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When the can manufacturing sector looks at the Czech Republic, it focuses especially on beer. The country, trading on its tasty classic lagers, is a brewing giant. In 2020 the overall production of beer in Czech Republic was 20.1 million hectolitres, of which 5 million hectolitres was exported, said the Czech Beer and Malt Association (its most recent figures).…

The Covid-19 crisis has not stopped the dynamism of the drinks can market in France – where six billion cans are produced every year, indeed it seems to have strengthened sales. More than two drinks out of 10 – 22.3% – sold in French shops in 2021 were in cans, according to France’s drinks can industry association, La Boîte Boisson.…

The invasion of Ukraine by Russia in the devastating war started by President Vladimir Putin on February 24 has decimated the Ukraine dairy sector as well as being a humanitarian disaster, European dairy experts have told Dairy Industries International (DII).

“Dairy operations have come to an abrupt halt in parts of the country with all the consequences in terms of dairy supply to the population,” said Alexander Anton, secretary general of the European Dairy Association (EDA).…

Britain’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has warned that the UK’s booming ‘challenger banks’, that use online services to work with customers, often fail to comply with their AML/CFT obligations.

The verdict came from a detailed FCA review of the sector, which is growing fast, with statistical service Statista saying the top 10 UK challenger banks had a combined asset base of GBP307 billion (USD391 billion) in 2020 alone.…

A planned legally binding global agreement covering the lifecycle of plastics should hasten the regulation, proliferation and uptake of steps in the personal care product industry to eliminate plastic pollution, sector associations and experts.

Even before the decision in March (2022) by the United Nations Environment Assembly to conclude negotiations by 2024 on a pact to eliminate plastic pollution, cosmetics manufacturers of all sizes have been moving towards a more circular economy approach.…

The Russian invasion of Ukraine has caused major disruption to the textile sector in the region and beyond, with Ukraine manufacturers suffering from being within a war zone, and Russia textile companies suffering from the major sanctions imposed by European, north American and some Asian governments.…

Greece is making an organised and coordinated attempt towards internationalising its academic institutions, boosting the global reputation of its higher education sector.

A key element of this strategy is the government’s Study in Greece (SiG) project (1), which encourages foreign students and academics to work in Greece, highlighting non-Greek language courses (especially English-language studies) at Greek Universities, and which has been operating since 2015.…

Many Muslim countries, their governments and businesses, have adopted an uneasy neutrality towards Russia, as it continues its invasion of Ukraine.

Malaysia is a case in point – its close relations with European, north American and Asian countries (such as Japan and South Korea) means it will not want to breach their sanctions on Russia.…

Russia’s paint and coatings industry has been hit by sanctions imposed by the European Union (EU) banning the export of high-tech oil refining equipment, because of the unprovoked invasion of Ukraine by Russian military forces. The EU Council of Ministers has banned equipment helping create petrochemicals such as polymerisation units, sulphur production units, and sulphuric acid alkylation and sulphuric acid regeneration units.…

The invasion of Ukraine by Russia risks undermining AML/CFT, said FATF in its post-plenary communiqué issued in March. (1) But how this unprovoked military action will disrupt the policing and detection of dirty money remains to be seen, noted Carol Van Cleef, chair of the blockchain and digital assets practice, at Bradley Arant Boult Cummings, Washington DC.…