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EIB TO FUND INNOVATIVE FULL-SUPPLY CHAIN HYDROGEN BUS PROJECT IN DENMARK
THE EUROPEAN Investment Bank (EIB) is planning to lend EUR19 million to Norwegian hydrogen specialist Nel ASA to fund the development in Denmark of large-scale production and distribution of green hydrogen to a Danish fleet of at least 200 hydrogen fuel-cell electric buses.…
REGULATION DRIVES CHANGE AS US PAINT AND COATINGS INDUSTRY URGES INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT
Sustainability issues are currently dominating the US paint and coatings industry with challenges and opportunities arising from stringent regulations and growing green markets, generating demand for environment-friendly business practices and sustainable consumer lifestyles. This change comes as the industry hopes for a fillip from the new United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), reforming North American trading arrangements, which has been hailed by the American Coatings Association (ACA) as “a win for America’s paint industry”.…
AI MAY HELP ENERGY SECTOR DEAL WITH CARBON PRICING AND EMISSIONS REDUCTION COMPLEXITIES
THERE are understandably many concerns about the development of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML), notably that computers might start to take autonomous decisions that might harm rather than help humans. However, energy and climate scientists are exploring how AI and ML may help governments and industry grapple with reducing carbon emissions to avoid cataclysmic climate change.…
SAUDI PAINT SECTOR AWAITS POTENTIAL FUTURE GROWTH FROM GOVERNMENT-BACKED DEVELOPMENT MEGA-PROJECTS
THE SAUDI Arabian paint industry’s output grew comparatively slowly in 2019 according to some market data but is expected to experience more robust growth over the next few years as the government invests heavily in new development projects and infrastructure. India-based market researcher Mordor Intelligence said that the Saudi Arabia paints and coatings market generated USD1.164 billion in sales last year (2019), up from USD 1.142 billion in 2018 and USD1.120 in 2017.…
EU REGULATORY ROUND UP – PAINT AND COATINGS COMPANIES MUST COMPLY WITH NEW EU NANOSAFETY RULES
EUROPEAN Union (EU) paint and coatings companies must now – from January 1 (2020) – comply with new EU legal requirements on ensuring products containing nanomaterials are safe. The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) has released two guidance documents to help EU companies undertake new duties to prepare registration dossiers covering nanoforms any chemicals used in a product.…
CONDUCTIVE ADHESIVES BEING WORLDWIDE DEVELOPED TO DELIVER AN EXPANDING ARRAY OF HIGH-TECH FUNCTIONS
From smartphones to space satellites, applications for conductive adhesives (transferring heat, electricity or both) are expanding rapidly and their innovative use and market size show little size of abating as new avenues reveal themselves through growth in sales and R&D programmes.…
EUROPEAN PAINT INDUSTRY HEAD RAISES CONCERN ABOUT ‘DO-IT-FOR-ME’ PAINTING CONSUMER TREND
In the 1980s, do-it-yourself (DIY) was all the rage. Now, young people’s reluctance to paint their own homes is damaging the sector, regrets the European Council of the Paint, Printing Ink and Artists’ Colours Industry (CEPE)’s managing director Jan van der Meulen – who joined the industry 40 years ago as a research chemist and has led CEPE since 2004.…
PAINTING AND COATING INDUSTRY FEARS BREXIT WILL MEAN DUPLICATE REGULATION
THE UK’s departure from the European Union (EU) on January 31 could lead to the development of a UK REACH, operating alongside the EU chemical control system, experts have predicted to Polymers Paint Colour Journal (PPCJ). Ongoing negotiations between the UK government and EU authorities would lay the groundwork for such a system whose goal would be to prevent disruption in a European chemical product market that is increasingly integrated.…
AML AI FACING RFEGULATORY APPROVAL PROBLEMS. BUT IF THESE ARE OVERCOME, THE TECHNOLOGY COULD BECOME WIDESPREAD
Artificial Intelligence (AI) and machine learning are being touted as game-changing solutions to improve the detection of financial crimes, including AML/CFT, but despite some promising results there are obstacles to roll-out, not least regulators’ ability to green-light new technologies as well as effectively utilise the data they produce.…
GETTING UP TO SPEED: HOW MOROCCO IS REDEFINING ITS POSITION IN THE TEXTILE GARMENT PRODUCTION MARKET
Morocco’s textile and garment industry is undergoing an intense process of development to better meet today’s business challenges and the intense competition within the crowded international garment production sector. With a mere 10 kilometres of Strait of Gibraltar seawater between Morocco’s key port Tanger-Med and Spain, Morocco should be a natural choice to lead in short ordering and fast fashion for European markets, however things are never just that simple.…