Just last week I talked about the Elephant In The Room Problem and how much I hoped folks would be willing to talk about it when I got to the Bicycle Leadership Conference later that week. So imagine my surprise when I got to Monterey and ...
Tags: bicycle business, bike brands
Shri Anand Sharma, Minister of Textiles has informed that textile industry suffered a downturn in 2011-12, due mainly to the global economic slowdown and partially the high price volatility in the international and domestic cotton market. ...
Tags: India, Textile Industry, Debt Restructuring
The Textang II textile plant based in Cazenga district of Luanda province would restart production towards end of 2013, according to Angolan Minister of Industry Bernarda da Silva. Briefing media prior to the National Industry Day ...
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Damask fabrics and patterning have played a part in civilization for thousands of years since the opening of the Silk Road, to the weavers of the middle-ages, and onto today in the 21st century. But, how is damask decor being redefined in ...
Tags: Damask fabrics and patterning, Damask wall coverings, damask accessories
According to a just concluded survey by apex industry body ASSOCHAM, with economic activity in Indian manufacturing sector is picking up slowly in view of the rising production levels together with upward spiraling domestic and export ...
Tags: ASSOCHAM, Indian manufacturing sector, domestic and export orders
Cement despatches for the month of October 2012 declined by 5.87 percent mainly due to a drastic decline of 20.59 percent in export of cement while local despatches show a marginal growth of 0.19 percent. Revealing the data for the month of ...
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Heavy equipment makers are pinning their hopes on a stimulus fuelled rebound in China in 2013, after suffering another bruising quarter as the global economy slowed faster than expected with little respite seen before the end of the year. ...
Chi-jen Chen, chairman of Taiwan-based conductive paste maker Giga Solar, has indicated that the solar industry hit bottom in September and is likely to rebound in October. This rebound is obvious in the solar cell segment. Chen believes ...
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No relief is expected for the ailing garment and textile enterprises of Vietnam in the coming months,and difficulties faced are mainly due to restricted or no access to capital and dearth of export orders,industry circles said during a ...
No relief is expected for the ailing garment and textile enterprises of Vietnam in the coming months,and difficulties faced are mainly due to restricted or no access to capital and dearth of export orders,industry circles said during a ...
Tags: export orders, capital, garment firms
IDG News Service-Yahoo plans to shut down its struggling business in South Korea by the end of this year to focus its resources,the company said on Friday. The announcement comes ahead of Yahoo's quarterly earnings conference call on ...
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The Nigerian textile industry has the potential of bringing the redundancy rate in the country to minimum, Jayeola Olanrewaju, National Chairman of Nigerian Textile Manufacturers Association, has said. Speaking at the fifth National ...
"Inspirational","thought provoking"and"eye opening"were just some of the superlatives used by industry and press delegates to describe the recent Association of Suppliers to the British Clothing Industry(ASBCI)industry conference'Made in ...
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As Sri Lankan textiles sector now stands bolstered by the recent offer of support from the Government of India,the domestic manufacturers,who were struggling a few years back,are successfully moving for a bigger slice in domestic demand. ...
Tags: domestic demand, Uniforms, Value Chain
Based on expectations of a healthy economic climate, Vardhman Textiles, one of India's largest integrated textile manufacturing companies, has raised its capital expenditure outlay for 2012-13 from 2011-12's Rs. 3.1 billion to Rs. 7.5 ...
Tags: Textiles, integrated textile, fibre, yarn, sewing thread and fabrics