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THE SHIFT of the telecommunications industry towards the virtualisation of networks and the exploitation of big data involves such comprehensive change operators need powerful hardware and software solutions to cope. As a result, Dallas, USA-based Tektronix is well-positioned to help, given its impressively diverse range of systems and experience of working with the largest telcos.…

Iraq and Syria are major hot spots in the fight against terrorism financing. Numerous militant Islamist groups are in operation, most notably the Islamic State (IS), with revenues derived from multiple sources, including extortion, seizures of grain, sales of oil, private donations and charities.…

THE EUROPEAN Union (EU) paint and coatings industry association has been pushing the European Commission to ensure a planned information sharing system for EU poison centres is harmonised across all EU member states, and free.

Director for product relations European Council of the Paint, Printing Ink and Artists’ Colour Industry (CEPE) Janice Robinson has signed a letter with other EU chemical industry associations, such as umbrella body CEFIC, calling on the Commission to pass a regulation to this effect, using its powers under the EU’s classification, labelling and packaging (CLP) regulation (EC) No 1272/2008).…

Colombia’s paint and coatings sector is continuing on a path of steady growth fuelled by the country’s construction boom even as it struggles to ward off the threat posed by a thriving informal sector.
Between 2011 and 2012, the country’s paints, varnishes, inks and mastics sector saw gross production rise from USD566 million to USD715 million according to figures collated by Acoplasticos, a trade body covering the plastics, chemicals, petrochemicals, rubber, paints, inks, coatings and fibres sectors, based on information from the Colombian national statistics administration (DANE – Departamento Administrativo Nacional de Estadística).…

NORWAY’S ministry of agriculture and food has established a working group that will examine the advantages for both producers and consumers of replacing the traditional method of surgical castration system for pigs with a vaccine based alternative.

Preliminary research conducted in Norway for the ministry and the national meat industry association Kjøttbransjens Landsforening (KLF) contends that the vaccine method offers a comparative, if not superior solution to combating boar taint and delivering high quality meat.…

THE EUROPEAN Commission has extended health controls on imports of live pigs from the USA and Canada until October 31 next year (2015) because of concerns about continued cases of porcine epidemic diarrhoea (PED).

Brussels imposed rules in July that live exports – for breeding and production – must be accompanied with certificates saying that the pigs were PED-free and had not been anywhere near an infection.…

Central America’s increasing exposure to money laundering is at least being recognised by the governments on the region, who are working both individually and collectively to combat the problem.

The region has strengthened cooperation, for instance. A key initiative is the Central American Integration System (SICA), a regional political organisation which coordinates government actions for Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Belize and the Dominican Republic regarding certain policy development and programmes, notably improving law enforcement.…

European Union (EU) beef production will be boosted next year (2014-2015) according to the European Commission’s annual market outlook report covering the next decade, published on Friday (Dec 5).

“After two years of sharp decline, EU beef production is expected to recover on the back of recent dairy herd increases.…

RUSSIA’S combined heat and power sector is poised to undergo a radical transformation that will use the open market to rejuvenate and update the industry, according to the country’s energy minister.

Speaking to the upper house of the Russian parliament, the Federation Council, energy minister Alexander Novak announced last November that creating a competitive market for combined heat and power (CHP) was a key priority.…

In keeping with Singapore’s wider economy, the country’s paint and coatings sectors continue to thrive. It is taking advantage both of the city-state’s strategic location close to the world’s largest marine and port industries, and the continuing affluence of the domestic, decorative market.…