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A Spanish study project is working to find a way to join dissimilar metals for use in the automotive industry to increase the proportion of lighter weight parts. Research organisation CIC marGUNE, the Co-operative Research Centre into High-performance Manufacturing, based in Eibar, in the Basque Country, is coordinating a group of Spain-based studies whose aim is fusing different metals for auto production.…

Spain’s meat industry has formally applied to its government to pursue an application to the European Union (EU) to have jamón serrano (dry-cured, mountain ham) given protected EU geographical indication (PGI) status.

The Confederation of Spanish Meat Organisations (Confecarne) and the Spanish Serrano Ham Foundation (FJSE) want the greater protection that PGI status would bring.…

A second major food safety scandal in Taiwan within the past two months has prompted a call for the reform of existing certification systems. These involve food products and manufacturing being assessed for good manufacturing practice (GMP) and certified Taiwanese agricultural standards (CAS).…

Spanish meat producers seeking new export sales to compensate for repeated bans on deliveries to Russia have stepped up efforts to woo importers and agents in Greece.
Business meetings last week in Athens were arranged after an introductory series of presentations delivered there in May.…

LAW enforcement authorities in Austria, Belgium, Britain, Cyprus and Hungary seized on Monday (September 1) several million counterfeit pills in simultaneous operations coordinated by the European Union (EU) law enforcement agency Europol and the judicial cooperation agency Eurojust. The medicines seized are worth at least EUR10 million, according to Europol.…

International airports worldwide are working hard to install biometric border controls that they hope will speed passenger movement, while maintaining, or even enhancing security.

A key example of such new installations has been at Ireland’s biggest hub Dublin Airport, where since April 2013, travellers arriving at the 74-year old airport – which handles more than 20 million passengers per year – have had the option of passing through biometric identification gates in the airport’s immigration hall.…

An international Joint Cybercrime Action Taskforce (J-CAT) was launched September 1 to step up the fight against online fraudsters in the European Union (EU) and beyond.

Housed in the Netherlands-based European Cybercrime Centre (EC3), J-CAT is a six-month pilot scheme to coordinate international investigations.…

Over the past few years, Spain’s government has regularly questioned whether Gibraltar’s excellent economic condition has more to do with money laundering, smuggling and tax evasion than good business practice. “The wealth that Gibraltar enjoys cannot continue to be based solely on an economy that is clearly damaging for our country and for the European Union,” said Spain’s minister for European affairs Íñigo Méndez de Vigo in an interview with the Spanish newspaper ABC in September 2013.…

UTILITY executives will have been carefully analysing the unveiling on Wednesday (September 10) of a new European Commission team to take office from November 1. As well as new personnel, a key initial move with potentially important implications for European Union (EU) energy policy was the uniting of the current energy and climate portfolios.…

AS TECHNOLOGICAL security features in cosmetics and personal care products packaging become increasingly sophisticated and harder to beat, they will offer more intelligent and multi-functional security. From authentication, to tracking and tracing products during distribution, and preventing and detecting tampering, these systems help brands access their global distribution network, ensuring products move smoothly from production to consumer.…