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With New Zealand’s raw wool exports falling during the Covid-19 pandemic, the country’s wool sector is witnessing “a historic change”, transforming from farmers as providers of raw material traded as a commodity into that of farmer-owned brands – sold direct to consumer as high-value goods.…

Textile companies and researchers are developing innovations within finishing to reduce the release of microplastics from clothing, while legislators pressure the sector to combat this harmful pollution.
Synthetic textiles, geotextiles, coatings and detergent capsules for laundry are among the main sources of microplastics, which researchers agree harm ecosystems (1).…

Footwear specialists have been warned to focus on ways to implement artificial intelligence (AI) in specific use cases within their own niche area rather than being tempted to utilise the technology to extend their range into new product areas, in which they may lack familiarity.…

Large paint and coatings companies operating in the European Union (EU) will now almost certainly have to comply with the first European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS), now released by the European Commission. Assuming they are backed by the European Parliament and the EU Council of Ministers (which is expected), they will become mandatory for EU listed companies (except micro-companies), who will start sustainability reporting according to ESRS from 2025.…

The metal packaging sector does not only prosper because of its intrinsic self-worth but also because of changes in competing industries such as paper and plastic packaging – and regulation – such as recent single-use plastics bans – can boost the fortunes of can makers and fillers.…

Packaging firms and brands are preparing for a boom in biomaterial packaging, fuelled by greater consumer demand, regulations to increase sustainability and the maturity of biomaterials. A report by Massachusetts, US-based management consulting firm Arthur D Little (1), released in 2022, said that investment has fuelled production improvements and capacity, easing the mass production of biomaterials derived from plants, animals or bacteria.…

Given the complexity of supply chains in the knitwear sector, it is no surprise that there are diverse ways in organising production. A key contrast is between the integrated model, where manufacturing stages are undertaken in house, and the cluster approach, where different units undertake several aspects of manufacturing, such as knitting of panels, embroidery, finishing and final assembly.…

A London-based anti-fraud unit which supports vulnerable victims of fraud has been rolled out to all 43 police forces in England and Wales. The Action Fraud National Economic Crime Victim Care Unit (NECVCU) has been operated until now by the City of London Police – England and Wales’ lead anti-fraud police force – helping London victims of fraud and cybercrime cope and recover from offences.…

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).…

The release by the European Commission (EC) of the first European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS) on July 31 has prompted concern that while efforts have been made to align these with International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) models, there are still important contrasts (1).…