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ANTIMICROBIAL TEXTILES FOR PERFORMANCE CLOTHES BOOST THEIR SUSTAINABILITY



Textile manufacturers and researchers have been relentlessly developing new antimicrobial solutions for performance and protective clothing, especially focusing on sustainability.
The global antimicrobial textile market, which also includes antibacterial, antifungal and antiviral products, was valued at USD10.8 billion in 2020, expected to reach USD14.7 billion in 2027, according to India-based market researcher Qualiket Research (1). …

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CANADIAN AUTO SECTOR AND POLITICIANS ACCEPT TAXPAYER COST OF BANKROLLING EV TRANSITION



The Canadian auto sector and governments appear united in saying the huge subsidies sunk into securing a Canadian dollars CAD7 billion (USD5.1 billion) Volkswagen battery plant in St Thomas, southern Ontario, make good commercial and economic sense.

The level of financing could indicate what the Canadian and Ontario governments will have to spend to persuade Stellantis to restart stalled work at its planned battery manufacturing plant in Windsor, across the border from Detroit.…

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RUSSIA INVASION PUSHES COUNTER PROLIFERATION FINANCE (CFP) INTO MAINSTREAM OF AML/CFT CONTROLS



Counter Proliferation Financing (CPF) is becoming an increasingly important third goal of international policies and programmes designed to attack and reduce illicit financial movements. With concerns about the development of nuclear weapons by sanctioned regimes in North Korea and Iran growing, governments have been focusing on how to implement Financial Action Task Force (FATF) guidance on CPF, which has been deepening since the global anti-money laundering and terror finance body in 2020 amended FATF Recommendation 1 and its Interpretive Note to require countries and entities to identify, assess, understand and mitigate their PF risks.…

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RUSSIA INVASION PUSHES COUNTER PROLIFERATION FINANCE (CFP) INTO MAINSTREAM OF AML/CFT CONTROLS



Counter Proliferation Financing (CPF) is becoming an increasingly important third goal of international policies and programmes designed to attack and reduce illicit financial movements. With concerns about the development of nuclear weapons by sanctioned regimes in North Korea and Iran growing, governments have been focusing on how to implement Financial Action Task Force (FATF) guidance on CPF, which has been deepening since the global anti-money laundering and terror finance body in 2020 amended FATF Recommendation 1 and its Interpretive Note to require countries and entities to identify, assess, understand and mitigate their PF risks.…

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STELLANTIS TURNS HISTORIC FIAT PLANT PRODUCTION PLANT INTO TRAILBLAZING EV CLUTCH FACILITY



Auto major Stellantis is building a major EV clutch transmission operation at its 2 million square meters Italian production plant – the historic former Fiat Mirafiori factory, in Turin – which will make 600,000 devices annually 

Mirafiori will make electrified dual-clutch transmissions (eDCT) for hybrid and plug-in hybrid electric models sold across Europe from H2 2024 at Mirafiori – also the site of a new recycling plant as Stellantis shifts towards a circular economy model.   …

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MALI BUILDS NEW CENTRAL UNIVERSITY LIBRARY TO AID LEARNING AND PROTECT VALUABLE ISLAMIC TEXTS



 

A new Central University Library of Mali, serving higher education institutions across this Sahel and Sahara country, will house thousands of ancient Islamic texts, including some removed from Timbuktu in 2013, to save them from destruction at the hands of Islamist militants.…

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HARVARD LAUNCHES DYNAMIC DATAMAP LINKING AMERICAN HIGHER EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT



Harvard University has launched a data map highlighting mismatches and matches across the USA between higher education graduates and job opportunities, to help encourage career-relevant HE investment.

The College-to-Jobs Initiative was developed with the support of market data company Lightcast and financial service Capital One.…

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MANUFACTURERS AND RESEARCHERS EXPLORE INTEGRATION OF SUPER-MATERIAL GRAPHENE INTO NONWOVENS



The highly versatile material graphene is becoming increasingly popular in a variety of health and safety uses in nonwoven products, despite calls for further research to be conducted to assess its long-term impact on toxicity in humans and the environment.

Demand for graphene’s powerful antimicrobial and filtration qualities grew sharply during the Covid-19 pandemic, especially for incorporation in nonwoven masks.…

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GREEK DAIRY SECTOR STRUGGLES TO COPE WITH INFLATION



 

Greece’s dairy market and industry has been struggling to deal with major inflation impacting the sector, with an annual year-on-year increase of 23.1% in March (2023) for dairy and eggs, with 25.2% in February, according to the Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT).…

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UK FRAUD PANEL WARNS OF SPIRALLING UNDETECTED ILLEGAL SUB-LETTING OF ENGLAND SOCIAL HOUSING



The UK’s Fraud Advisory Panel (FAP) has warned that British government failures to monitor and fight public housing tenancy fraud means 76% of such scams go undetected in England, costing more than GBP500 million (USD619 million) in unnecessary social housing spending during 2019-20.…

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