Search Results for: Germany
10 results out of 3221 results found for 'Germany'.
INNOVATION HELPS UTILITIES PUSH FORWARD INTO A GREENER FUTURE
BY MARK ROWE
ENERGY production that uses renewable sources or drastically reduces the use of fossil fuels are of course increasingly entering the market place, and with such transformation, innovation is at a premium. Demand for novel thinking and processes is being inflated in Europe by the European Union’s EU2020 objectives for a 20% reduction in CO2, and for 20% of energy to be generated from renewable energy sources by 2020.…
SPEED AND EFFICIENCY ARE WATCHWORDS FOR SLITTERS AND REWINDERS
BY ALYSHAH HASHAM
TO MAXIMISE the performance of slitting and rewinding, speed is of course essential. But efficiency and lack of mistakes are equally crucial. And so, said David Annoni, of Italy-based Ghezzi & Annoni, it is not just the speed of the slitter-rewinder, but the speed of the whole production process that matters: one must complement the other.…
REACH CHEMICAL SAFETY SYSTEM'S DEADLINES LOOM, MAKING WORK FOR TEXTILE AND CLOTHING COMPANIES
BY ALAN OSBORN
THE FIRST deadline for registering key substances under the European Union’s (EU) REACH programme for chemical safety controls is looming on November 30 and though it is more than three years since the policy entered into force, a measure of confusion and even anxiety clearly exists in parts of the global textiles industry.…
CHINA TO PUSH THE USE OF RECYCLED MATERIALS, CRAVING FOR RECOVERED MATERIALS
BY WANG FANGQING
CHINA is to accelerate its use of recycled materials and resources in the next five years from 2011 to 2015, including recycled plastics, metals and textiles, announced the country’s National Development and Reform Commission on July 23.
Domestic demand for imported recovered materials, especially waste paper, scrap plastics and metals, has been growing in the past decade, though it slowed in 2009 due to the global recession.…
MATURE MARKETS PROTECT CLOTHING AND TEXTILE CONSUMERS AGAINST HARM FROM INDUSTRY PRODUCTS
BY ALAN OSBORN, KARRYN MILLER, GAVIN BLAIR, KEITH NUTHALL
WEARING clothes is not the most dangerous of pastimes: it is not really up there with hang-gliding, off-piste skiing and single-handed ocean yachting. But there are risks associated with wearing clothes, from the contact consumers and workers’ skin has with the chemicals used in production; to potential for strangulation by drawstrings, choking on toggles, and the flammability of some artificial fibres.…
SUSTAINABLE COCOA PRODUCTION MOVES INTO THE MAINSTREAM
BY ALYSHAH HASHAM
AS with many oils and fats industries, the cocoa sector has distinct elements: producers, processors, distributers, wholesalers and retailers. Their collective environmental impact can be reduced if they work together in the most efficient way possible. And it is partly for that reason that there is a growing trend towards pressing and grinding the cocoa near the source, particularly in Ghana and Ivory Coast (which together account for 60% of the world’s cocoa supply), as well as Indonesia.…
COCOA PRODUCTION
BY ALYSHAH HASHAM
Africa produces 70% of the world’ s cocoa; Asia and Oceania (Pacific islands) provide 19%; and the remaining 11% is from the Americas, according to the International Cocoa Organisation (ICCO). There are 5-6 million farmers worldwide – most with farms that cover 2 to 5 hectares.…
TURKISH PAINT SECTOR WELL PLACED TO EXPLOIT EUROPEAN AND ASIAN MARJETS
BY PAUL COCHRANE
TURKEY’S US dollar USD2 billion (Great Britain Pounds GBP1.3 billion) Turkish paint sector is projected to grow 10% in 2010, rebounding after over a year of stagnant growth in the wake of the global financial crisis.
The country is Europe’s sixth largest paint manufacturer (for those who consider Eurasian Turkey part of Europe).…
SUSTAINABLE COCOA PRODUCTION MOVES INTO THE MAINSTREAM
BY ALYSHAH HASHAM
AS with many oils and fats industries, the cocoa sector has distinct elements: producers, processors, distributers, wholesalers and retailers. Their collective environmental impact can be reduced if they work together in the most efficient way possible. And it is partly for that reason that there is a growing trend towards pressing and grinding the cocoa near the source, particularly in Ghana and Ivory Coast (which together account for 60% of the world’s cocoa supply), as well as Indonesia.…
EU ROUND UP - OPEC AND EU COMBINE FORCES ON OFFSHORE INSTALLATION SAFETY
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Union (EU) is to combine forces with the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) in the coming year to examine offshore oil and gas safety in the light of the Gulf of Mexico spill.
At an ‘Energy Dialogue’ meeting in Brussels, senior OPEC and EU officials agreed to organise an international roundtable on minimising offshore safety risks early 2011, which could spark new regulations.…