A snacks food manufacturing cluster,which will the first in India,is expected to be operational in the next two years. The proposed facility is expected to provide 2,300 jobs and would receive an investment of about$2.78m,said Micro Small ...
Tags: snack makers, MSME-DI, packaging techniques
Researchers have initiated a new EU-funded project in October 2012, which is aimed at delivering an alternative technology for the dehydration of heat sensitive food by combining the benefits of two drying methods: microwave and vacuum. ...
In Lumban, Laguna, members of Lumban Embroidery Association Multi-Purpose Cooperative (LEAMPC) have mastered the art of embroidering fancy garments and accessories, ranging from the ornately designed fans and handkerchiefs, up to ...
BT and Virgin Media have each submitted complaints to the European Commission (EC) about plans for a state-funded broadband network in Birmingham. The City Council was awarded the money for the project after applying to the Urban ...
Due to several news delivered by small and medium industries to stop the export of polyester, the Secretary General of the Indonesian Synthetic Fiber Producers Association (APSyFI) Redma Wirawasta Gita states that he guarantees it will not ...
Tags: APSyFI, polyester yarn, polyester
Dialight Europe Ltd has announced to expand the operational activities of LED assembly plant in Penang soon to include moulding and surface mounting technology (SMT) operations. Moulding operations would start before the end of 2012 for ...
Tags: LED lighting
Garment associations from Taiwan and Japan have entered into an agreement to cooperate with each other. The Taiwan Garment Industry Association has signed a deal with the Japan Knitting Industry Association,under which both the ...
Tags: garment associations, SMEs, agreement, Japan
The government has pumped 8m euros of new investment into funds and improvements that aim to help public bodies release data so that companies can develop commercial opportunities for that data. The investment will further enhance the ...
Tags: government of UK, Cabinet Office, pen Data policy, investment, Data
Responding to complains regarding raw material scarcity by small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the textile sector, the Government of Indonesia has decided to halt polyester exports and to develop a raw materials terminal for SMEs. ...
Tags: SME, domestic textile, textile, Polyester
Security and data privacy are still the top concerns for UK businesses adopting cloud-based services,research shows. Security(82%)and privacy(69%)top concerns when it comes to migrating to the cloud for the third year in a row,according ...
Tags: CIF, Security, data privacy, CoP, cloud service, UK
The government of India recently permitted 51% foreign direct investment (FDI) in multi-brand retail. However, when fibre2fashion spoke to a few leaders in the apparel and garment retail sector earlier, they admitted that the policy was not ...
Tags: FDI, foreign direct investment, multi-brand retail, PWC
Dr. A Sakthivel Chairman, The Apparel Export Promotion Council (AEPC), an apex council under the Ministry of Textiles, on behalf of the entire Textiles Industry has welcomed the Government move to allow FDI in multi-brand retail. In his ...
Tags: Textiles, cotton products, yarn, garment, textile
The hand tools manufacturers in Punjab are pinning hope over setting up of the state-of-the-art socket wrench manufacturing unit and a continuous bright hardening and tempering plant at a common facility centre (CFC) called ‘The ...
Tags: Market View, hand tool
The government needs to spend less time strategising about ICT, and focus more on implementation and delivery, according to former government CIO Joe Harley. Harley, who was government CIO between February 2011 and spring 2012, told ...
Tags: ICT, Joe Harley, GCHQ, CESG, cyber security
Approved by the State Council,Ministry of Finance,State Administration of Taxation jointly issued a circular,clear from the November 1,2008 increase from the appropriate part of the labor-intensive and high-tech,high value-added commodities ...
Tags: Temporary home furniture, export industry, export rebate rate