Global polypropylene capacity increased at a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 5.2% from 2003, reaching 65 million tons per year (mmty) in 2013, and is expected to continue rising to 86 mmty by 2018, at a slightly higher CAGR of 5.8%, ...
Tags: China&Russia, Polypropylene, Textile
Uniqlo, Japan's largest clothing store chain is keen on sourcing the garments from India. Uniqlo is the wholly owned subsidiary of Yanai controlled company, Fast Retailing. Uniqlo, is both manufacturer and retailer of garments and produces ...
Tags: Uniqlo, Source Garments, Apparel
India’s leading fabric manufacturer OCM India Limited has tied up with noted Italian designer M. Cristina Fedriani for designing its premium Winter fabric collection. OCM India Limited, the second largest worsted suiting fabric ...
Tags: OCM, Winter Fabric Line, Apparel
GAIL (India) Limited announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Sumitomo Corporation, Japan (Sumitomo). Under the MOU, GAIL and Sumitomo will pursue business opportunities in natural gas and LNG value chain business ...
With a mission to foster the development of a flourishing entrepreneurial culture and a competitive SME sector; India SME Forum engages with 3,28,000 SMEs from all over India and boasts of more than 65000 members to support economic ...
Germany based TÜV Rheinland, a worldwide leader in Testing, Training, Inspection, Consulting and Certification, has announced that it has bagged the 2014 European Customer Value Enhancement Award in Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) ...
Tags: TUV Rheinland, EMC Testing, Textile
The latest U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) projections for 2014 indicate that the global cotton crop is forecast at 116.4 million bales, about 2 percent below the 2013 estimate of 118.3 million bales. While below a year ago, world ...
Tags: USDA, Global Cotton Crop, Apparel, Accessories
Yepme.com, India’s biggest online fashion brand has launched its very own music video featuring asbrand ambassador the popular actor and director, Farhan Akhtar. Farhan has been instrumental in creating this peppy music video titled ...
Tags: Yepme, Apparel, Accessories
Indo-British Garments Pvt Ltd (IBG), a multinational apparel uniforms solution provider, recently celebrated completion of first year of operations at its factory in Faridabad, Near New Delhi – India. The icing on the cake was that ...
Tags: IBG, Apparel, Accessories
Capillary Technologies, the market leader in cloud-based retail customer engagement management, announced that it has closed a $14 million Series B round of venture financing. This new investment adds to the $17 million of Series A funding ...
Tags: Capillary, Venture Funding, Textile
Global crude steel production in June this year increased by 3.1 percent year on year to 137.122 million metric tons, while a 2.88 percent decline was observed on month-on-month basis, according to the World Steel Association (worldsteel). ...
Tags: Global, crude steel, Metallurgy, Mineral
Ridhi Mehra already having made her mark in the fashion world, but she doesn’t intend to stop there! This season she will be making her debut in style with the closing show on the Jabong stage at the Lakme India Fashion Week in ...
Tags: Ridhi Mehra, Mystical Nuit, Textile
Mr R Mukundan, managing director, Tata Chemicals (TCL), has been appointed as the National President of the Employers’ Federation of India (EFI), one of the bodies representing India at the International Labour Organisation (ILO) in ...
In the first half of this year, world pig iron production amounted to 593.22 million mt, rising by 1.68 percent compared to the same period of 2013, according to the preliminary data covering 38 countries accounting for approximately 99 ...
Tags: Pig Iron, pig iron output, Mineral
Yepme.com, India’s biggest online fashion brand has launched its latest television ad campaign featuring Esha Gupta. The one-minute video features Esha in Yepme’s latest Spring-Summer Collection 2014. The television campaign is ...
Tags: Yepme, Apparel, Accessories