The garment and textile industry of Vietnam is aiming to reach a localization rate of 60 percent by 2015, and thereby reduce dependence on imported inputs, Le Trung Hai, vice president of the Vietnam National Textile and Garment Group ...
Tags: Garment Sector, textile industry
China's producer price index (PPI) decreased by 2.3 percent year on year and was down 0.3 percent month on month, according to data released by China's National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on April 11. Meanwhile, in March Chinese industrial ...
The followings items must be given attention for inspection purpose . Suspicious source of ingredients such as raw materials, processed materials or additives must be proven by a Halal certificate from a recognized Islamic Body. ...
The company must handle, supervise and process Halal product only. The contents of raw material, processed product or additives must be Halal. The items must be similar as per the list mentioned in the application form. The ...
Tags: HALAL Standard, HALAL, HALAL Certification, certification
When it comes to Halal food, most people think of meat products only. However, Muslims must ensure that all foods, particularly processed foods, pharmaceuticals and non food items like cosmetics are also Halal. Often these products contain ...
Tags: Halal Certification, certification, Certification Rules, Halal
While the Chinese government has committed to eliminating 80 million mt/year of steel capacity nationwide by 2017, the reduction will be gradual which will see demand for raw material ferrosilicon remain steady in 2014 as compared with ...
Tags: Steel Output, Ferrosilicon
Turkish mills continued to buy scrap at higher levels Monday despite the increased raw material cost, meaning margins for finished steel ebbed away. The US re-entered the market with a deal from a New Orleans source at $388/mt for 25,000 ...
Tags: Steel Scrap, Turkish mills
Sweden-based special steel producer Ovako has announced that in 2013 it registered a net loss of €21 million, widening from a net loss of €4 million in 2012, while the company's sales revenues amounted to €850 million, ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Steel
In Italy, a new tool developed by Rome’s La Sapienza University with support from Nestlé, enables food producers, growers, processors and marketeers to better understand how people feel about a particular product, culinary raw ...
Tags: Food Industry, Nestle, New Tool
Meredian, a privately held biopolymer manufacturer, received a Food Substance Contact Notification approval from the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA). This approval certifies that certain biopolymers expertly crafted by ...
The Business and Institutional Furniture Manufacturers Association (BIFMA) and the Health Product Declaration (HPD) Collaborative have formed a partnership to develop a standardized chemical identification, assessment and disclosure ...
Tags: certification, Furniture
The purchasing managers' index (PMI) for China's manufacturing sector was at 50.3 percent in March of the current year, up 0.1 percentage point compared to February, which is the first time the index has increased since November last year, ...
Tags: raw material, manufacturing sector
In March this year, the purchasing managers index (PMI) for the Chinese steel sector stood at 44.2 percent, up by 4.3 percentage points as compared to February, indicating the first rise after three consecutive month-on-month declines, as ...
Tags: Steel Sector, raw material
According to Statistics Canada, the Industrial Product Price Index (IPPI) rose 1.0 percent in February, mainly because of higher prices for energy and petroleum products. The Raw Materials Price Index (RMPI) increased 5.7 percent, led by ...
Tags: Raw Material, Industrial Product
The exports of garments and textiles from the Southeast Asian nation of Vietnam to Middle East and Africa have risen to US$ 117.4 million in 2013, about three times higher than the value in 2009, chinhphu.vn reported. According to the ...
Tags: Garment Exports, textiles, apparel products