The Ghana Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) has signed a Letter of Collaboration with the United States Agency for International Development’s (USAID) West African Trade Hub and African Partners Network, to establish a framework ...
The Southern Gujarat Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SGCCI) is organising SITEX, a textile machinery exhibition from April 10-13, 2015 at the Surat International Exhibition and Convention Centre (SIECC). There are more than 150 ...
Faculty and graduate students from the University of Delaware’s Department of Fashion and Apparel Studies have come forward to help establish a Southern African Sustainable Textile and Apparel Cluster to boost South Africa’s ...
Tags: Cotton Industry, Textile, Apparel
South Africa is looking for help from China to help it move up the value chain and quicken its industrialization, says Rob Davies, minister of trade and industry of South Africa. Xi met with South African President Jacob Zuma as one of ...
To differentiate high-quality products made in Japan, the apparel industry is planning to use a special ‘J Quality’ tag on products in which three processes — weaving, dyeing and sewing — have been carried out ...
According to an agreement that will be signed next month in Cairo, three African economic groups will be merged into a free trade area. It will take more than 20 members market together that for 58% of economic activity across the ...
Japanese retail packaging is as culturally unique to Japan as its language, traditional dress and customs, and it took four days at Tokyo Pack 2014 to begin to make sense of characteristic traits in pack construction and consumer ...
Tags: retail packaging, Packaging
US based, Huntsman Corp, a global producer of specialist chemicals said it is investing RM 275 million in upgrading its titanium dioxide (TiO2) manufacturing facilities in Terengganu, Malaysia. "This investment includes introducing new ...
Tags: titanium dioxide, energy-efficient technology, zero-waste, Textile
The CIF Bremen Cotton Index and prices of cotton for near dates have tended to decline in the reporting week. Yet, the fluctuating range and fall in quotations for available cotton, was weaker than that of the futures for December. ...
Tags: CIF Bremen Cotton Index, extra-long staple cotton, Textile
The garment industry in Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC), Vietnam, is in need of additional skilled workers in order to achieve the target to become a garment supply hub for the southern region and the nation’s fashion centre by 2020, ...
Tags: garment industry, Skilled Workers, Apparel
The Confederation of Indian Textile Industry (CITI) said that in the highly labour-intensive textile sector, rigid labour laws have been a major hindrance to investments and scaling up of production facilities. Prem Malik, Chairman, CITI ...
Tags: Textile Industry, textile sector
Nampak has opened its energy-efficient glass furnace in Gauteng, South Africa, with an investment of around $0.11bn (R1.2bn). The new furnace, which is the company's third, will increase the plant's capacity to 295 000 tons per annum and ...
Tags: Nampak, Third Glass Furnace, Printing
The clothing and textile industry in South Africa has stabilized to a high degree, after showing growth in recent years, according to Minister of Trade and Industry Rob Davies. The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) has undertaken ...
TOKYO — The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry is asking for 5 billion yen ($47.6 million) in the fiscal 2015 budget to create an environment more encouraging to entrepreneurs. Japan aims to double the annual business startup ...
Tags: Steps, Japan, Electrical
South Africa-based paper and plastic packaging manufacturer and paper recycler Mpact has unveiled plans to commence a polyethylene terephthalate (PET) recycling plant for about $33.03m (ZAR350m). The new plant is expected to process close ...