Abstract
I am the director of the Soft Cushion company which is specialized in the production of all kind of cushions. Our offices are located in Istanbul, and the company is owned by M. Salam who holds also many businesses in the textile sector in Turkey. The company was created two years ago and at this time, customers was exclusively Turkish retailers. Due to M. Salam and the success of our products line, we have begun to export overseas in Spain and Portugal. Today, the firm has a resounding success and we are negotiating agreements with German, French and English companies. Our products are medium quality and we offer one of the cheapest prices in the market. To prevent the mould apparition on the cushions, we introduce inside them pouches containing a biocide called dimethylfumarate. In the form of little balls, this process is very efficient, the chemical solution effectively kills the moulds during the transit phase and the price level of this product is very cheap. However, several hundred persons have been recently injured by the dimethylfumarate in England, Finland, France, Spain and Canada. Hurt customers have united themselves in class action to suit in court the responsible companies such Argos, Walmsley and Land of Leathern. The amount of the compensation claimed comes to £10 million, but the verdict has not yet been announced. Nevertheless, on 2009 March, the European Union commission has taken the initiative to ban the importation in Europe of products containing dimethylfumerate molecules used to avoid moulds.
