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Abundant levels of data created throughout the garment supply chain are increasingly being leveraged to boost sales and margins, and the more figures are crunched the better.

KeunYoung Oh, chair and associate professor of the department of fashion and textile technology at State University of New York College, in Buffalo, USA, said as a result, data analysis skills are an essential component of recruitment policy.…

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Much expertise of anti-money laundering is developed from the experience of victims and law enforcement, fed into techniques and systems fighting this crime. But ex-criminals, including those who launder illicit money, have a different perspective and can offer fresh insight and intelligence maybe not considered by AML officers.…

THE QUESTION of whether governments should charge AML/CFT levies on designated professions and financial institutions to help fund public agencies fighting dirty and terror money flows is a sensitive topic, given STR designation already imposes operational costs on such businesses. Indeed, they may also have to pay for membership of bodies who assess their AML/CFT performance and of course fund government AML/CFT work through general taxation.…

AT a time when the UK paint and coating sector is reeling from Covid-19, the industry is bracing for another shock – a possible hard or no-deal Brexit. However, while paint and coating industry experts say the industry’s confidence levels are low because of these challenges, the pandemic has nonetheless encouraged the development and sale of innovative anti-viral coatings, opening potential new makers that may persist after the pandemic has ebbed.…

Forensic linguistics is a new field, aiding detection of lies and deception within verbal and written statements, but it is developing, and artificial intelligence/machine learning offers new opportunities for this technique to become increasingly useful.

That is the view of Professor Jack Grieve, Professorial Fellow in Corpus Linguistics, University of Birmingham, UK, who sees a “great opportunity” in such work, although significant research is needed before such studies can yield useful work.…

Enormous forces act on renewable energy system’s mechanical parts when generating power from wind and water. Between the smooth operation and potential loss of multi-million-dollar investments stand gear lubricants. Lubricants are also needed for the hydraulics that pitch the blades a few degrees every time the wind, or the water current, changes. …

AS governments worldwide loosen lockdowns imposed to impede the spread of Covid-19, energy companies are assessing their health and safety policies to ensure workplaces are not new infection hotspots, protecting workers and hence production.

These changes come as energy industries downscale workloads to reflect a collapse in demand for their output.…

If there is one subsector of technical textiles that is regarded as well suited to environment-friendly materials innovation, it is surely the agricultural textile (ag-tex) sector. This is indeed the case, with research and development specialists creating clever solutions allying the functional and sustainability benefits of ag-tex with new biodegradable and naturally-sourced fibre.…

Comprised of a dry shampoo, deodorant, face moisturiser, lip balm, and more recently, body lotion, the line is sold only in North America and available in gym or travel sizes.  “For over 20 years, lululemon has been focused on solving athletes’ needs.…