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AFRICA’S CIVIL AVIATION SECTOR GROWS, BUT FACES CHALLENGES TO BUILD SUSTAINABLE REGIONAL MARKET
AFRICA is commonly hailed as the world’s next big focus of economic growth, but for the civil aviation industry, this prospect will require significant investment in new intra-African routes and related airport and ATC infrastructure. It will also require governments to remove immigration barriers preventing African air travellers flying to other countries on their home continent.…
HEALTHY SNACKS MARKET WILL ONLY GROW IN CHINA AS CONSUMERS FOCUS ON THEIR WELL-BEING
Given the recent surge in popularity in healthy snacks within China, market researchers predict that sales of yoghurt, nut snacks and snack bars will continue to grow in upcoming years. The market for chilled yoghurt sales in China is expected to jump 91% to Chinese Yuan Renminbi CNY70.7 billion (USD9.9 billion) in 2023 from CNY36.9 billion in 2018, thanks to anticipated improvements in cold chain technology across China, according to market researchers Frost & Sullivan.…
COATINGS APPLICATIONS OF SUPER MATERIAL GRAPHENE CONTINUE TO GROW IN SOPHISTICATION AND EFFECTIVENESS
THE MANY properties that have contributed to graphene being described as a ‘super material’ make it an increasingly attractive choice as an ingredient in a wide range of coatings with special functionalities say researchers and manufacturers. And, with Many of these properties offering environment-friendly and sustainable benefits, graphene is being considered as a key part of the coatings industries efforts to reduce carbon emissions and hence climate change.…
EUROPEAN NONWOVENS INDUSTRY FOCUSES ON INNOVATION TO STRENGTHEN ITS INTERNATIONAL MARKET POSITION
WORRIES about the future of manufacturing in Europe are certainly not being applied to the continent’s nonwovens industry, which has been growing steadily in recent years. Indeed, last year, the overall production of nonwovens in Europe in 2018 grew by around 1.3% year-on-year to reach 2.76 million tonnes, (the most recent Europe wide figures released by industry association EDANA).…
ACAMS/RUSI STUDY SHOWS FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS FAILING TO CHECK FOR PROLIFERATION FINANCE
AN INTERNATIONAL survey has revealed significant gaps in understanding among financial institutions about proliferation finance, with compliance policies requiring improvement. Indeed, the study by the London-based RUSI (Royal United Services Institute) and the US-based ACAMS (Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists) noted that only 33% of institutions checked worldwide conducted standalone proliferation finance risk assessments.…
BULGARIA APPLIES BOTH 4 AND 5AMLD BUT CONCERNS REMAIN OVER EFFECTIVENESS OF ITS AML/CFT APPROACH
IMPROVING on performance in AML/CFT is never a simple process, and that is especially a case with a country such as Bulgaria which has had a long-standing corruption problem, causing this east European country to be under special monitoring by the European Commission from the day it joined the European Union (EU) in 2007.…
MAJOR JORDANIAN CLOTHING EXPORTER WORKS WITH GOVERNMENT AGENCIES TO TRAIN WORKERS FOR EXPANSION PLANS
A trainee scheme to bolster the number of Jordanian employees in the garment sector will lead to 350 Jordanians joining the workforce of major clothing manufacturer Classic Fashion Apparel Industry Ltd Co, with further expansion schemes already planned.
An agreement was inked in mid-July 2019 between the Jordan Hashemite Fund for Human Development (JOHUD) and Classic Fashion, whose headquarters is in Irbid, northern Jordan, to provide training and the possibility of joining the garment company’s workforce.…
GUATEMALA'S APPAREL AND TEXTILE INDUSTRY LOOKS TO TECHNOLOGY TO BOOST OUTPUT AND COST EFFICIENCY
The textile industry in Guatemala represents 8.9% of the country’s gross domestic product (GDP), but a rise in production costs is jeopardising the industry’s overseas sales competitiveness. Therefore, Guatemala producers are focusing on buying and installing cutting edge technology to improve existing operations and even create new business divisions, maintaining their competitiveness against other suppliers in the region, Alejandro Ceballos, president of the country’s Apparel & Textile Industry Association (Vestex).…
KENYA STARTS GM COTTON PRODUCTION THIS YEAR IN BID TO KICKSTART ITS UNDERPERFORMING TEXTILE MANUFACTURING SECTOR
Kenya will start to grow genetically modified cotton this year, becoming the first country to do so in Eastern Africa. The move is significant as it is likely to inspire other counties in the region start to grow Bt cotton hybrids that are resistant to African bollworm and other pests.…
THE NETHERLANDS IS PAVING THE WAY TO USE HYDROGEN AS A CLEAN ENERGY CARRIER
Europe’s first large-scale green hydrogen plant moved closer to reality in January (2020) when a proposed electrolysis project in the Netherlands won EUR11 million funding from the Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Joint Undertaking (FCH-JU), a European Commission/industry partnership supporting hydrogen technology innovation.…