Apparel Training & Design Centre (ATDC), India’s largest vocational apparel training network in partnership with Sri Lanka Institute of Textile and Apparel (SLITA) inaugurated its first international training workshop on ‘Lean ...
Tags: specialized skills, apparel sector, Apparel
One of Australia’s most iconic food brands Dairy Bell Ice Cream has decided voluntarily to shut down after 44 years of manufacturing ice cream in Australia, and has told Australian Food News that its assets are available for sale. ...
Tags: Ice Cream, Agriculture
FANUC UK, the UK unit of the Japanese automation company FANUC, has collaborated with automation specialists Festo and Pacepacker to come up with advanced robot palletiser systems that can assist food manufacturers with their packaging. ...
Tags: sacks, crates, boxes, trays, Agriculture
Juanita Duggan, CEO at the American Apparel & Footwear Association (AAFA) has welcomed appointment of a federal mediator to the contentious contract negotiations between West Coast union dockworkers and their employers. “The labour ...
The National Retail Federation has expressed its strong support to the Save American Workers Act, and has urged for passage of the Act that would restore the traditional 40-hour workweek standard for health benefits under the Affordable ...
SMS Audio, the premium headphone line owned by Curtis ’50 Cent’ Jackson, has defended Apple’s recent acquisition of Beats, claiming the move ‘validated’ an entire industry. Despite Monster having yesterday ...
Tags: Apple, Headphone, Consumer Electronics
Serge Piolat, co-owner of French producer of technical spun yarns - Schappe, has taken oath as the new president of EURATEX for a two year term and succeeds Alberto Paccanelli. Serge Piolat has extensive international experience in the ...
Tags: clothing manufacturing, Apparel
The biggest institute for apparel training, the Apparel Training and Design Centre (ATDC), which has more than 170 centers across India and trains more than 50,000 students annually, has become affiliated to the Apparel, Made-Ups & Home ...
Tags: labour market information system, apparel value chain, Apparel
The Nigerian government has approved a policy which aims to revive the country’s ailing textile and garment industry. The policy is a part of the National Industry Revolution Plan (NIRP) which covers the whole textile value chain, ...
Tags: funding and energy, smuggling, Textile
Garment factory owners’ cost in Cambodia is expected to rise by nearly 20 per cent, as a new wage structure came into effect from 1 January. The new structure raises the minimum wage to US$ 128 per month from the earlier $100 per ...
Tags: transportation, seniority, Apparel
The state of the trade continues to be reported as positive, but less so than in the previous two quarters. Confidence has been resolutely positive since the start of 2013, and respondents had previously improved their reports further ...
Tags: actual balance, Office Supplies
The European Parliament has completed the last stage in the process to grant the Philippines Generalised System of Preferences Plus (GSP+) that will provide duty free entry to the EU for some of the most important Philippine exports, ...
A latest report from Better Work Vietnam reveals that fire safety initiatives in garment factories in the Southern region of Vietnam are yet to meet national and global standards, despite certain progress. Major garment factories in the ...
The ‘Make in India’ programme launched by the Government has received very positive response, Minister of State (Independent Charge) of Commerce and Industry Nirmala Sitharaman said in a written reply in Rajya Sabha, the upper ...
Tags: investment destination, Textile
The recently held annual meeting of the International Cotton Advisory Committee (ICAC), welcomed contributions from African Regional Economic Communities (RECs) about their work with the International Trade Centre (ITC) on a regional ...