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DBL LEADS BANGLADESH MANUFACTURERS IN EMBRACING DIGITAL-FOCUSED GROWTH



The digital integration of Bangladesh’s booming textiles and garment sector is gaining pace, with ‘Industry 4.0’ becoming a watchword for becoming more competitive. One company that has been taking such technological development very seriously is the Dhaka-based DBL Group, which has targeted digital efficiencies to turbocharge its business growth. …

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NAVBLUE WORKS WITH BOGOTÁ AIRPORT TO RESHAPE AIR SPACE MANAGEMENT AND BOOT CAPACITY



AN INNOVATIVE air traffic management switch from land-based ATC services using classic vectoring, to a performance-based navigation (PBN) arrangement using airliner satellite positioning and RNP-AR (required navigation performance – authorisation required) has dramatically increased the traffic capacity of El Dorado International Airport, Bogotá, Colombia.…

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ASIA PACIFIC TECHNICAL TEXTILES CONTINUE TO GROW – BULK OUTPUT RISES IN CHINA, WHILE JAPAN AND SOUTH KOREA CHASE NICHES



THE ASIA-Pacific technical textiles sector is still robust – with China’s industry continuing to grow, with bulk products still a focus. Meanwhile, more developed economies such as South Korea and Japan keep honing their output, looking for specialist niches and edges created by innovation.…

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BULGARIA'S DIGITAL PRINT INDUSTRY AIMING AT WORKING IT TOP BRANDS IN THE TEXTILE SECTOR



EASTERN Europe offers some significant advantages as regards digital fabric printing – it has a high skilled workforce, reliable utilities and transport, access to western European markets, and comparatively low wages.

Its fabric producers also look for technological niches that allow them to compete with Asian manufacturers on quality and western European companies on cost – and digital textile printing as a result is popular.…

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MAJOR INDIAN FOOD ASSOCIATIONS OPPOSE PLANNED SINGLE USE PLASTICS BAN

BY MINI PANT ZACHARIAH, in Mumbai MAJOR Indian food industry associations have attacked the Indian government plan to ban single use plastics across India by 2022.

Dr Subodh Jindal, president of New Delhi based All India Food Processors’ Association, believes that a ban on single-use plastic will impact the food industry more than any other. He told just-food, “Let us not ridicule the good work plastic has done for the food industry.…

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INNOVATIONS IN WALLPAPER DRIVING A RESURGENCE IN MARKET



 

DEMAND from two key generations is driving resurging sales in the global wallpaper market: Millennials and their quest for a sustainable lifestyle coupled with embracing all things technological, together with the baby-boomer generation’s affection for heritage preservation.

Sales for the past five years have been growing steadily amidst a wealth of promotional material boasting wallpaper’s environment-friendly credentials, a connection to traditional cultural influences or how technological advances can transform a simple wall covering into a dynamic home or workspace.…

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HONG KONG RECRUITERS URGED TO CUT HIRING DELAYS TO GUARANTEE TALENT RETENTION



THERE are growing calls for Hong Kong-based recruiters to re-think and speed up their hiring processes, after a latest study found that they are losing the best talent to unnecessary HR decision delays.

More than 72% of 500 Hong Kong job seekers have taken a second job “because their preferred employer took too long to give them an answer,” recruitment specialist Robert Half found in a study published last month (May 17).…

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PROVISIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY DEAL’S 32% TARGET IS ACHIEVABLE, SAYS INDUSTRY



A LANDMARK deal on the European Union’s (EU) renewable energy directive (RED), reached in the early hours of June 14 in Brussels between the European Commission, European Parliament and EU Council of Ministers (of member states), means the European power sector will have to become greener.…

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CIVIL RIGHTS GROUPS PUSH COURTS TO LIMIT AIRPORT SEARCHES OF ELECTRONIC DEVICES



CIVIL rights groups in the United States have been making progress in securing court rulings hindering customs and border security agents from searching electronic devices at international borders, including airports.

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), the Electronic Frontier Foundation, and others, have been seeking to leverage the 2014 Supreme Court ‘US v Riley’ judgement, which said police must obtain a warrant to search mobile phones of arrested people – https://www.eff.org/document/riley-wurie-supreme-court-opinions…

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PLASTICS INDUSTRY OPPOSES EU PLANNED SINGLE-USE PLASTICS BAN



Both the plastics and food industry have criticised stringent measures that the European Commission proposed for controlling single-use plastics May 28, including a ban on some items within the European Union (EU). 

In separate statements responding to the proposals industry associations PlasticsEurope and FoodDrinkEurope argued that the EU needed to tackle littering and ensure effective waste management across the bloc rather than banning the use of many types of single-use plastics as foreseen in the legislation.…

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