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EU REGULATORY ROUND UP – EU BANS EXPORTS TO RUSSIA OF PAINT, COATINGS PRODUCTS THAT MAY HELP ITS MILITARYEU REGULATORY ROUND UP – EU BANS EXPORTS TO RUSSIA OF PAINT, COATINGS PRODUCTS THAT MAY HELP ITS MILITARY
The European Union (EU) has continued to intensify sanctions against Russia over its invasion of Ukraine, imposing further bans on exports of paint and coating industry products. With (as of September 12) 5,827 civilians having been killed in the resulting war, the EU has banned the export to Russia from all member states of fingerprinting powders, dyes, and inks; graphene nanomaterials (which are increasingly used in high tech coatings); and electroplating equipment designed for coating parts with nickel or aluminum.…
CHINA NONWOVENS SECTOR DIGITISES PRODUCTION, BUT UNEVENLY, SAY EXPERTS
China’s nonwovens industry is preparing for ongoing long-term growth, bolstered by increasing demand for nonwovens globally and inspired by the drive for digitisation within the country, to improve manufacturing productivity and efficiency. With support from national government policy and initiatives to boost digitisation in nonwovens manufacturing, industry majors and small-and-medium-sized business owners alike are pursuing greater use of industry 4.0 tech, noted the Europe-China Eco Cities Link Project, a project backed by the European Union (EU) and the Chinese government [1].…
TEXTILE SECTOR DEVELOPS EFFECTIVENESS OF AUTOMATED GRIPPING SYSTEMS
The Germany-based Saxon Textile Research Institute (STFI – Sächsische Textilforschungsinstitut) (1) has been working hard on developing textile grippers as tools that replace the human hand as the industry increasingly adopts automation. (2) STFI analysis sent to Textile 4.0 stressed the need for a wide variety of grippers given the large variety of fabric workpieces in clothing and textile manufacture.…
CHINESE CHEESE MARKET FUELLED BY SNACK FOOD INNOVATION
The Chinese are eating more cheese than ever.
China’s cheese market size reached Chinese Yuan Renminbi CNY/RMB6.32 billion in 2020 and is expected to grow at a CAGR of more than 8% during 2020-2025, according to a 2022 report from GlobalData, the market researcher that owns Just Food.…
WELL-USED FRAUDS STILL WORK – BUT THEY ARE NEW WINE IN OLD BOTTLES, WARN EXPERTS
Anti-fraud managers see the same old tricks and swindles repeatedly, even if repackaged and more digitalised than in the past. But why do people keep falling for well-worn scams?
To some extent it is that there are more fraud attempts targeting more people, who lack experience of such deception.…
EU REGULATORY ROUND UP – HUNGARY THREATENED WITH LOSS OF EUR7.5 BILLION EU FUNDS OVER GRAFT CLAIMS
The European Commission has bitten the bullet and for the first time has imposed a major financial penalty on a European Union (EU) member state that it considers so corrupt, its handling of EU funds cannot be trusted. That country is Hungary, run by the populist right-wing government of Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, where the EU executive on September 19 proposed suspending EUR7.5 billion in EU funding.…
ANTI-FRAUD AUTHORS CAN IMPART INVESTIGATIVE TECHNIQUES AND EXPERIENCE, DRAWING ON CASE STUDIES WITH WIT AND INSIGHT
Anti-fraud professionals are offered substantial amounts of training, conferences and mentoring – but a lot can be learned the old-fashioned way – with an informative book. There are guides for the relatively uninitiated. Take ‘The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Private Investigating, Third Edition: Discover How the Pros Uncover the Facts and Get to the Truth’ by Steven Kerry Brown.…
INTERNATIONAL BODIES COMBINE WITH TECH DEVELOPERS TO FIGHT FOOD FRAUD
Fraud is sometimes downplayed as a ‘victimless crime’, especially when companies are the direct victims. While that is obviously untrue, frauds associated with food that can directly harm consumer health give the lie to this statement. It is one reason why food fraud is a clear priority problem for international policy makers.…
UK-GERMANY NEUCONNECT INTERCONNECTOR COULD PROVIDE MODEL FOR CHEAP CLEAN ENERGY DISTRIBUTION
In late-July, the European Investment Bank (EIB) agreed on the financing structure of NeuConnect, the first ever energy link connecting Germany and the United Kingdom, two of the largest electricity markets in Europe. The investment to build the interconnector will amount to EUR2.8 billion, with the EIB set to contribute up to EUR400 million for the financing construction of the section within the European Union (EU).…
INTERNATIONAL REGULATORY ROUND UP – CAOBISCO TELLS EU TO PLAY SMART ON CORPORATE SUSTAINABILITY RULES
European Union (EU) confectionery, chocolate and biscuit industry association CAOBISCO has called on the EU to take a smart and integrated approach when amending and approving a planned EU directive on corporate sustainability due diligence. Proposed by the European Commission in February (2022), the law would insist that larger companies identify, prevent, end or mitigate their adverse impacts on human rights, (such as child labour and worker exploitation), and the environment, (such as pollution and biodiversity loss).…