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Doing Business in Germany

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km and borders the Baltic Sea, the North Sea and other countries including the Netherlands, Poland, Austria, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Luxembourg and Switzerland. It is among the world’s largest and most advanced producers of iron, steel, coal, chemicals and cement. . Supply Chain Infrastructure for Manufacturing.

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Shortages of coolant set to impact the semiconductor industry

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Nearly two years ago, Belgian environmental regulators directed 3M to reduce and remediate the plant’s discharge of PFAS chemicals—contaminants known as “forever chemicals” because of how long they persist in water and soil—to reflect new scientific understanding of the chemicals’ impacts on human health.

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3 Uses of IoT Tech Spurring Sustainability in Supply Chains

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IoT Tech is Driving Sustainability in the Supply Chain. But perhaps the most far-reaching changes will center around the use of large data systems to drive sustainability in logistics and supply chains. billion tons of oil in 2011, worth approximately $743 billion.

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4 Crucial Commodities to Watch in 2023

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According to Siddharth Kara , a researcher of modern-day slavery, “Industrial mines, almost all of them, have artisanal miners working, digging in and around them, feeding cobalt into the formal supply chain.” 85% of disruptions originate in the indirect supply chain (such as mines), where most companies do not have visibility.

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