The Merino Company (TMC) has acquired renowned spinning facility NUYARN, strengthening its fabric and garment offerings to the outdoor, fashion, performance socks and seamless markets. Since its beginnings some 14 years ago in ...
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Indian textile and apparel manufacturers are expecting boost for the sector as Union Budget 2013-14 has opened new opportunities for investments in the domestic as well as international market with reduced excise duty on branded garments, ...
Apprehending that the withholding tax levy would have detrimental effects on their exports, the textile exporters of Pakistan have refuted the Federal Board of Revenue’s (FBR) decision to impose the same. Since February 14, 2013, ...
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The New York cotton futures experienced a slightly stronger downward trend than the Cot look A or Bremen CIF Index during the reported week reflecting the firm market prices for available cotton as already described in the previous week. ...
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Between 18th and 22nd February, Hall 14.1 at Feria de Madrid hosted the staging of the most comprehensive overview of the world of Spanish fashion creation and design, based on the staging of the fifty-seventh edition of MERCEDES-BENZ ...
Tags: Designers, Mercedes-Benz, Fashion Week
As the International Apparel Federation (IAF) has a strong focus on building bridges in the fashion chain, the decision has been made to include Individual Members in the membership portfolio. Expanding IAF’s membership to include ...
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On behalf of the entire Domestic Garment Industry, CMAI extends its sincere thanks to the Hon. Finance Minister, Sh. P. Chidambaram, for having heard our pleas to Remove the Excise Duty from Branded Readymade Garments. The Industry, as ...
Tags: CMAI, Branded Garments, Textiles
The Indian textile industry, employing over 100 million people directly and indirectly has been looking for various schemes and assistance in the Union Budget 2013-14 to regain its global competitiveness which faced the worst ever crisis in ...
Tags: textile industry, Union Budget, SIMA
Cristal announced that it will increase prices on all of its anatase and rutile TiONA and Cristal titanium dioxide (TiO2) products sold in North America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Latin America and the Asia Pacific sub-regions ...
Tags: Cristal, TiO2 products, Price
More than 100 cotton/man-made fibre textile mills have closed since 2009-10 in India, as per the data available with Textiles Commissioner. This was stated by Minister of Textiles, Mr. Anand Sharma, in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha, ...
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The Union Budget 2013-14 presented by the India’s Finance Minister P Chidambaram has brought cheer for the textile and garment industry as the Central Government has accepted their long standing demand for removal of excise duty on ...
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Confederation of Indian Textiles Industry (CITI) has welcomed the Central Budget 2013-14 presented by the Finance Minister, Shri P. Chidambaram in Parliament as a positive package for accelerating the recovery of the textiles industry. In a ...
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After almost ten years as Secretary General of AEDT – The European Association of Fashion Retailers, and Director for European Affairs of FENA – The European Federation of Furniture Retailers, in March 2013 Alessandro Bedeschi ...
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On 1st March 2013 the Southern African Clothing and Textile Workers’ Union (SACTWU) will have a Day of Action in Cape Town. This will take place on the second day of SACTWU’s annual Bargaining Conference. The Day of Action ...
Tags: SACTWU, Day of Action, Clothing and Textile
Colombo, the capital city of Sri Lanka, is going to host three concurrent international trade exhibitions, displaying a range of products from the country’s textile and garment sector, from February 28 to March 2, 2013. Organised ...