Intertek, a leading provider of quality and safety services to industries around the world, has opened a comprehensive leather and footwear testing facility in Chennai, India, to support the country’s leather, footwear and leather ...
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Amira Nature Foods has expanded its distribution network with the establishment of new distribution centres in 15 major cities across India. This will allow the company to cater to the growing demand of its packaged Indian specialty rice ...
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Tamil Nadu-based Akshaya Textile, one of the leading home furnishing textiles exports house from the textile city of Karur, is going to showcase its products at the 5th edition of the India International Handwoven Fair (IIHF), scheduled for ...
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Rexam, a global beverage can manufacturer, has secured land in Sri City, located near the southern Indian city of Chennai to develop a new beverage can plant. Scheduled to be launched by the second half of 2016, the plant in Sri City is ...
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Favourable government policies, low wages, shorter sea route and growing garment exports make Myanmar an attractive option for Indian textile entrepreneurs, says Rajesh Kumar Shah The garment sector in Myanmar has grown enormously since ...
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Apparel is the largest product category in India, with a share of 22 per cent in the occupied modern retail space of the top seven cities, according to property consultant Knight Frank. The seven cities are Bengaluru, Chennai, ...
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Apparel manufacturer and exporter, Pearl Global Industries Limited (PGIL) is undertaking capacity expansion in South India at a total investment of around Rs 17-20 crore, funded through internal accruals and a TUFS loan. PGIL plans to ...
The Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC), under Department of Revenue, India’s Ministry of Finance, has issued a circular announcing extension of 24x7 Customs clearance facility at 13 more airports in respect of all export goods ...
Tags: specified import, export goods, Textile
Chennai based apparel retailer, Indian Terrain Fashions Ltd said it proposes to raise Rs 75 crore through issue of securities or qualified institutions placements (QIP’s). In a filing with BSE, the retailer which retails the Indian ...
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Fashion turned out to be the second top most category, next only to mobile and electronics, at the recently concluded three-day Great Online Shopping Festival (GOSF 2014), organised by Internet giant Google. About 30-40 per cent of the ...
Visteon Corporation has completed the sale of its interiors operations in India to Reydel Automotive Holdings B.V. The transaction is part of the previously announced divestiture of the majority of Visteon's interiors business to Reydel. ...
Contract logistics provider, DHL Supply Chain said Levi Strauss India (Pvt.) Ltd, moved into its new, multi-client site at Bengaluru, and is among the first customers to move in to the state-of-the-art DHL facility, which became operational ...
Tags: DHL Supply Chain, DHL's new multi-client site, Apparel
Apollo Tyres Ltd. posted net income of nearly 2.6 billion rupees on net sales of 33 billion rupees for its second quarter ended Sept. 30, 2014. That compares to income of 2.2 billion rupees on sales of 34.3 billion rupees for the same ...
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The DuPont Green Living Survey: India, conducted by TNS Global, found that a majority of Indian consumers are familiar with green products, have confidence that green products are better for the environment, and feel that biobased ...
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BASF inaugurated its expanded mobile emissions catalysts manufacturing operation in Shanghai, China, further strengthening the company’s regional presence and its position as a leading supplier to the automotive industry. The ...
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