Villages of Kyrgyzstan will receive monetary aid of US$ 1.5 million from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to boost the handicraft industry of Kyrgyzstan, a landlocked country in Central Asia. At a meeting of the Committee for Budget and ...
Tags: Textile
Troy had a garage full of bikes, 20 years' experience wrenching, a daughter getting braces soon—and an itch to try a lightweight carbon 29er hardtail.? So when the 41-year-old from the Pacific Northwest—who asked that his last ...
Tags: Transportation, bike
Asian prices for monoethylene glycol are expected to remain under pressure this week because of record-high inventories, in spite of China's rebounding downstream polyester market, industry sources said Monday. MEG inventory levels in ...
Participants in the biggest Asian coal conference in Bali, Indonesia, in the first week of June will be eying whether China will continue to remain relatively passive in importing thermal coal, industry sources said Monday. Participants ...
Tags: thermal coal, Coaltrans Asia
The backwardation structure in the Asian paraxylene market narrowed to $2/mt Thursday from $5/mt Wednesday as front-month laycans were seen to be weaker than back-month and amid heavy spot PX selling by Chinese purified terephthalic acid ...
Tags: Chemicals, PTA producers
Following the footsteps of other big international brands, famous Spanish lingerie maker Selmark is also foraying into the rapidly emerging Asian consumer market, China. According to Xinhua Shanghai Channel, the European innerwear ...
Tags: Spanish Lingerie, Apparel
New York-based fashion brand alice + olivia by Stacey Bendet and Asia's leading retail, brand management and distribution company ImagineX Group announced an exclusive strategic partnership to develop the brand in Greater China and ...
MEGlobal set its June North American Benchmark price for monoethylene glycol at 63 cents/lb, a rollover from May, a company source said Friday. Market players said Friday there was also talk that other US producers could keep prices flat ...
Tags: MEGlobal, MEG Benchmark
The dollar's dive looks far from over, even though it has already lost more than 8 per cent of its value against the US dollar since the middle of last month. Of course, a technical correction is possible. But increased disappointment ...
Tags: Aussie Dollar, Global Forces
Indonesia, one of the leading textile and apparel platforms in the Southeast Asian region, could become the new destination for the global apparel buyers after China, mainly due to low production cost and availability of cheap labor. ...
Thailand’s textile and apparel exports for January to March period have increased marginally by 1.1 percent from US$ 1.82 billion in 2012 to US$ 1.84 billion in 2013, according to a report by the Thai Garment Manufacturers Association ...
American Apparel, the vertically integrated clothing manufacturer based in downtown Los Angeles, has announced an exclusive partnership with LAB CONCEPT, a contemporary lifestyle retailer in Queensway, to bring the brand to the Admiralty ...
Tags: Apparel, Apparel Industry
SIBUR will showcase its polymer products and investment projects, earmarked for export to China and other Asian countries, at Chinaplas, Asia’s largest petrochemical products exhibition in Guangzhou, China. The main focus will be on ...
The new report from IDTechEx titled "Printed, Organic & Flexible Electronics: Forecasts, Players & Opportunities 2013-2023" finds that the total market for these technologies will grow from $16.04 billion in 2013 to $76.79 billion in 2023. ...
Tags: Organic Electronics, CAGR, Electronics
The Ford Fiesta Metal, Suzuki Swift Sport and Volkswagen Polo GTI are entry-level hot hatchbacks. They're a classic recipe of the automotive world, as simple and delicious as san choy bow. Take one small and light hatchback (the lettuce ...
Tags: Sports Hatch Track, car, GTI