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COVID-19 AND AIR POLLUTION EXPANDS DEMAND FOR NONWOVEN AIR FILTERS IN INDIA – BUT MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY HAS NOT INVESTED ENOUGH IN CAPACITY TO TAKE ADVANTAGE
India’s nonwoven technical textile industry has been at the centre of two successive public heath emergencies – first ramping up production of air purifier filters to combat dangerous levels of winter air pollution and now increasing the output of materials needed to make face masks to fight the Coronavirus outbreak.…
EUROMONITOR INTERNATIONAL SAYS NICOTINE CONSUMPTION IS FALLING
Nicotine consumption is declining worldwide, with smokers are consuming less, as well as e-cigarette and heated tobacco users, according to market research provider Euromonitor International’s ‘Nicotine Survey, Exploring the Modern Nicotine Landscape’.
“Overall [the study] shows nicotine prevalence is declining not growing, and it is clear to see there isn’t much evidence that greater availability of nicotine formats is increasing smoking prevalence among adults,” said Shane MacGuill, head of tobacco research at Euromonitor International, in a webinar attended by TJI.…
RIVAL WOOL EXPORT CENTRES ASSESS POTENTIAL INCREASE IN EXPORTS FOLLOWING AUSTRALIA'S DEVASTATING BUSHFIRES
INTERNATIONAL export centres for the wool industry have been considering how they will help fill gaps in supplies to the knitwear sector because of the damage caused to Australia’s wool sector by January’s devastating bush and outback fires. Extensive rain has now at last extinguished most of Australia’s bushfires, but wool growers are still assessing the damage.…
DEEP-FAKE TECH OFFERS FRAUDSTERS A NEW TOOL TO FOOL COMPANIES, GOVERNMENTS AND INDIVIDUALS
While most so-called ‘deep-fake’ technologies today have been used to spread fake images, videos and voice recordings of politicians, famous actresses and other public figures, a publicly-reported case emerged last year [2019] in which this advanced technology was leveraged to enhance cybercrimes such as financial fraud, identify theft, ransom and extortion requests, espionage and business email compromise scams.…
FOOD AND DRINK HOME DELIVERIES SOAR DURING COVID 19 CRISIS – PROMPTING CONCERN ABOUT THEIR ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
Ecommerce is becoming an increasingly popular way to order food and drink, with home deliveries booming during the current Covid-19 health emergency. But to what extent are such deliveries generating carbon emissions through fuel and additional packaging waste? E-commerce accounts for an increasingly large slice of the global retail market, growing 28% in 2017, 22.9% in 2018 and by 20.7% in 2019, to USD3.535 trillion, and forecast to reach USD4.2 trillion in 2020, according to eMarketer’s Global Ecommerce Forecast 2019.…
JAPAN’S PAINT AND COATING SECTOR FACES TOUGH TIMES AS COVID-19 HITS WHEN INDUSTRY’S OLYMPIC DIVIDEND ENDS
As with every business sector in every country around the world, Japan’s paint and coatings industry has been thrown into uncertainty over the full impact and longer-term implications of the coronavirus Covid-19 that has swept the globe since first emerging in China in December 2019. …
SOUTH KOREAN BEAUTY SECTOR IS STRONG, BUT WILL NEED TO INNOVATE TO COPE SUCCESSFULLY WITH COVID-19 CRISIS
With the Korea Cosmetic Industry Institute (KCII) estimating there were USD11.7 billion’s worth of South Korean-made personal care products (‘K-beauty’) sales in 2019, including nearly USD6.49 billion in exports, and more than 16,000 individuals and businesses officially licensed to provide cosmetic products and services, South Korea’s cosmetic industry has the innate strength it will need to cope with the Covid-19 crisis.…
ASIAN PAINT AND COATING REGULATORY ROUNDUP - INDONESIAN INITIATIVE FOCUSES ON REMOVING LEAD FROM PAINTS
Indonesia’s industry ministry launched an initiative in February (2020) aimed at eliminating lead used in paint made and sold in the country. It involves the Indonesian paint industry, is part of the United Nations Environment Programme’s (UNEP) Strategic Approach to International Chemicals Management (SAICM) project and is funded by the Global Environment Facility (GEF), an international investment body.…
PRODUCERS AND RETAILERS: DEMAND FOR CANNED FOOD WILL STAY EVEN AFTER COVID-19
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.…
GUATEMALA'S APPAREL AND TEXTILE INDUSTRY LOOKS TO TECHNOLOGY TO BOOST OUTPUT AND COST EFFICIENCY
The textile industry in Guatemala represents 8.9% of the country’s gross domestic product (GDP), but a rise in production costs is jeopardising the industry’s overseas sales competitiveness. Therefore, Guatemala producers are focusing on buying and installing cutting edge technology to improve existing operations and even create new business divisions, maintaining their competitiveness against other suppliers in the region, Alejandro Ceballos, president of the country’s Apparel & Textile Industry Association (Vestex).…