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AUTOMATED LABELLING PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY ESSENTIAL, SAY EU AND US EXPERTS



LABEL-MAKING automation is increasingly important to the global packaging industry. Indeed, the Wisconsin, USA-based global identification and compliance solution specialists Brady Corporation calls automated labelling a “must-have” – saying that the question is not if a company will automate its labelling process, but when (1).…

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RESEARCHERS CONTINUE TO OUSH FOR COMMERCIAL INTEGRATION OF NANOTECHNOLOGY WITH NONWOVENS



INNOVATIONS related to nonwovens nanofibres are developing fast amidst ongoing research into properties and potential uses resulting products.

Belgium-based international nonwovens industry association EDANA’s scientific and technical affairs director Marines Lagemaat, told Nonwovens Report International said the technology is very “promising when it comes to filtration applications”.…

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HUNGRY SUB-SAHARAN STUDENTS IN TUNISIA DENIED ACCESS TO MONEY BY BANKS AND POST OFFICES



Students from sub-Saharan African countries in Tunisia say that they are being discriminated against in the country’s banks and post offices, preventing them from receiving international money transfers to pay for essentials, including food.

They and executives of the Association for African Students and Stagiaires in Tunisia (AESAT – Association des Étudiants et Stagiaires Africains en Tunisie) told UWN that many banks and branches of La Poste Tunisienne are refusing to hand over the money sent by their parents and blocking them from opening personal bank accounts if they lack a full residency permit – a ‘carte de séjour définitif’.…

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PUBLIC SPENDING ON AML GROWS, BUT IS IT SPENT WISELY?



The fact that AML/CFT is expensive is widely appreciated by governments and international organisations, but they still support policies and programmes that cost a considerable proportion of the USD274.1 billion that LexisNexis Risk Solutions says is lavished on financial crime compliance (1).…

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AUTOMATED LABELLING PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY ESSENTIAL, SAY EU AND US EXPERTS



LABEL-MAKING automation is increasingly important to the global packaging industry. Indeed, the Wisconsin, USA-based global identification and compliance solution specialists Brady Corporation calls automated labelling a “must-have” – saying that the question is not if a company will automate its labelling process, but when (1).…

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DEPOSIT RETURN SYSTEMS KEY TO BOOSTING RECYCABILITY, SAY EUROPEAN CAN EXPERTS



Deposit return systems (DRS) promoted by European Union (EU) regulation are the best way to help EU can manufacturers achieve high recycling and collection of quality materials, EU (European Union) can sector experts told the March 28-30 Packaging Waste and Sustainability Forum, in Brussels.  …

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QATARGATE ROCKS EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT’S REPUTATION FOR CLEAN POLITICS



The European Parliament’s (EP) reputation as a mostly harmless and clean international democratic assembly has taken a serious knock through the ‘Qatargate’ scandal. Keith Nuthall reports.

 

Belgium’s federal police, working with Belgian prosecutor Michel Claise, have uncovered what they claim is a serious network of graft, where the natural gas-rich Gulf state of Qatar is alleged to have subverted elected European Union (EU) officials.…

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US TOBACCO LEAF DEMAND REMAINS HIGH, DESPITE MOVE AWAY FROM SMOKED PRODUCTS



Demand for US tobacco leaf is projected to remain robust, despite increased reluctance to use smoked products (worsened by concerns about respiratory disease prompted by Covid-19) and the ongoing China–US trade war launched by former US President Donald Trump.

Tobacco leaf was one of the Chinese export products hit by punitive US import duties of 25% imposed during 2019, with China responding in kind with additional 10% and 25% duties levied on US exports of tobacco leaf to China.…

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GLOBAL MEDICAL ADHESIVES MARKET GROWS IN SCALE, DIVERSITY AND INNOVATION



 

Paradigm shifting technology involving collaboration between different scientific disciplines looks set to strengthen the impact of medical adhesives on clinical care as unhealthy lifestyles fuel increasingly diverse interventions, according to researchers and industry observers.

With sustainability “a front and centre priority”, said Paul Saunders, senior manager, global marketing, for Avery Dennison, a Los Angeles, USA-based material science company, issues such as bone reconstruction, wound management, haemorrhage prevention and drug dispensing devices are all being enhanced, with adhesives development a key element.…

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TURKISH TOBACCO LEAF PRODUCERS FACE ECONOMIC AND CLIMATE CHALLENGES – BUT PROTECTIONISM MAY HELP THEM SURVIVE



Turkey is the world’s largest Oriental tobacco leaf producer, but harvests have been impacted over the past two years by unusually hot summers and drought. Ranking 15th in tobacco production worldwide, according to the Izmir-based Aegean Tobacco Exporters’ Association (ATEA), the 2022 tobacco crop is expected to be like 2021.…

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