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While Germany is not the main place where rolls of fabrics are pulled through large format ink-jet printing machines in direct digital fabric printing processes, it does have a considerable eco-system of enterprises that finish garments and home textiles with screen printing.…

A new Chinese standard aimed at controlling excessive packaging that comes into force September 2023 will be painful for the cosmetics sector in the short-term but promote sustainability in the long run, say analysts.

China’s State Administration for Market Regulation’s China GB 23350-2021 ‘Requirements of Restricting Excessive Package–Foods and Cosmetics’, announced September 2021, (http://www.gov.cn/xinwen/2021-09/03/content_5635105.htm)…

While fraud investigators benefit from emotional smarts and intuition, the ability to dig into online open-source intelligence – or OSINT – offers new practitioners an excellent way to scope out targets before subjects or witnesses are interviewed face-to-face. Mason Wilder, a research manager at the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE), stressed how OSINT has been developed by experts of different disciplines and backgrounds sharing techniques to deliver an “almost limitless wealth of information and techniques that are incredibly valuable to investigators and often available free of charge.…

The US auto sector has been considering what technologies are best to comply with a mandate requiring automakers to install technologies preventing drivers from operating vehicles when impaired by alcohol or drugs. The requirement was attached to the USD1.2 trillion Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act signed into law by President Joe Biden in November (2021) and aims to improve road safety amid rising road fatalities. …

The Asia-Pacific paint and coatings industry will play a key role the growing global nanotechnology-based coating market, with the region expected to register most significant expansion of production in the coming decade, said a market report titled Nano Coatings Market Size, Growth, Industry Analysis, 2022-2029, published in December 2021 by India-based DataM Intelligence (1).…

UNIVERSITIES in the Netherlands are calling on the Dutch Government to cap the number of international students to maintain the quality of their degree programmes, Pieter Duisenberg, president of the Association of Universities of the Netherlands (UNL), has told University World News (UWN) in an interview on February 14.…

The CEO of the American company that has been awarded a halal certification for hemp products containing active CBD (cannabidiol) ingredients has said his business will be contesting false claims about CBD, a non-psychoactive compound treating pain and relieving anxiety.

Fareed Syed, CEO of HalalCBD, based in Las Vegas, USA, told Salaam Gateway, that his company sells CBD tinctures and gummies in three flavours.…

Global haircare brands are starting to recognise a gap in the Muslim market as they launch products for hijab-wearing women and include them in marketing campaigns. L’Oréal’s Kérastase is the latest international brand to target this segment, having positioned its first anti-hair fall (loss) range, Genesis, to appeal to hijab-wearing women in Malaysia.…

Roughly two decades after China entered the World Trade Organisation (WTO) (in December 2001) and nearly two-and-a-half years into the Covid-19 pandemic, the country’s textile and apparel sectors seem healthier than ever. Customs data show that in 2021, the cumulative export value of China’s textiles and clothing reached USD315.5 billion, a year-on-year increase of 8.4%.…

WITH around USD400 billion spent annually on AML compliance and government efforts to curb financial crime according to LexisNexis, AML experts are increasingly calling for more of this money to be spent on in depth and undercover investigations to follow money trails, delivering convictions and dirty money seizures.…