Reviving the lost enterprises in the Russian region of Volgograd, especially with the aim of developing the light industry (which includes textiles and clothing), is one of the top priorities of the government, said acting Governor of ...
Tags: Light Industry, textiles, clothing
Indian steelmaker JSW Steel has announced that it has acquired a further equity stake in Punjab-based Vallabh Tinplate Pvt Ltd (VTPL), raising its stake to 50 percent. As SteelOrbis previously reported, in early April JSW Steel completed ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy, Tinplate
Cotton imports in Thailand are expected to increase to 1.6-1.7 million bales, during the marketing year (MY) of 2014/15 (August 2014 to July 2015), as spinners will likely recover from the domestic economic downturn, states a report by the ...
Tags: Cotton Imports, fiber
In its mission to make Indian homes fashionable, leading home fashion brand, Portico New York launches their first edition of Fashion@Home Retail Conference 2014 in India. The event will flag off in Delhi followed by Mumbai, Hyderabad, ...
Tags: soya bean, blankets, memory foam pillows
Some rain fell in the parched Plains over the weekend, but it fell short of earlier expectations, while planters finally started rolling in earnest in the Midwest. However, more rain in that region this week -- though needed -- could keep ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food, weather
In the 165th year of its history, Freudenberg, the internationally active family company, was more successful than ever before. In the 2013 financial year, the technology group reported record sales for the fourth year in succession, on the ...
Tags: Nonwovens, Freudenberg
Rapha, the British luxury road-cycling lifestyle brand, have enhanced their product capabilities following the implementation of a Cloud based PLM platform. The system, provided by Cloud fashion PLM specialists via WFXondemand.com, has ...
With the aim of promoting Turkish designs and ‘made-in-Turkey’ clothing in the international market, the Turkey Apparel Exporters Association (IHKIB) will join hands with the Parisian ready-to-wear trade expo‘Who’s ...
Tags: Clothing, international market
Apparel and accessories production in Brazil registered a growth of 12.34 percent during the months of January and February, 2014, compared to the same period last year, as per the data released by the Brazilian Institute of Geography and ...
Tags: Apparel Production, Apparel, knitwear
Pakistan's federal cabinet has approved the construction of an LNG import terminal to be built in Karachi that would initially handle around 200,000 Mcf/d, an official of the ministry of petroleum said Friday. Elengy Terminal Pakistan ...
Tags: LNG Terminal, federal cabinet
The US steel sheet market was relatively quiet on Friday because many were out of the office before the Easter holiday, though one top-tier mill indicated it would be pushing higher prices after the weekend. The top-tier mill plans to ...
Tags: steel sheet, top-tier mill
Russia's Gazprom has begun natural gas output from its fifth producing onshore well in Bangladesh, Semutang-6, at around 7,000 Mcf/d, Bapex Managing Director Md Abdul Baqi told Platts Friday. The well, which started production last week, ...
Tags: Gazprom, natural gas
Mannington Commercial is a finalist for the Georgia Manufacturer of the Year award. The award is part of a Manufacturing Appreciation Week developed by the Georgia Department of Economic Development and the Technical College System of ...
Tags: Construction, Decoration, floor, flooring
Avago Technologies Ltd (a designer and supplier of III-V-based analog components for communications, industrial and consumer applications) recently said that it has now shipped more than 500,000 units of QSFP+ multimode fiber (MMF) optical ...
Tags: transceiver module, Electrical, Electronics
Russia has agreed to ship 23 million mt of crude to Belarus this year, a spokeswoman for the Russian Energy Ministry said Friday. Russia is planning to ship 21 million mt by pipeline and a further 2 million mt by rail this year, the ...
Tags: Crude, oil products