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EUROPEAN food and drink exporters will be preparing to boost exports through the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement between the European Union (EU) and Canada (CETA), which has been provisionally approved by the European Parliament.

The deal, whose duty reduction and quota expansion elements could apply from April (2017) will phase out nearly 99% of tariffs on all food and drink traded between the EU and Canada over the next seven years.…

Deutsche Leasing Vostok, a member of German company Deutsche Leasing Group, has encouraged Russian textile manufacturers attending Russian Textile Week events, staged February 20-24 in Moscow, to lease rather than buy manufacturing equipment.

Deutsche Leasing Vostok representative Yulia Grukhanova told WTiN.com…

TALKS that could see Charoen Pokphand Foods (overseas) LLC the Russian arm of Thai food conglomerate CP Foods, acquire the Ostankino Meat Processing Plant (OMPP), one of Russia’s largest meat processing facilities, may be concluded next month.

Russian newspaper reports have suggested that the potential deal could cost CP USD150 to USD200 million, although the companies have not confirmed this.…

SHEREMETYEVO International Airport has strengthened its commanding position in the Moscow civil aviation market, posting a 7.6% growth in passenger traffic during 2016 to 34.03 million passengers. By contrast, its rivals Domodedovo and Vnukovo airports saw their passenger numbers fall last year by 6.6% to 28.5 million and 11.8% to 13.94 million respectively.…

THE CONTINUED success of Europe’ major technical textile fair, Techtextil, Frankfurt, (the next event runs from May 9 to 12) illustrates how the continent’s technical textile sector is thriving on its innovation.

“We don’t know what the future brings. We only know where it will be exhibited.…

KEY MESSAGES

*The nuclear industry has an ageing staff and needs to recruit new professionals as they retire

*Its strong health and retirement benefits packages could help it attract the new staff it needs

*The nuclear industry outside north America has a strong expat component, making it easier for recruit staff from abroad

INTRODUCTION

The nuclear industry sector is facing some significant human resources challenges, but new research carried out by Airswift and Energy Jobline indicates that the nuclear sector can still compete for talent.…

Natural gas, including its liquefied form LNG, can be the long-term growth story among fossil fuels but needs to withstand stiff challenges

The naming ceremony in February 2017 for offshore facilities for the Ichthys liquefied natural gas project in Australia was another milestone in the huge wave of investment in LNG production capacity globally in recent years.…

TURKEY’S textile and clothing sector witnesssed a drop in trade during 2016, according to new statistics, witht he industry struggling to deal with slowing growth in the global economy and political disruption in its home country last year. The weakness of the Turkish lira in exchage markets has also harmed the industry by raising the cost of inpts.…

THE ISRAELI natural gas sector is undergoing significant expansion, with the country pushing ahead to plan to develop and commercially exploit new fields. Indeed, “this past year in energy has been the most dynamic year we have ever had,” said Dr Yuval Steinitz, Israel’s minister of energy, at the annual Energy & Business Convention, held in Tel Aviv in November (2016).…

THE VALUE of crime-tainted money moved through Russian banks has been falling fast – to Russian roubles RUB200 billion (USD3.3 billion) in 2015, down from RUB350 billion in 2014, according to data provided by the Russian Federal Financial Monitoring Service (Rosfinmonitoring).…