Heimtextil (9 to 12 January 2013) is showing a significant increase in the number of fibre and yarn exhibitors. The range of products runs the gamut from traditional materials to high-tech fibres for highly specialised applications. More ...
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Bangladesh, counted among the Least Developed Countries (LDCs) of the world, has overtaken Pakistan in textile weaving capacity. During 2006-11, Bangladesh added 2.830 million spindles and 21,850 shuttleless looms in the textile ...
The Southern India Mills' Association (SIMA) recently held a meeting to update the textile mill owners of Tamil Nadu (TN) regarding the prospects of expanding in western Indian states of Gujarat and Maharashtra. SIMA Chairman S ...
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Aiming to help Pakistan introduce reforms in its key textile sector, South Korean Government has extended US$ 5 million help to the Textile University of Faisalabad to enable it to start new courses on latest trends in textiles. ...
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The US election result has evoked a mixed reaction from the South Asian textile and apparel exporters. While, most of the textile and garment exporters in the region have welcomed the victory of Mr. Barack Obama, Pakistani exporters ...
Tags: textile exporter, apparel exporter, textile, EAB, RMG, FNCCI
The readymade garments(RMG)industry,the main export revenue earner for Bangladesh has been excluded by the US Department of Labor from the list of the sectors suspected of producing goods with child labor. The 11th edition of the ...
Tags: RMG, child labor, leather, footwear
Exports of cotton yarn to China from both India and Pakistan have skyrocketed in the current year. In the process, China has now started importing cotton yarn in huge quantities instead of raw cotton that it used to import in the last 18 ...
Tags: yarn, yarn import, textile, spinner
The 21st edition of the international apparel and textile fair Baltic Textile + Leather, held at the largest Baltic state of Lithuania's capital Vilnius, was attended by around 200 participants from more than 21countries. The trade ...
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A consortium made up of textile mills in the state of Tamil Nadu in India will purchase around 2.5 million bales (1 bale = 170 kg) cotton amounting to Rs 30 billion or about US $557 million (1 USD = Rs 53.84) in the current cotton season ...
Helena Helmersson,Head of Sustainability of Hennes&Mauritz AB(H&M)has elaborated little bit on the issue of wages in the textile industry.As most other fashion brands,we don´t own the factories.Instead we buy garments from ...
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Taiwan External Trade Development Council (TAITRA) is organizing a trade exhibition to help Taiwan's textile sector, among others, to increase its exports to the European Union. Taiwan's textile exports to the EU have dropped in recent ...
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The new textile policy announced by the Government of Maharashtra earlier this year has so far attracted about Rs. 38.34 billion in investments, state Textile Minister Arif Nassem Khan has said. Speaking to reporters after reviewing ...
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During a visit to a Youngstown store that specializes in American-and Ohio-made products,U.S.Sen.Sherrod Brown(D-OH)discussed a new effort to boost domestic apparel and textile manufacturing. "Whenever possible,American tax dollars should ...
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In order to better address financing needs of the local handloom and textile sector, government of the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh is deliberating on establishing a special bank with a primary investment of two billion rupees. ...
Tags: handloom, textile, N Kiran Kumar Reddy, G Prasad Kumar
TheMagicTouch, global pioneers of the digital image transfer process for the past 20 years, announce the arrival of yet another significant milestone for the garment decoration and promotional gift industry. Introducing the exclusive new ...
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