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SMARTER BARRIER MANAGEMENT ON THE RADAR DESPITE COST CLIMATE
Despite low oil prices, oil and gas operators are showing interest in adopting ‘dynamic barrier management’ (DBM), a new paradigm of risk management with applications across industries.
The concept involves using real time or near-real time information from multiple sources to track the continuous status of technical, operational and organisational safety barriers that are diverse in nature and degrade at different rates1.…
ASIAN PACIFIC NONWOVENS SECTOR SEEING A BOOST DESPITE TROUBLED TIMES
THE ASIA Pacific region remains the workshop of the world in terms of nonwovens production, and it is not only China’s producers who are growing, local suppliers are feeding growing domestic markets for nonwovens products elsewhere in east and southeast Asia.…
EU-INDONESIA TALKS COULD EASE RED TAPE HINDERING TIN TRADES
Metal traders will be examining new trade talks between the European Union (EU) and Indonesia, with negotiators targeting non-tariff red tape that has been hindering Indonesian exports to Europe of its key tin reserves.
The talks, announced last month (July) will begin later this year and Indonesian non-ferrous metal exporters could benefit from the abolition of tariffs and other trade barriers.…
CHINA PROBES JIANGXI-REARED PIGS AFTER HONG KONG REGULATORS DISCOVER DRUG CONTAMINATION
INVESTIGATIONS into the health of pigs being exported from Jiangxi, eastern China to Hong Kong, is under investigation after Chinese authorities blocked the trade following a warning from Hong Kong’s Food and Environmental Hygiene Department (FEHD).
Pigs from Jiangxi make up around 20% of hogs imported into the special administrative region from the Chinese mainland, which supplies the vast majority of pigs slaughtered in Hong Kong.…
TURKEY, CHINA AND SOUTH KOREA REMAIN EUROPEAN KNITWEAR BRANDS’ KEY SOURCING SWEETSPOTS
EUROPEAN Union (EU) knitted fabric importers are continuing to focus their sourcing overwhelmingly on Turkey, China, and South Korea, according to data released by the European Apparel and Textile Confederation (Euratex). With their low production costs, fabric expertise, and advantageous free trade agreements, these countries offer key benefits as a sourcing destination.…
TURKEY, CHINA AND SOUTH KOREA REMAIN EUROPEAN KNITWEAR BRANDS’ KEY SOURCING SWEETSPOTS
EUROPEAN Union (EU) knitted fabric importers are continuing to focus their sourcing overwhelmingly on Turkey, China, and South Korea, according to data released by the European Apparel and Textile Confederation (Euratex). With their low production costs, fabric expertise, and advantageous free trade agreements, these countries offer key benefits as a sourcing destination.…
ACCOUNTANTS MUST KEEP CLIENTS AWARE OF SUSTAINABILITY-FOCUSED TAX REFORM, SAYS EXPERT
A senior tax expert has advised accountants to carefully monitor for their clients likely changes in taxation promoting sustainability as international concern grows over inequality. The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants’ (ACCA) head of taxation Chas Roy-Chowdhury’s comments come as the Organisation for Economic Co-operation & Development (OECD) released a new report advising taxation policy makers worldwide on how to promote sustainable growth by sensitively designing tax systems.…
VIETNAM TEXTILE SECTOR FACES CHALLENGES, OPPORTUNITIES FROM FREE TRADE AGREEMENTS
VIETNAM’S textile sector faces significant challenges as it seeks to profit sustainably from new commercial opportunities offered by international trade deals, such as the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), a major industry conference has been told. The Vietnam Textile Summit 2016 was held from June 29-30, at The Reverie Saigon, an upscale hotel in downtown Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC).…
GESTAMP DEVELOPS INNOVATIVE NEW AUTOMOBILE MATERIALS AFTER MAJOR EIB LOAN
GESTAMP, a Spanish multinational specializing in metal vehicle components, is researching ways to make lighter and safer cars after acquiring funding from the European Investment Bank (EIB).
“The project activities aim at further reducing vehicle weight (contributing to lower fuel consumption and emissions) [and] improving vehicle safety, while enhancing manufacturing productivity and reducing average production cost,” a Gestamp spokesperson told wardsauto.…
MONGOLIA’S GROWING CASHMERE SECTOR NEEDS TO DEVELOP LOCAL MANUFACTURING AND QUALITY CONTROL
MONGOLIA’S raw cashmere production is growing. The number of goats supplying this luxury fibre increased by 2.9 million to 24.9 million in 2015 compared with 2014, bringing production to 7,470 tonnes last year, according to Mongolia-based Monital Cashmere.
Indeed, the country’s major cashmere manufacturer the Gobi Corporation, stresses that Mongolia is the world’s second largest producer of cashmere – supplying 41% of global production (in 2014), second only to China.…