The Southern India Mills Association (SIMA) has appealed union minister of state for textiles Santosh Kumar Gangwar to direct Cotton Corporation of India (CCI) to immediately commence selling of cotton by e-auction directly to the actual ...
Tags: good quality cotton, Cotton
At this year’s Techtextil to be held in Germany, Allma, part of Saurer Group, will focus on the TechnoCorder TC2 with interesting developments in FlexiPly and the new 830 mm spindle gauge at Stand D-02 in Hall 3.0. Allma will ...
Tags: twisting machine, Techtextil
Removing parallel import restrictions would “promote competition and potentially lower prices for consumers”, according to one of the recommendations from the Harper Competition Review Final Report, released last week. ...
The world’s first fully fully renewable package has passed its test with Finnish dairy Valio. “[It’s] the pack that grows back,” stated Charles Brand, executive vice president of product management & commercial ...
Tags: renewable package, dairy Valio, Packaging
The world’s top-performing companies are prioritizing sustainability as part of their corporate social responsibility efforts, and a majority of them are using LEED, the world’s premier green building program, to achieve their ...
International private equity firms show interest in Australian vegetable companies The under-cover vegetable growing industry has remained sheltered from the erratic weather conditions of the past five years, according to market research ...
Tags: Vegetables, reliable supplies, Agriculture
US-based contract packaging company ActionPak has purchased a new Tunnel Tornado from Karville Development Group to respond to the increase in demand for short-run shrink sleeve labelling. The company has invested in the equipment to help ...
Tags: rework projects, Equipment, Packaging
John Laurie speaks candidly about his company’s growth over the years. As with most companies that have grown, there have been some hard lessons to learn, but those have laid a strong foundation for the Jack Laurie Group, which at one ...
Infinera Corp of Sunnyvale, CA, USA, a vertically integrated manufacturer of digital optical network systems incorporating its own indium phosphide-based photonic integrated circuits (PICs), says that Facebook has deployed its Intelligent ...
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As part of its growth strategy, Sika is further expanding its presence in the Asia Pacific region by founding a subsidiary company in Myanmar and opening a new production plant in Sri Lanka. This will help the company to further utilize ...
Tags: Sika, new production plant, Construction
Sandvik Process Systems has signed an exclusive agreement with Italian extruder machinery manufacturer Extruwork Srl that will enable the company to offer integrated powder paint production lines. “This is a logical move for both ...
Tags: Sandvik Process Systems, cooling and flaking systems, Construction
Net loss widened steeply by 63.15 per cent at US apparel marketer Perry Ellis International for the 2015 fiscal ended January 31, 2015. On a GAAP basis, net loss for fiscal 2015 was $37.2 million, or $2.50 per diluted share compared to ...
Tags: GAAP basis, sportswear collection, Apparel
US ice-cream manufacturer Blue Bell Creameries has suspended operations at its Oklahoma ice cream plant over possible Listeriosis contamination. Recently, Blue Bell recalled three 3 oz. institutional/food service ice cream cups of ...
Tags: ice-cream manufacturer, chocolate, Food
The government of Ethiopia has ushered in a manufacturing boom that is set to make the country a major regional player across several lines of products. According to government sources, the textile sector is among the industries poised to ...
Tags: domestic market, Growth and Transformation Plan, Textile
Colborne based food processing facility Ontario Agri-Food Venture Centre has received $225,000 to support the advancement of small batch food products grown in eastern Ontario, Canada. This funding will enable the firm to accommodate ...
Tags: vegetables, fruits, Food