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While opinion polling indicates that efforts to steer demand away from mass-producing, low quality, unsustainable fast fashion towards the slow fashion of high quality, sustainable, made-to-last, timeless designs have borne fruit, consumers are still reluctant to follow up their stated good intentions with purchases, say researchers.…

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.…

While the benefits of implementing artificial intelligence (AI) into the paints and coatings industry are well accepted, from the deployment of painting robots to achieve better vehicle finishes in the automotive manufacturing industry, and even consistent production of paint itself, the latest range of chat-based AI tool offers additional benefits say experts.…

While most corporations and public bodies would like to see fraud and corruption eradicated from their organisations, professional anti-fraud investigators think that using unethical methods to achieve this goal is counterproductive and ineffective.

Ethical and empathetic inquiries are just more productive than aggressive investigations and this approach needs to be reflected in the interview room when a suspect is being questioned, said

Don Rabon, CFE, North Carolina, USA-based president of the Successful Interviewing Techniques consultancy, agreed: “Conducting an interview in an ethical manner has to be job one – win, lose or draw.”…

THE COVID-19 pandemic brought many changes to the world, and changes in fashion that incorporated a desire to enjoy a healthy lifestyle was one. With many consumers spending more time at home, including during working hours, demand for comfortable clothes with functionality to aid indoor and outdoor exercise has boomed.…

Textile manufacturers and researchers have been relentlessly developing new antimicrobial solutions for performance and protective clothing, especially focusing on sustainability.
The global antimicrobial textile market, which also includes antibacterial, antifungal and antiviral products, was valued at USD10.8 billion in 2020, expected to reach USD14.7 billion in 2027, according to India-based market researcher Qualiket Research (1). …

The Canadian auto sector and governments appear united in saying the huge subsidies sunk into securing a Canadian dollars CAD7 billion (USD5.1 billion) Volkswagen battery plant in St Thomas, southern Ontario, make good commercial and economic sense.

The level of financing could indicate what the Canadian and Ontario governments will have to spend to persuade Stellantis to restart stalled work at its planned battery manufacturing plant in Windsor, across the border from Detroit.…

Counter Proliferation Financing (CPF) is becoming an increasingly important third goal of international policies and programmes designed to attack and reduce illicit financial movements. With concerns about the development of nuclear weapons by sanctioned regimes in North Korea and Iran growing, governments have been focusing on how to implement Financial Action Task Force (FATF) guidance on CPF, which has been deepening since the global anti-money laundering and terror finance body in 2020 amended FATF Recommendation 1 and its Interpretive Note to require countries and entities to identify, assess, understand and mitigate their PF risks.…

The Brazilian textile sector has been increasing investment in digital printing, modernising its finishing to boost international competitiveness to offer near-sourcing services to American and European clients as western buyers review their China sourcing.

India-based business intelligence service Infinium Global Research, in a report sent to Digital Textile, said the Brazilian digital textile printing market was worth USD28.37 million in 2022, projected to rise to USD75.25 million by 2030.…

Accountants and auditors have been asked to contribute to an International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) review of its sector specific SASB standards, to make them more applicable worldwide. The ISSB has taken responsibility for the former Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB) standards, which companies using its IFRS S1 and S2 standards on general sustainability and climates must consider when drafting sustainability reports.…