Search Results for: International business⊂mit=Search

Can blockchain technologies help the textile industry resolve past transparency weaknesses in the supply chain, as well as inefficient inventory management, by facilitating fundamental changes to existing supply-chains and processes. Blockchain technologies’ decentralised storage of immutable records of physical asset transactions within digital ledgers, say some experts, can help transform the textile industry throughout the supply chain, from source (raw material point of origin) to shopfloor (brands and retailers).…

The fact that AML/CFT is expensive is widely appreciated by governments and international organisations, but they still support policies and programmes that cost a considerable proportion of the USD274.1 billion that LexisNexis Risk Solutions says is lavished on financial crime compliance (1).…

US automakers finally have more certainty about the technical rules within the European Union (EU) designed to ensure its 27 member states only allow sales of zero emission vehicles (ZEV) from 2035, but – say American auto industry experts, Chinese competition could be strong.…

LABEL-MAKING automation is increasingly important to the global packaging industry. Indeed, the Wisconsin, USA-based global identification and compliance solution specialists Brady Corporation calls automated labelling a “must-have” – saying that the question is not if a company will automate its labelling process, but when (1).…

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has given the Cypriot government an additional incentive to remedy its past reputation as a haven for Russian money of questionable provenance. As the war launched by President Vladimir Putin has as of March 27 caused 8,401 civilian casualties, according to UN figures, the internationally recognised government of Cyprus, which still controls just the southern two-thirds of its island (the north being run by the breakaway Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus), has launched some significant AML/CFT reforms.…

AML is expensive, and for obliged entities, the cost increases the more suspicious transactions they must assess and process. So, it is far better for them to prevent – where possible – a potential money launderer from opening an account with them in the first place.…

Southern Europe has always been a key region for creative textile and clothing development and so it is no surprise that local companies have been enthusiastic adopters of digital textile printing, given the flexibility, speed and sustainability that these systems offer.…

Egypt’s buoyant dairy market is riding on the back of the country’s high population growth, but inflation and the depreciation of the currency is keeping this growth in sales in check and may depress earlier positive forecasts. The Egyptian dairy market’s value was forecast to be USD5.06 billion in 2023, with annual growth of 4.37%, according to figures from Germany-based statistical service Statista (1) released in Marh (2023).…

Deposit return systems (DRS) promoted by European Union (EU) regulation are the best way to help EU can manufacturers achieve high recycling and collection of quality materials, EU (European Union) can sector experts told the March 28-30 Packaging Waste and Sustainability Forum, in Brussels.  …

The high winds buffeting Ireland, blowing in from the Atlantic Ocean, are providing the island country with a solution to ease its reputation as a laggard in climate action policies required by international agreement and European Union (EU) politics. (1) .…