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The newest data released by the German Paint and Printing Ink Association (VdL) shows the fortunes of the German coatings sector were, in 2021, closely tied to the Covid-19 pandemic and increasing price of raw materials globally – causing weak short-term growth and an anticipated contraction in 2023.…

Worldwide, coatings companies specialising in manufacturing road pavement surface coatings are experiencing tailwinds, as the public and private sectors increasingly grow aware that these coatings present affordable solutions to major environmental problems.

A South Korean pavement surface coating developed by Incheon-based start-up Jchi Global (1), that reduces the scattering of fine dust in the atmosphere – which the World Health Organisation (WHO) says causes 7 million deaths-a-year worldwide from cardiovascular diseases, respiratory diseases (asthma, COPD), and more.…

 Alternative non-meat product sales may be growing in the USA, but more product innovation, including in ingredients, may be needed say experts, to persuade American consumers to continue embracing this segment rather than sticking to natural meat.

After robust sales growth was noted during the Covid-19 pandemic as US consumers experimented with new food products at home, concerns that this market expansion may be slowing appeared last year.…

International solar energy providers are finding business opportunities in Africa as national governments and their development agency partners try to foster growth while targeting the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goal 7 (SDG), which encourages access to affordable, reliable, sustainable, and modern energy for all by 2030 (1).…

THE HUNGARIAN dairy industry and supporting government officials are looking ahead to incoming financial support from the European Union (EU) now that the European Commission has approved the country’s Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) strategic plan for 2023-2027. This has cleared the way for a ЕUR8.4 billion transfer in funding from Brussels, despite the friction between the EU and the Hungarian government, led by populist right-wing Prime Minister Viktor Orbán.…

The International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) has formally proposed amendments to IAS 12 Income Taxes to take account of ‘Pillar 2’ of the OECD’s BEPS tax model, suspending rules on accounting for deferred taxes, while its implications are assessed. The IASB has acted because the European Union (EU) in December agreed a directive to make Pillar 2 compulsory in the EU – telling multinationals (and large domestic companies) to pay 15% minimum tax rates in member states where they trade.…

THE UNITED Kingdom’s final exit from the European Union (EU) on December 31, 2020, after an 11-month transition period, has fulfilled predictions of disruption to the British and European can manufacturing industry, experts have told CanTech international. Indeed, feelings over Breit remain raw – one senior industry specialist, preferring to remain nameless, dubbed Brexit as, “the most stupid decision ever taken by UK politicians”.…

Sugar production and consumption are being targeted for spending in new national Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) plans approved by the European Commission as part of a new process to secure European Union (EU) food production funding. With EUR53 billion spent in 2022 alone, this is the EU’s largest spending programme.…

As the world’s largest vertical farm is set to launch operations in Gloucestershire later this year, proponents have lauded the sustainability benefits of the model. They say it has the potential to reduce agriculture’s physical and carbon footprint, growing more crops with significantly reduced water usage, zero pesticides and delivering fresher produce than traditional field-based models.…

GM and Canadian political leaders today (Dec 5) hailed the launch of Canada’s first large-scale EV assembly plant, making BrightDrop Zevo electric delivery vans at the Big Three auto-maker’s CAMI assembly plant at Ingersoll, Ontario. BrightDrop, a wholly-owned GM subsidiary, announced it plans initial production of its Zevo 600 models in January (2023) and Zevo 400 models late next year (2023).…