“The benefits of the Maharashtra Textile Policy will not benefit the cotton farming community in the state”, so said a leader of a Maharashtra farmers organisation. It may be recalled that the Maharashtra government had ...
Tags: cotton farm, cotton market, cotton industry, textile Policy
Amid the ongoing problem of frequent power cuts,Southern India Mills Association(SIMA)members are still indecisive about the shifting of textile spinning mills to other states,especially the western states of Gujarat and Maharashtra.Mr.K ...
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‘Textang II’ textile manufacturing unit situated in Angola, a country located in the southern part of Africa, will start functioning by December 2013. Angolan Minister of Industry, Bernarda Henriques da Silva, said the ...
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Following the Cabinet’s move to increase the nation-wide daily minimum wage to Bt 300 from January 1, 2013, the Thailand Government has stepped forward to help the small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), including textile and ...
The Madhya Pradesh Textile Mills Association (MPTMA) has urged the Government of Madhya Pradesh to provide additional concessions and facilities to the textile industry in ‘Industrial Promotion Policy 2010’. In a letter dated ...
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Following the shortage of textile workers in India's biggest textile hub of Surat,most of the textile units have decided to give 10-15 percent wage hike to the workers. Mr.Arun Jariwala,Chairman of Federation of Indian Art Silk Weaving ...
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The Sustainable Production Centre (SPC) of All Pakistan Textile Mills Association (APTMA) has organized an introductory awareness session on ISO 50001 with the support of GIZ REEE at a local hotel. More than 50 participants from 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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Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association's(BGMEA)University of Fashion&Technology(BUFT)and United Nations Industrial Development Organization(UNIDO)-Better Work in Textiles and Garments(BWTG)jointly organized a ...
Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou has said that entrepreneurs from his country have invested over E5.5 billion in Swaziland, which includes setting up of 22 Taiwanese firms comprising mainly of textile and garment factories. In his welcome ...
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There will be no impact on exports of cotton from India or Pakistan, despite the Chinese government deciding not to sell cotton from the huge reserves it has created in the previous cotton year as part of its state cotton reserves, was the ...
Tags: Pakistan Ginners Association, Mahesh Kumar, cotton coarse yarn
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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from the textile hub of Ludhiana in India's Punjab province have sought a level-playing field, especially in relation to their Bangladeshi counterparts. The Knitwear Club, which represents hosiery and knitwear manufacturers in ...
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The three-day 'fiber to fashion' event organized by the Southern Gujarat Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SGCCI) has begun in the Indian textile hub of Surat. Global hi-tech textile machine manufacturers, as well as textile and apparel ...
Tags: fiber to fashion, SGCCI, sarees, dress materials
Textile and knitwear manufacturing units in the South Indian city of Tirupur closed their units for a day on October 3 to protest frequent power cuts. The bandh was fully successful, according to Mr. Raja M Shanmugham, Managing ...
Tags: Tirupur textile, power cuts, textile units, knitwear, textile