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Unsettling images of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch or pristine tropical beaches desecrated with debris have promoted the trend for plastics-free goods across a wide range of economic sectors, including nonwovens, pressuring industries and policymakers to respond to the problem.…

THE ASIA nonwovens sector has been reaping the benefits of booming demand for protective medical materials during the Covid-19 crisis. But like the pandemic, this roaring demand will end, and nonwovens producers need to ready to a post-Covid-19 market.

This will mean reining in growth, but as David Price, founding partner of US-based management consultancy specialising in nonwovens Price Hanna Consultants, said, with regional nonwovens sales per person still low in global terms, the “market penetration for disposable and durable nonwovens in southeast Asia and China” is likely to grow regardless.…

THE EUROPEAN Union (EU) dairy sector has been riding out the Covid-19 crisis, despite weak raw milk prices, although looming political challenges regarding the EU budget and Brexit makes its future uncertain.

Pekka Pesonen, secretary general for EU farmers’ federation Copa-Cogeca, warned: “Producer prices have not yet seen an upward trend.”…

Enormous forces act on renewable energy system’s mechanical parts when generating power from wind and water. Between the smooth operation and potential loss of multi-million-dollar investments stand gear lubricants. Lubricants are also needed for the hydraulics that pitch the blades a few degrees every time the wind, or the water current, changes. …

Offshore oilfield development options enabled by new technologies can boost safety and efficiency even before The possibility off processing moving subsea becomes reality. Indeed, the idea of reducing the number of personnel on board (POB) to conduct operations, maintenance and intervention in the offshore oil and gas industry has been attracting renewed interest since the 2014–2016 oil price slump, and again in the industry fallout from the 2020 Covid-19 pandemic.…

With China turning from capital inflow to outflow amid Chinese companies’ global expansion programs, Chinese financial institutions are facing closer anti-money laundering scrutiny, as they, too, expand globally. Indeed, China’s top five banks had 1, 270 overseas branches at the end of 2017 (according to FATF (the Financial Action Task Force).…

THE NEW president of FATF, who took office on July 1, is planning to expand the global AML’s current focus on wildlife trade offences to other environmental crime, such as illegal logging, slash-and-burn cultivation and unlawful waste disposal.

Speaking to the MLB on July 2 in his first media interview after taking on this new role, Dr Marcus Pleyer, from Germany, stressed that the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has said illicit proceeds from environmental crime could total USD259 billion annually worldwide.…

THE FINANCIAL Action Task Force (FATF) has confirmed high risk AML/CFT jurisdictions on its grey and black-lists have another two months to sort out their AML/CFT weaknesses because of COVID-19 – consideration of further blacklisting and additional measures will be postponed until that deadline.…

CONSTRUCTION projects likely to generate major purchases of paints and coatings are likely to be a focus of a new ‘Next Generation EU’ budget commanding EUR750 billion between 2021 and 2024, financed by borrowing through bond issues against European Union (EU) direct revenues from sources such as import duties.…

If there is one subsector of technical textiles that is regarded as well suited to environment-friendly materials innovation, it is surely the agricultural textile (ag-tex) sector. This is indeed the case, with research and development specialists creating clever solutions allying the functional and sustainability benefits of ag-tex with new biodegradable and naturally-sourced fibre.…