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Former UK Serious Fraud Office (SFO) director Lisa Osofsky observed in 2022 that the material her agency had to work through in a typical case, if printed, would fill 22 London buses – so could artificial intelligence (AI) aid the management of such tough cases?…

The new president of the European Apparel and Textile Organisation (EURATEX), the Portuguese textile entrepreneur Mario Jorge Machado, wants to push for a more united European Union (EU) to fight unfair competition worldwide.
Machado was elected by his peers during the Euratex’s general assembly on June 14.…

Companies and public sector organisations could sharpen their fraud prevention efforts, according to the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE), making sure that red flags raised by background checks on potential employees are acted upon, if these assessments are made at all.…

The integration of flame retardants in car seat foam may increase auto passenger exposure to chemicals that can cause cancer – especially during the summer – according to a new study in the academic journal Environmental Science & Technology. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.est.3c10440

Its researchers have urged federal US government officials to review the US Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard FMVSS 302, https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/CFR-2011-title49-vol6/CFR-2011-title49-vol6-sec571-302…

The Kenyan clothing and textile sector is looking forward to expanding through overseas sales should the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) trade protocol between the USA and 32 sub-Saharan African countries be extended to 2041 after its current authorisation expires next September (2025).  …

With Vietnam named the top exporter to the United States of products covered by the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act in 2023, Vietnamese garment manufacturers that use undeclared Chinese cotton inputs are now risking being caught by isotopic testing. These can link cotton to specific geographic areas by analysing the concentration of stable elements like carbon and hydrogen present in both the crop and the environment in which it has been grown.…

French paint and coating companies are performing well, with the industry recording a EUR5 billion turnover in 2023, said Gilles Richard, managing director of Paris-based Fipec (France’s federation of paints, inks, colours, glues and adhesives and wood preservation industries/Fédération des Industries des Peintures, Encres, Couleurs, Colles et Adhésifs, Préservation du Bois), which represents around 150 businesses.…

Türkiye is one of the top 10 milk producers worldwide, according to the Turkish National Dairy Council (Ulusal Süt Konseyi – USK) but the country’s dairy sector has been impacted over the past two years by high inflation and the depreciation of the Turkish lira (1).…

The clothing and textile sector is facing an onrush of detailed legislation and guidance from regulators worldwide focused on artificial intelligence (AI), which will shape how businesses adopt and use this powerful new technology. As is often the case in comprehensive regulation, the European Union (EU) has been a leader in approving legislation on AI, as the global clothing and textile industry increasingly explores and delivers ways to integrate AI into its businesses.…

The Chinese textile industry’s overseas investment has been on an upward trajectory since the Covid-19 pandemic, with a focus on countries involved in China’s Belt and Road Initiative, particularly in southeast Asia, but also further afield; the Chinese textile company Shanghai Jingqingrong Garment, for example, in January announced it will open its first production plant outside China in Catalonia, Spain (1).…