The Swiss yarn manufacturer Hermann Bühler AG is the very first company worldwide to receive a certificate for sustainable textile production in line with the certification system “Sustainable Textile Production (STeP) by ...
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India Market Days is a project approved by Ministry of Textiles and is funded under the Market Access Initiative (MAI) Scheme of Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Government of India for inviting overseas buyers and buying agents under ...
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The textile and apparel exports from the Southeast Asian of Malaysia would rise by 20 percent once the currently negotiated Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement becomes a reality, the Malaysian Textile Manufacturers Association (MTMA) ...
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OEKO-TEX presented the first Sustainability Award to five companies from the textile and clothing industry during an evening event in Frankfurt/Germany. The winners in the different categories are: - Sung Hing Industries Holding ...
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Euratex held its General Assembly the 29th May in Brussels in presence of industrialists, Textile and Clothing (T&C) experts and EU officials under the theme “Textile and Clothing Industry in a changing economic environment”. ...
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The Government of Mexico and representatives of Mexican textile and apparel associations have expressed confidence that they would be able to resolve the ongoing trade dispute with China in three months time, in view of the agreements ...
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The imports of textiles and apparels by Brazil grew by 25.4 percent year-on-year in value and 17.3 percent year-on-year in volume, amounting to 104,800 tons in April 2013, according to the latest data. In the clothing sub-sector, ...
The Spanish Intertextil Council (ICE) and textile federations CCOO and UGT have reached an agreement, which will be signed in the coming days, related to wage increase for the period January 1, 2011 to December 31, 2013. The agreement has ...
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The textile and apparel exports of Botswana, a landlocked country located in Southern Africa, may continue to decline due to the withdrawal of tax incentives by the US and the EU under the Financial Assistance Policy (FAP) as the country is ...
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Textile and garment imports by Spain grew by 3.1 percent to €3.428 billion in the first three months of the current year, compared to imports worth €3.324 billion during the corresponding period of last year, according to the data ...
The recent hike in minimum wages may lead to layoffs in Bolivian textile and apparel sector, El Conglomerado Textil Boliviano (COTEXBO or Bolivian Textile Conglomerate), has said. The textile sector in Bolivia, a land-locked country ...
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Vietnamese textile industry will maintain its growth momentum in second quarter of the current year, according to the Vietnam Textile and Garment Group (Vinatex). Vietnamese textile and garment exports to the US, Japan and South Korea ...
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India Market Days is a project approved by Ministry of Textiles and is funded under the Market Access Initiative (MAI) Scheme of Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Government of India for inviting overseas buyers and buying agents under ...
For the fashion industry too sustainability is more than just a buzzword. Ever since the 1990s the entire textile industry, everyone from machine manufacturers to companies producing fibres, fabrics and garments, has been implementing ...
Tags: fashion industry, fabrics, garments
On 10-11 April 2013 in Malta, the textile and clothing sector from the Euro-Mediterranean Area will discuss how social dialogue can address skill needs. Representatives of national administrations, industrial associations, trade union and ...
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