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EUROPE’S TEXTILE COMPANIES CUT WATER USE TO LOWER ENERGY COSTS AND PREPARED FOR FUTURE WATER SCARCITY



European textile companies are working to ensure that future water scarcity problems will not affect their operations, notably by cutting water consumption and installing high quality waste treatment facilities, European Union (EU) experts have told World Textile Information Network (WTiN).                               

According to EU statistical agency Eurostat’s regional yearbook 2022 (1), EU water scarcity – chiefly seen in southern Europe, with Portugal’s textile industry particularly affected – is primarily driven by climate change and excessive water consumption.…

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INFLATION CAUSES HUGE FOOD PRICE HIKE BUT CANS WILL SURVIVE, SAY EXPERTS



WORLDWIDE inflation is impacting the can making industry and its supply chain partners. Indeed, metal packaging prices have risen by at least 25% this year, according to industry association FoodDrinkEurope. A key reason has been soaring prices for energy used in manufacture, up more than 50% in 2022 according to the World Bank.…

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EUROPE’S HYDROGEN ECONOMY IS GROWING, WITH MAJOR INVESTMENTS BEING RELEASED



WHEN European energy experts consider the future of hydrogen as an energy source, assessments sound remarkably like comments made about wind or solar power in the late 1990s – it is a great idea, but it would help if production and processing were less expensive.…

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EU/WTO REGULATORY ROUND UP – EU EXPLORES TOUGHER RESTRICTIONS ON NITROSAMINES IN FOOD AND DRINK



European Union (EU) food manufacturers are facing the potential imposition of new rules on the presence of nitrosamines in food products, following a European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) review that ended in November. EFSA has concluded that “it is highly likely that for all age groups dietary exposure to nitrosamines is above the level that could indicate a health concern”.…

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MAJOR INTERNATIONAL POLICE AND PROSECUTOR ACTION BUSTS CROSS-BORDER SCRYPTO INVESTMENT SCAM



An international operation led by the European Union’s (EU) police and judicial agencies, Europol and Eurojust brought down the criminal gang behind a multimillion-Euro crypto investment scam. In a November 8 and 9 action day, raids on 15 call centres across eastern Europe – six in Albania, five in Georgia, one in North Macedonia and three in Ukraine – led to five arrests.…

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AFRICA’S CLOTHING SECTOR EYES GROWTH POTENTIAL – BUT INFLATION AND RECESSION IS HAMPERING AMBITION



An African garment and textile sector rebounding from the Covid-19 pandemic has seen strong export growth in the first three-quarters of 2022 start to sputter through a tightening of retail demand in Europe and the United States. These remain Africa’s two primary export markets and their consumers are reducing spending as inflation and recession concerns grow.…

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LARGE DENOMINATION BANKNOTES REMAIN ML VULBERABILUTY



High value banknotes remain of concern to AML regulators, even though they are increasingly being withdrawn from circulation. Despite the growth of electronic payments, the amount of physical cash in circulation remains huge. The USD remains the currency that circulates most widely in the world, with the US Currency Education Programme (a Federal Reserve scheme) saying that there was USD2 trillion in circulation by the start of 2021 (December 31, 2020).…

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MAJOR EU RESEARCH PROJECT WILL BOOST CIRCULARITY IN TEXTILE PRODUCTION, SAY EXPERTS



The European textile industry is already working more sustainably but can do better, said Charlotte Denis, communications officer for the European Technology Platform for the Future of Textiles and Clothing (ETP). Her comments are particularly valid as the platform is a key partner in the new two-year research project CISUTAC (Circular and Sustainable Textiles and Clothing – www.cisutac.eu),…

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KEY BENEFITS OF AUTOMATION AND ROBOTICS FOR TEXTILES AND CLOTHING



 

A key question in any industry is to what extent robotics will be able to replace the human hand. This issue is especially pertinent for textiles and clothing – where sensor-based automation increasingly carries out human tasks such as assessing the feel of textiles and quality control.…

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COUNTRIES OPPOSING RUSSIAN INVASION OF UKRAINE STRUGGLE TO AGREE WAY TO SPEND SANCTIONED MONEY AND PROPERTY



The list of Russian assets seized by its European and north American opponents grows ever larger, with super yachts joining bank accounts and expensive properties being sequestered. But could they be sold? Should they be sold? And should the money be spent on rebuilding Ukraine, if it drives out the Russian invader?…

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