The exports of textiles and apparels from Italy to the US are growing at 15 percent annual rate, according to the Italian Fashion System or Sistema Moda Italia (SMI). Speaking at a seminar in New York, SMI president Claudio Marenzi said ...
Tags: Italian Textile, apparels
Few decades ago, African countries, including Nigeria, Kenya, Tanzania and South Africa, were listed in the list of world’s largest textile industries and currently the textile sector in the region is faced with several challenges. ...
Tags: Textile Sector, Textile
Global multi-brand retailers wishing to enter the Indian market through foreign direct investment (FDI) route must comply with the mandatory 30 percent sourcing clause, Mr. KH Muniyappa, Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises ...
Tags: Indian market, Apparel
Looking forward to address the unrelenting issue of gas and energy crisis hampering the textile industry, the All Pakistan Textile Mills Association (APTMA) has come out with short, medium and long-term solutions for addressing the issue. ...
Tags: Gas Crisis, Energy Crisis
The Fashion Design Council of India announced Audi India as the Associate Partner for PCJ Delhi Couture Week 2013. As India’s leading luxury car manufacturer, Audi’s involvement with the event willfurther enhance the prestige of ...
Tags: Audi India, Textile
Stirred by improving financial condition of developed countries, as global demand for petrochemical products is rising, Iran has launched or is working to launch several new projects to boost its petrochemical strength to cash in on the ...
Tags: Petrochem Projects, Textile
Following the tragic deaths of thousands of garment factory workers around the world in the past year, including over 1,100 people in a factory collapse in Bangladesh, the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) has announced ...
Tags: Health&Safety Standard, Apparel
Premier Foods will continue to develop its Power Brands and deliver a further £10M of cost savings this year, according to a statement accompanying its half-year results posted today (July 23). Gavin Darby, chief executive officer, ...
Tags: Premier Foods, Agriculture
Wärtsilä, the marine industry's leading solutions and services provider, has provided the waterjets for what is claimed to be the world's fastest high speed ferry. In addition to two of its LJX1720SR axial waterjets, ...
Tags: High Speed Ferry, Equipment
AIXTRON has announced another repeat order from Taiwan’s EpiLEDs Co., Ltd. to support ramp-up of GaN-based LED production for lighting applications. The order for two CRIUS II-L 69x2-inch systems was made in the first quarter of 2013, ...
Tags: EpiLEDs Orders, CRIUS II-L systems
In July this year, the China HSBC Flash Manufacturing Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) fell to an 11-month low of 47.7 from June's final reading of 48.2, marking the third straight month in which the index reading was below 50. A reading ...
ROAL Electronics SpA and Efore Plc, a company based in Finland and listed in NASDAQ OMX HELSINKI, announced that the companies have entered into a definitive agreement for Efore to acquire ROAL Electronics. The transaction has been closed ...
The Australian alpaca fibre industry is not expecting better prospects this year mainly due to highly variable product, contamination of consignments and lack of technological advancements in processing alpaca fibre. Speaking to ...
Tags: Alpaca Fibre Sector, Textile
Mr. Balvinder Kumar, Development Commissioner (Handlooms), Ministry of Textiles, Government of India inaugurated the Silk Fab exhibition, in the presence of the Guest of Honour, Mr. T.C. A. Ranganathan, Chairman and Managing Director, ...
The Labor Government's push to transform Australia's manufacturing industries took a huge step forward today with the opening of the Fibre Processing and Carbon Nexus buildings in Geelong. Innovation Minister Senator Kim Carr opened the ...
Tags: Aussie Govt, Fibres