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Vicunha Will Be Exhibiting at Denimandjeans Being Held in Bangladesh

For the second time, Brazilian denim fabric producer - Vicunha will be exhibiting at ‘Denimandjeans’ being held in Bangladesh from October 15 to 16, 2014. Vicunha will be mainly concentrating on 35 denim styles from 200 items ...

Tags: Denim Fabric, Denimandjeans

Taiwan-Based Crystalline Silicon Solar Cell Makers Generally Saw Orders Increase in August

Taiwan-based crystalline silicon solar cell makers generally saw orders increase in August, according to industry sources in Taiwan. The sequential increases resulted from the makers reducing quotes to US$0.33/W for polycrystalline models ...

Global Fashion Brands Have Come Under The Scanner of a Chinese Quality Assessing Body

Global fashion brands have come under the scanner of a Chinese quality assessing body for failing quality and safety test trails. An online statement from General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine Office ...

Tags: fashion brands, safety test

Sustainability Is Inherent in Our Culture Here in Sri Lanka

“Sustainability is inherent in our culture here in Sri Lanka, as we are an island with scarce resources so we do our best to conserve these”, says the top honcho of a Sri Lanka Group with interests spread across textiles, ...

Tags: textile industry, Apparel

Gordmans Reported Negative Earnings Per Share of $0.16

A manifold hike in interest expense, pushed NASDAQ-listed and apparel and home décor retailer Gordmans Stores Inc to report a net loss in the second fiscal quarter ended August 2, 2104 compared to net profit, a year earlier. ...

Tags: home décor, Retailer Gordmans, Apparel

AUO Expects of TV panels to Have a Focus on Ultra HD Panels

AU Optronics (AUO) expects the development of TV panels to have a strong focus on Ultra HD and curved applications equipped with wide color gamut (WCG) technology in 2015, according to company president Paul Peng. Innolux meanwhile has ...

Tags: UHD TV, WQHD Handset, Electronics

Allied Feather & Down Completed The Audit and Certification Process of The RDS

Allied Feather & Down, supplier and processor of down to the outdoor and home markets, has completed the audit and certification process of the Textile Exchange Responsible Down Standard (RDS) for its processing plant in Montebello, ...

Tags: outdoor markets, Down, clothes

MPI Posted a Gain of Five Points to a Reading of 58 for The Second Quarter

The Multifamily Production Index (MPI), an indicator for the multifamily market released by the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB), posted a gain of five points to a reading of 58 for the second quarter. It is the 10th straight ...

Tags: MPI, multifamily market

Tesla Motors Announced Its Planned Lithium Ion Battery Gigafactory

Even though graphite companies have been ever increasing blips on investors’ radar screens over the past couple of years, the space got a massive visibility and validation boost when the already iconic Tesla Motors announced its ...

Tags: Graphene, Panasonic, Electrical

Truckers Are Making More Frequent Trips to U.S. Coal-Burning Power Plants

Truckers are making more frequent trips to U.S. coal-burning power plants because of a U.S.-wide rail bottleneck situation which has forced some of the plants to turn to trucks and barges for coal transportation. “We have been ...

Tags: Truckers, Coal-Transport Business

The Inflation Rate in The Light Metal Packaging Category Restricted Purchasing Power

While this decline was spread across all three market sectors — light metal packaging, steel drums and similar containers, and other containers (of a capacity exceeding 300 litres — it was most substantial in the light metal ...

Tags: Metal Packaging, Falling Demand