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EU TEXTILES PRODUCTION TO GAIN GROUND IN GLOBAL MARKETS, TEXTILE EXPERTS SAY



The manufacture of textiles for European buyers is likely to move away from its Chinese production base and move back closer to “home”, particularly in the technical markets, Lutz Walter, secretary general of the European Technology Platform for the Future of Textiles and Clothing (ETP) – the largest European textiles research and innovations network – has told WTiN.com.…

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LATEST EU DRAFT ON REAL DRIVING EMISSIONS COULD CAUSE A SCANDAL, ENVIRONMENTALISTS CLAIM



 

A LEAKED draft of proposals for a new European Union (EU) regulation on real-driving emissions (RDE) from light passenger and commercial vehicles would allow new cars to emit 50% more potentially lung-cancer causing particulates than under current air quality legislation, an environmental group is claiming.…

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TURKISH TEXTILE INDUSTRY FACES UNCERTAINTY AND SLOWDOWN AS ANKARA EXTENDS STATE OF EMERGENCY



Turkey’s rocky political situation following the failed military coup of July 15, the following massive purges and recurring terrorist bombings may have a negative effect on the country’s large textiles sector, experts are warning.

“It’s likely to lead to some uncertainties, obviously, in the general economy,” Turkey-born economist Ozan Şakar, of managing director of London-based Descartes Capital.…

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DEBATE SHOWS HOW UNIVERSITIES CAN ENCOURAGE WOMEN LEADERS THROUGH PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT AND INSTITUTIONAL ASSISTANCE



A public forum on how universities help promote transformative leadership by women has highlighted the difficulty of framing policies that simultaneously encourage personal development and directly assist women in securing equal opportunities. This discussion comes at a time when women outnumber men in university enrolment globally, but continue to trail men in leadership positions in government, research, and the formal economy.…

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DIESELGATE PROBE DRIVING EUROPEAN TYPE APPROVAL OVERHAUL



The year-long European Parliament investigation into the ‘dieselgate’ emissions fixing scandal, plus the shockwaves from the revelations themselves, are driving a sea-change in Europe’s type approval system.  The European Union’s democratic assembly set up a Committee of Inquiry into Emission Measurements in the Automotive Sector (EMIS) last December (2015) to probe EU compliance with emissions and type approval laws after it emerged that Volkswagen and probably other carmakers had used illegal defeat devices to cheat tests.…

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LACK OF SKILLED LABOUR IS A PRESSING ISSUE FOR THAI BUSINESSES



THE SHORTAGE of skilled labour is the “second most pressing issue next to political instability” that is hindering growth in Thailand manufacturing firms, a Bangkok-based World Bank expert has told People Management.

Indeed, the south-east Asian country’s skilled labour shortage has been getting worse: for example, the number of weeks it takes to fill a vacancy for a skilled worker in Thailand has increased from about five weeks on average in 2007 to about eight weeks in 2015, said the World Bank’s east Asia and Pacific programme leader for poverty and human development Lars Sondergaard.…

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INTERNATIONAL PAPER SIGNALS SUPPORT FOR REDUCING ANTIBIOTICS USE IN LIVESTOCK



A PAPER released to yesterday’s (Oct 24) global symposium on preventing antibiotic resistance has signalled that international action should including restricting the prophylactic treatment of livestock with such medicines.

This report was prepared by the World Health Organisation (WHO), World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) and the World Trade Organisation (WTO) and was called ‘How to Foster Innovation, Access and Appropriate Use of Antibiotics?’…

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GROWTH POTENTIAL IN NORTHERN GERMANY FOR DANISH ORGANIC MEAT



GERMANY is one of Denmark’s largest export markets for organic meat, but industry experts say there is still room for sales growth. A key target market is northern Germany, including the major city of Hamburg, given its close proximity to southern Denmark where the bulk of Danish organic farms are located. …

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DIGITISATION WILL REVOLUTIONISE CLOTHING MANUFACTURING, TEXTILE EXPERTS SAY



CLOTHING manufacturing will be completely changed by the internet and digital printing over the next five to 10 years, Lutz Walter, secretary general of European Technology Platform for the Future of Textiles and Clothing (ETP) – the largest European textiles research and innovations network – told just-style at a October 12-13 ‘European Textiles: Going Digital – Going High-Tech’ conference in Brussels.…

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BANGLADESH FACTORIES HAVE RAISED THEIR GAME – BUT BUYERS ARE NOT RESPONDING WITH HIGHER PRICES – CONFERENCE TOLD



BANGLADESH’S apparel makers have invested heavily in improving factory safety since the 2013 Rana Plaza disaster but global buyers are still failing to pay fair prices and following non-transparent purchasing practices, a conference in Dhaka has heard.

Speaking at the Sustainable Sourcing in the Garment Sector (SSGS) conference, held on September 29, in the Bangladesh capital, policymakers, producers, retailers and experts stressed that the race to the bottom should be stopped, as the industry needs to move from paying minimum wages to living wages.…

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