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The textile industry is one of the world’s oldest manufacturing sector, yet it is also one of the most dynamic, constantly reinventing itself. Today, the development of micro-factories might herald root-and-branch change in how the textile and clothing industry operates, a transformation driven by advances in digital textile printing.…

The test remains the same. French tech multinational Thales stressed in a paper that they “allow a person to be identified and authenticated based on recognisable and verifiable data, which are unique and specific…” compared to a person’s biometric template.…

INNOVATIVE confectionery and sweet bakery companies will be able from next month (July) to explore applying for research funding from the European Union’s (EU) Horizon Europe programme, which has a budget of around EUR95.5 billion. This spending will last until 2027, with companies needing to form international consortia focused on food, ingredients and packaging projects to have the best chance of securing funding.…

When the COVID-19 pandemic unfolded in the first half of 2020, China’s textile industry quickly increased its nonwoven-based supply capacity of protective masks, medical protective clothing, isolation clothing and other emergency prevention and control materials.

Data compiled by the China National Textile and Apparel Council show that the country’s output of nonwoven products recorded a robust year-on-year growth of 14.4% in in the first eleven months of 2020.…

EUROPEAN Union (EU) ministers have backed the EU Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability proposed by the European Commission last October (2020), clearing the political path for tougher controls. The EU Council of Ministers, in formal conclusions, backed the five policy priorities within the Commission’s plan – more innovation regarding safe and sustainable EU chemicals; tougher laws tackling chemical-based environmental and health concerns; simplifying and consolidating EU chemical laws; improving the EU’s knowledge database on chemicals; and promoting global food practice on managing chemicals.…

Low-quality assurance is to blame for the deteriorating quality of university education in Tanzania, after the country embarked on a fast expansion of higher education, a government audit report has shown.

The 2019/2020 report by the country’s Controller and Auditor General (CAG), presented to Tanzanian president Samia Suluhu in late March, documents that the country’s graduates’ competitiveness has been hampered by poor and outdated assurance mechanism.…

CANADIAN auto dealers, whose sales of high-tech vehicles maybe hampered by safety concerns linked to hacking and computer viruses, are being assisted by a new university cyber-protection unit allied to parts-makers.

The SHIELD Automotive Cybersecurity Centre of Excellence is based at the University of Windsor, just over the Detroit River, and will work with Canada’s Automotive Parts Manufacturing Association (APMA), with whom it has signed a memorandum of understanding.…

The European garment sector has been growing uneasy about how the six-day stranding of the 400-metre-long cargo ship Ever Given in the Suez Canal will affect its supply chain. It has also been assessing the lessons for future contingency plans regarding such cargo transport pinch-points.…

Indonesia’s National Textile Centre (BBT – Balai Besar Tekstil) in Bandung, West Java, this year (2021) established a melt spinning laboratory helping the country’s nonwovens industry develop products with special functionalities, including medical supplies and personal protective equipment such as masks and hazmat suits.   …

Two cargo vessels in Norway are being built to pioneer the use of hydrogen fuel cells to power engines as the international shipping industry starts to take measures to reduce its carbon footprint.

A consortium in southwest Norway is tapping a combination of European Union (EU) and government funds to design and build two vessels in what has been given the concept name of the Topeka project.…