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TUNISIA TEAMS UP WITH CHINA IN CREATING FUSION ENERGY RESEARCH LABOIRATOTY



A groundbreaking collaboration between Tunisia and China has yielded plans to develop a pioneering laboratory, solely dedicated to the realm of plasma physics, a key element of nuclear fusion research. The lab would be established in Tunisia’s prestigious National Engineering School of Tunis, within the University of Tunis – El Manar, in central Tunis, Tunisia’s capital.…

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INDIA’S DOVERSE TOBACCO LEAF SECTOR GROWS EXPORTS FAST, WHILST BOOSTING PRODUCTION QUALITY



India’s tightly regulated tobacco leaf sector, producing the world’s second largest annual output of tobacco leaf at around 800,000 tonnes (following China and just ahead of Brazil), according to the Tobacco Board of India, is investing in modernisation to further strengthen this position, which includes a recent surge in export sales (1).  …

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ASIA REGULATORY ROUND UP – CHINA IMPOSES NEW LIMITS ON IRON OXIDE PIGMENT AND TITANIUM DIOXIDE USE



China’s key government economic body has released restrictions on the use of iron oxide pigments and titanium dioxide, the most important white pigment used in the coatings industry. In July (2023), China’s National Development and Reform Commission and related departments issued an updated Notice on Issuing the Energy Efficiency Benchmark Levels and Baseline Levels in Key Industrial Fields, with 11 additional controls, including 11 key areas including titanium dioxide (TiO2).…

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TEXTILE SECTOR SUPPLIERS NAVIGATE A 'WILD WEST' WORLD OF SUSTAINABLE STANDARDS AND CERTIFICATIONS



Textile suppliers have been navigating a growing and confusing world of sustainable standards and certifications while trying to meet clients’ diverse requests.  

“This is very difficult because every company has different requirements. So as of today, it is a bit of the Wild West.…

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GORPCORE MAYBE HERE TO STAY AS SUSTAINABILITY AWARENESS GROWS AMONG CONSUMERS



Gorpcore’ fashion, wearing outdoor functional clothing as fashionable streetwear, is rising in popularity, so much that much specialist apparel specifically designed for mountain environments will “never see a mountain,” a performance clothing designer has told WTiN. 

Their expensive materials and complex designs have “attracted fashion and streetwear to outdoor clothing,” Richard Dannah, an outdoor performance sportwear designer with more than 20 years’ experience in the field, told WTiN.…

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UKRAINE PAINT SECTOR HARMED BY INVASION FROM RUSSIA, WHOSE PAINT AND COATING SECTOR PIVOTS TOWARDS STABILITY



The Ukraine and Russian paint and coating sectors have both experienced major change since Russian military forces invaded Ukraine last February (2022), but as with the war, Ukraine’s industry has suffered much tougher damage.

Indeed, all sectors of the victim country’s economy have been hit hard by Russian military attacks and economic disruption, but none more so than Ukraine’s vulnerable chemical-based industries.…

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COMSUMER APPS ARE USEFUL BACKDOOR FOR SPREADING MALWARE WORLDWIDE



Business computer and phone users know they should not click on links in emails and texts from unknown senders. But malware developers are increasingly hacking into trusted online apps, inserting malicious code, downloaded by the unwary. Keith Nuthall, Raghavendra Verma and Jens Kastner report on this burgeoning threat.…

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QUANTUM COMPUTING PROGRESSES – WITH AML APPLICATIONS ON THE MEDIUM-TERM HORIZON



The potential benefits and risks posed to AML systems by quantum computing are becoming clearer, as more powerful and efficient quantum computing systems are developed.

Quantum systems draw processing strength from exploiting how quantum states involve superposition (a particle inhabits two or more places at the same time) and entanglement (two or more particles influence each other), to make quicker and larger calculations.…

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MAJOR OUTSOURCING CENTRES STRUGGLE TO DEVELOP SUSTAINABLE GROWING CLOTHING MARKETS



International clothing brands have been hoping to see major outsourcing centres develop their own sustainable apparel markets, but this year’s choppy global economy has impeded sales to these potentially lucrative consumer bases.

Brazil, the world’s 10th largest economy, with 216 million people, was back in 2011 considered by US-based consultants A.T.…

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CHINA’S CAN INDUSTRY GROWTH IS MOTOR FOR EXPANSION OF METAL PACKAGING MARKET ACROSS ASIA



Since economic liberalisation and globalisation kicked in major economic growth in China since 1990, China’s food and beverage industry has expanded exponentially, boosting the country’s metal packaging industry (1).
London-based market researcher GlobalData (NOTE TO EDITOR – NO SPACE BETWEEN WORDS IN THIS COMPANY NAME) has forecast that China’s market will purchase more than 1 trillion units in 2024, with rigid metal packaging taking a 10.5% volume share of this vast financial cake (2).…

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