New Zealand company Fonterra is recalling 8,700 bottles of cream distributed in-country for E. coli contamination. The recalled products include 300ml and 500ml bottles of Anchor and Pams fresh cream with a best before date of Jan. 21. ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food, milk powder
The imports of textiles and apparel by the United States were worth US$ 96.981 billion during January to November 2013, registering an increase of 3.7 percent over $ 93.518 billion imports made during the corresponding period of 2012, ...
Tags: Textile, Apparel Imports
Till date nearly 1 crore bales have arrived in the market and approximately 2.75 crore bales are yet to arrive in the Indian market. Mills and exporters are cautiously procuring cotton considering the financial tightness in the market. ...
Tags: Cotton Buying, Rupee Depreciation
Viper Networks, Inc. is pleased to announce that the Company has officially completed the LED light pilot testing approval process for several Sri Lanka governmental departments. As such, the Company is now working within several different ...
Tags: LED Light, LED Maerket
A noteworthy tripartite initiative to stimulate technology start-ups by Sri Lankan university students and recent graduates gets underway in January 2014 with corporate sponsorship and participatory inputs from Brandix. Sri Lanka’s ...
Tags: Technology Start-Ups, Brandix
Applied Minerals, Inc., a leading global producer of halloysite clay and technical grade iron oxides, hasl launched AMIRON advanced natural iron oxide family of products produced from its domestic wholly-owned Dragon Mine. As part of the ...
Improving working conditions in Bangladesh's ready-made garment (RMG) industry is crucial for achieving sustainable growth in the country, says a new report Bangladesh: Seeking better employment conditions for better socioeconomic outcomes, ...
Tags: Sustainable Growth, Bangladesh, RMG
It seems that the status quo in the Bangladeshi textile industry hasn't changed that much. However, the increasing pressure from some international nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) through social media and newspapers has caused some ...
Tags: Rupp Report, Bangladesh
Textile exporters from Taiwan expect to secure around US$ 8 million orders from buyers in India and Sri Lanka, following a promotional tour of 14 textile firms that visited the two South Asian countries during the Taiwan Textile Fairs held ...
Tags: Textile exporters
Apollo Tyres Ltd. has completed the sale of some assets in Africa to Sumitomo Rubber Industries (SRI) for $60 million. The deal allows SRI to acquire Apollo Tyres South Africa (ATSA), including the Ladysmith passenger car tyre plant, and ...
Tags: tyre, tire, Auto Parts
Mondelez International plans to open a $190m chocolate manufacturing plant in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. Claimed to be the company's largest manufacturing plant in the Asia-Pacific, the 134-acre food campus in Sri City will have ...
As the Rupp Report mentioned last week, the annual PCI Fibres Conference 2013 took place November 7-8, 2013, in Hong Kong. The event was an unlimited source of important information concerning the global fiber and textile industry. As ...
Tags: Yarn Dyeing, Textile
The Japanese Daimler subsidiary, Mitsubishi Fuso Truck and Bus Corporation is presenting itself at this year’s Tokyo Motor Show under the motto “Building Together”. True to this motto, the two commercial vehicle ...
Tags: Daimler Trucks Asia, invest, Euro, sale, growth
Daimler Trucks Asia has outlined plans to invest EUR300m in the international sales and production structures in the period 2014-2018. In an effort to generate further sales growth in Asia and Africa, the company is also merging the ...
Tags: Daimler Trucks, Truck Business
The exports of garments from the island nation of Sri Lanka to its major export destinations of the EU and the US recorded a remarkable growth of 30.7 percent year-on-year and 32.2 percent year-on-year, respectively, in September 2013, ...
Tags: Garment Exports, apparel