The American Apparel and Footwear Association (AAFA) brought more than two dozen apparel, footwear, and retail executives to Capitol Hill this week to lobby for key international trade policies and programs. The visits came as part of ...
Activewear Inc. announced it has released an updated version of its corporate social responsibility (CSR) website, GenuineGildan.com, presenting the Company's CSR programs and achievements for the 2013 fiscal year. "At Gildan, we care ...
Tags: Apparel, Activewear
Chicago Board of Trade May soybean oil futures were down 46 points to 41.42 cents/lb Thursday as weekly data from the US Department of Agriculture showed a significant decline in net export sales. For the reporting week ended April 24, ...
Tags: Soybean Oil, Soybean Oil Futures, net export
Gildan Activewear reported second-quarter revenues rose 4.9 percent to $548.8 million. Adjusted net earnings were $79.2 million, or 64 cents a share, up 8.9 percent The company had projected net sales for the quarter in excess of U.S. ...
Tags: Sports Apparel, Apparel, Sporting Goods, Recreation
Chicago Board of Trade May soybean oil futures Thursday were down 11 points to 42.39 cents/lb despite weekly data from the US Department of Agriculture showing a slight rise in net export sales. For the reporting week ended April 17, ...
Tags: Soybean, Oil Futures
Chicago Board of Trade May soybean oil futures were down 47 points to 41.63 cents/lb Thursday after the US Department of Agriculture's weekly report showed a decline in weekly net export sales. For the reporting week ended March 13, ...
Tags: Soybean Oil, physical exports, Soybean
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has published nine warning letters it issued to food manufacturers and processors at the end of January and the start of February. Orth Farms of Eaton, NY, B & E Dairy of Barstow, CA, and Hillegass ...
Tags: FDA, Warning Letters, Food Manufacturers
The Nicaraguan government has granted a concession to a mysterious Chinese company owned by Jing Wang, a little-known Hong-Kong based businessman, to build an inter-oceanic canal. This would provide an alternative to the Panama Canal that, ...
Tags: Consumer Electronics, Construction
Jockey International, Inc., announces a licensing partnership with global apparel supplier, Intradeco. Jockey - a leading manufacturer and marketer of apparel products –is partnering with Intradeco for their expertise in sleepwear and ...
Tags: Jockey, Intradeco, vertical manufacturer, El Salvador and Nicaragua
Ford India has reported the sale of 11,209 units in December 2013, up by 3%, compared to the sales of the same period in 2012. The total sales include domestic wholesales and exports. Exports of the company were at 5338 units in December, ...
Tags: Ford India, Auto Parts
The textile industry in Guatemala is estimating its exports to rise between 4 and 5 percent in 2014, as the supply to Haiti and Nicaragua is increasing, according to Association of Apparel and Textile Industry (Vestex), siglo21.com ...
Tags: Textile Exports, textile industry
The trade barriers between the European Union and Guatemala, have been lifted with effect from December 1, 2013, which effectively means that the whole region of Central America can now benefit from the EU–Central America Association ...
Tags: trade barriers, Textile
Martex Fiber Southern Corp. has acquired the Charlotte-based Waste Services Division of Bollag International. Bollag collects and markets textiles wastes including natural and synthetic waste, cuttings, rags and fabric remnants. The ...
Tags: Martex Fiber, bollag, global, waste, service, business
One of the success stories of beer brewing in Latin America, Compaa Cervecera de Nicaragua (CCN), is embarking on an environmental initiative that will see it harvest green energy from waste water to replace fossil fuels while achieving ...
Tags: CCN, environmental, commercial, green energy, wastewater
Honduras-based Grupo Karim's — a vertical manufacturer of private-label products with yarn spinning, chemicals and apparel manufacturing operations in Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean — has acquired Cone Denim Mills ...
Tags: Textile, cotton, synthetic sportswear, jeans, twill bottoms