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Digital printing is still a relatively new concept to Poland’s traditional fabric finishing sector – but national pride in the country’s well-established textile sector is sparking a desire to modernise so it can maintain its competitive edge. Much of the resulting investment has been focused on local and independent textile printers located throughout the country – but a significant number of these are based in Łódz, central Poland, a key textile manufacturing hub, with the port-town of Gdynia also being home to upgraded finishing plants.…

The can making and filling sectors have become beneficiaries – at least in the short term – of consumers turning their kitchen cupboards into pandemic pantries, stockpiling canned food and other long-lasting products because they fear of food shortages because of Covid-19.…

THE AIRPORT serving India’s capital, New Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGI), has been under pressure from a boom in passenger traffic, and so is being expanded and revamped in a project that will cost USD1.3 billion, according to Indian aviation industry sources.…

MALAYSIA’S new United Malays National Organisation (UMNO)-dominated government has announced a Malaysian Ringgit MYR250 billion (USD57 billion) spending package to help the economy withstand the Covid-19 epidemic. This includes paying a monthly wage subsidy of MYR600 (USD137) for three months for employers with a 50% drop in business since January 1 for workers with monthly salaries below MYR4,000 (USD915).…

AFRICA is commonly hailed as the world’s next big focus of economic growth, but for the civil aviation industry, this prospect will require significant investment in new intra-African routes and related airport and ATC infrastructure. It will also require governments to remove immigration barriers preventing African air travellers flying to other countries on their home continent.…

THE USE of paint and coatings by airlines is far more than the choice of an elegant trip for tail fins and fuselages. High tech coatings help aircraft operate efficiently and play an increasingly important role in helping planes fly smoothly, reducing drag and hence carbon emissions.…

While this dispute is happening thousands of kilometres away from where most Canadians (settler or indigenous) live, this dispute illustrates how tough it is to get appropriate sign-off from indigenous communities on pipeline projects and how it is underpinned by centuries’ old struggles involving indigenous Canadians.…

Given the recent surge in popularity in healthy snacks within China, market researchers predict that sales of yoghurt, nut snacks and snack bars will continue to grow in upcoming years. The market for chilled yoghurt sales in China is expected to jump 91% to Chinese Yuan Renminbi CNY70.7 billion (USD9.9 billion) in 2023 from CNY36.9 billion in 2018, thanks to anticipated improvements in cold chain technology across China, according to market researchers Frost & Sullivan.…

PAKISTAN’S textile sector is in dire need of additional investment for modernisation and innovation in order to keep pace with its main regional competitors, industry insiders have warned.

They claim investment has been slashed in the past five years and the industry has been hit with high import tariffs on raw materials meaning programmes to upgrade machinery and other innovation projects have only continued at a sluggish rate.…

With electric vehicles (EVs) and hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs) set to account for an estimated 30% of all vehicle sales worldwide within five years according to investment bank JP Morgan, the demand for conductive adhesives, which can transmit thermal or electrical energy between two surfaces, as an alternative to solder and even wiring is set to soar, according to Lux Research Inc, based in Boston, USA.…