry but it has also contributed in improving the macroeconomic condition of many countries. Technology has given a new dimension to the trucking industry. The new web based trucking software has further improved the functioning of this industry.

Demand-Supply Equilibrium is absolutely essential to maintain smooth functioning of the economy. A disturbance in this equilibrium can give rise to many macroeconomic complexities. There should be a proper balance in both demand side and supply side of the equilibrium. In the production and consumption segment of the economy, trucking industry plays a major role in maintaining the supply side of the equilibrium. Even a single day strike in the trucking industry can bring a whole nation to halt. In the event of a strike in the trucking industry, raw materials and goods could not reach their actual destinations for consumption. This event creates a scenario where demand for materials exceeds the requisite supply. Hence, the price of various goods and materials rise to an extended level. This price rise is termed as inflation. A smooth functioning of the trucking industry can avoid such type of disequilibrium in the economy.

In-order to maintain economic equilibrium, Governments across the world emphasizes on improving efficiency of the trucking companies. Trucks are the main components of the supply chain mechanism of any nation. To overcome economic abnormalities like price-rise and shortage of important consumer goods, high efficiency should be inculcated in the functioning of the trucking industry.

Console Wars is today a widely recognised phrase referring to the un-tracked battle between major video game consoles, which typically occurs every four or five years when a new ‘generation’ of games consoles are released by the industry leaders, which today are Microsoft, Sony and Nintendo – in no particular order.

The history of console wars is by no means brief, with the first of note being competed way back in the early 1980’s between the Intellivision and the Colecovision, and by all accounts, the Colecovision came out on top in that particular head-to-head selling half a million units, largely thanks to it’s licensing of popular arcade games from the time. If a video games console sold half a million units today, though, it would be a complete failure and would perhaps even go by un-noticed by the developed world’s hordes of gaming enthusiasts.

The growth of the video games industry has been so rapid that the top consoles of today, the XBox 360, Playstation 3 and the Nintendo Wii sell in multiple-millions across the world – with the main video gaming markets being North America, Japan, Europe and Australia.

Microsoft, despite being new-boys in the video game console market with the XBox 360 being only their second venture into it, have already established a firm fanbase of millions all over the world thanks to the success of the original XBox console. One of the main features that the XBox introduced to the console games market was the first online gaming community with any real feeling of value. XBox Live, the online gaming service of the XBox and now the XBox 360 too, was far superior to the Playstation Network – the Playstation 2 equivalent online service.

Microsoft of course have no lack of funds, and they gave the launch of the XBox console and indeed the XBox 360 console a huge kickstart by securing exclusive titles which proved a huge success. Notably games from the Grand Theft Auto and Halo games series.

The Playstation 3, although very powerful, has so far been living off the reputation established by the Playstation and Playstation 2, as it brings nothing to the industry which the XBox 360 and Nintendo Wii don’t offer also. Metal Gear Solid 4 alone, has infact been a major selling point of the console for many gamers – as it’s not available on the XBox 360 or Nintendo Wii consoles.

The Nintendo Wii is without doubt the most refreshing addition to the video games industry for quite some time, bringing a new perspective into gaming that has never before been explored, and it aims to get a stranglehold on the growing audience of lifestyle-aware gamers. Ultimately the Nintendo Wii gets gamers moving with it’s new motion sensitive control system and thanks to the many peripherals which the controller connects to, the possibilities that open up to you within Nintendo Wii games seem endless.

The only real exclusive titles worth mentioning to the Nintendo Wii, as with previous consoles, are those starring the companies legendary gaming mascot, Mario, such as Super Smash Bros. Brawl and Mario Kart Wii.

The difference in graphical power behind the XBox 360, Playstation 3 and Nintendo Wii consoles is minimal and the game support for all three consoles is like never before ensuring all three have thrived alongside one another and continue to do so. There will be no clear winner in the current console war, as unlike in those gone by, most gamers find themselves loving two of the major consoles, if not all three! It’s no longer a “fan-boy” industry where everyone has their favourite, which can only be good news for the future of video gaming which has already grown at a faster rate than ever before in recent years.