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THAILAND PAINT SECTOR FACES EXPORT DECLINE BUT INDUSTRY STEADY AS ECONOMY GAINS TRACTION



The Thailand paint and coatings sector is expanding faster than general economic growth in Thailand, expanding sales as the country transitions from military-dominated to democratic rule.

This southeast Asian powerhouse economy is projected to grow GDP by 3.9% in 2023, up from 2.6% last year due to stronger-than-expected export demand from China, Europe, and the United States, according to the World Bank (1).…

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THAILAND PAINT SECTOR FACES EXPORT DECLINE BUT INDUSTRY STEADY AS ECONOMY GAINS TRACTION

The Thailand paint and coatings sector is expanding faster than general economic growth in Thailand, expanding sales as the country transitions from military-dominated to democratic rule.  

This southeast Asian powerhouse economy is projected to grow GDP by 3.9% in 2023, up from 2.6% last year due to stronger-than-expected export demand from China, Europe, and the United States, according to the World Bank (1). 

Thailand’s ministry of commerce has maintained a targeted year-on-year growth for exports this year of 1%-2%, after a 5.5% gain in 2022 (2).

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WINDSOR AGREEMENT PUSHES OPTIMISM IN ISLAND OF IRELAND DAIRY SECTOR



The is optimism within the Irish dairy industry that the acute trading challenges caused by Brexit may have abated thanks to the Windsor Framework deal between the European Union (EU) and the UK that amended the Northern Ireland Protocol. Producers and traders hope that the changes will give some certainty to an Irish dairy processing industry that relies on seamless transit across the Northern Ireland-Republic of Ireland border and onto Great Britain.…

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MONEY MULING EXPANDS – EASY MONEY, FOR LITTLE RISK, WITH NO OBVIOUS VICTIM



The use of money mules moving dirty money worldwide continues to grow, with law enforcement, financial institutions and researchers continuing to highlight the problem. In the UK, 31,979 money mule cases were recorded in 2017; rising to 40,129 in 2018; 42,900 in 2019; and 40,353 in 2020; according to 2022 research published in the International Journal of Business and Economy (1).…

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WILL THE FASHION SECTOR VALUE CHAIN COOPERATE EFFECTIVELY ON SUSTAINABILITY?



The sustainability of the global fashion industry is coming under increased scrutiny. Concerns about how the industry uses water, chemicals and human labour, its greenhouse gas emissions and the mounting landfilling of ‘fast fashion’ disposables, have led politicians, sustainability activists and consumers to put pressure on the industry to change.…

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TEXTILE FINISHING INNOVATORS TARGET REDUCTION IN CHEMICAL WASTE



The European Commission’s revision of the European Union (EU) Waste Framework Directive, likely to incentivise EU companies that ensure their products are designed with circularity principles, is just one reason why the the textile dyeing and finishing segment is innovating over reducing waste.…

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EU ROUND UP – OLAF TARGETS FRAUD IN HUGE COVID-19 RECOVERY FUNDS



European Union (EU) anti-fraud agency OLAF has told Belgium-based news wires it is probing fraud and graft in the EU’s EUR724 billion Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF) (1), designed to help member states’ economies recover from Covid-19.

So far, EUR150 billion has been paid out, reported Brussels news service Knack, with Italy and Spain receiving more than 25% of payments.…

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NEW EU RULES FOR TRANSPARENT EXCISE DUTIES - WHAT IS STILL MISSING TO REALLY CRACK DOWN ON TOBACCO FRAUD?



Since February (2023), all tobacco sellers trading excise products across national borders within the European Union (EU) have been using paperless taxation and fully electronic duty transactions. (1) Previously, digital excise procedures were only accessible to operators using a so-called “duty suspension” procedure while duty-paid business-to-business procedures had to be accompanied by physical paper declarations noting the excise duty charged at their destination.…

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INNOVATIVE GRAPHENE INK PROPERTIES EXPANDED BY RESEARCHERS AND FINISHERS



Increasing numbers of companies are seeking to protect intellectual property (IP) rights for smart textile products based on graphene ink technology, lawyers have told WTiN’s smart textiles channel. 

Moreover, they said that researchers and manufacturers looking at entering this segment “haven’t missed the bandwagon”: “It’s just getting going – plenty more innovation and inventions to be done”, said Matthew Smith, a patent attorney from London, UK-based IP legal firm Mewburn Ellis.…

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INNOVATIVE TECH HELPS MANAGE COVID 19-INSPIRED INCREASE IN NONWOVENS WASTE



The Covid-19-related increase in waste from disposed personal protective equipment (PPE) has focused attention on nonwovens waste management.

For instance, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said 1.5 billion units of PPE, much of which nonwovens, weighing 87,000 tonnes, were procured between March 2020 and November 2021 alone and shipped to support countries’ urgent Covid-19 under UN emergency work alone.…

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