The AAPN Board of Directors approved a change to its name to better reflect the reality of both the industry itself and its network specifically. The change is subtle, one letter in fact. It is now the Americas Apparel Producers’ ...
Tags: Focus on Americas, AAPN
According to the report of South East Asia Iron and Steel Institute (SEAISI) that hot rolled plate demand in ASEAN countries - Indonesia, Thailand, Philippines, Vietnam, Malaysia, and Singapore - continued to grow significantly in the last ...
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The World Apparel Fibre Consumption Survey recently completed by the Economic and Social Development Department of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (EST/FAO) and the International Cotton Advisory Committee (ICAC) ...
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Textile and clothing exports from member countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) declined sharply in 2012, according to Textiles Intelligence. The main causes were declines in exports to the USA and the EU, ...
Clariant, a leading specialty chemical company, announced that it has signed a distribution agreement with Connell Brothers, the largest marketer and distributor of specialty chemicals and industrial ingredients in Asia Pacific, to market ...
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The Chinese cyber-spies behind the widely publicised espionage campaign against?The New York Times?have added Dropbox and WordPress to their bag of spear-phishing tricks. The gang, known in security circles as the DNSCalc gang, has been ...
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In the first half of the current year, China's total external trade value amounted to $1.99769 trillion, increasing by 8.6 percent year on year, according to the figures released by China's General Administration of Customs. In ...
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According to the data released by the Export and Import Division of South Korea's Ministry of Knowledge Economy (MOTIE), the country's trade balance indicated a $19.6 billion surplus in the first half of this year, posting a slight increase ...
Tags: Steel, Mineral, South Korea
The proposed Asean framework for Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) between the 10-nation Asean grouping and six other counties, viz., Australia, China, India, Japan, New Zealand and South Korea, will benefit Vietnam's ...
Tags: Garment, Textile, Apparel, Accessories
InterPlas Thailand, the only plastics & rubber manufacturing machinery and technologies in Thailand, will open its 22nd edition from June 20-23, 2013, at BITEC, Bangkok, Thailand, to showcase the latest technologies from 370 leading brands ...
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Japanese automaker Mazda Motor is investing about JPY3bn ($30m) to increase production in Malaysia by acquiring an assembly facility and building a new plant. As part of plan, Mazda Malaysia, a joint production and sales firm, will ...
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General Electric has signed a memorandum of understanding with Lighting Co Specialist, a franchisee of Krislite (Singapore), to explore the distribution of GE lighting solutions in Myanmar, its ninth market in Asean. GE's solutions ...
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The Government of India has increased the eligibility bar for the Market Development Assistance scheme (MDA) to promote the handicraft industry and SMEs in the textile industry to participate in Buyer-Seller Mission (BSM), trade fairs and ...
Tags: Textile
The 2013 DHL Export Barometer reveals the continuing hurdles of a strong Australian dollar and a plunging business outlook from the mining sector have impacted exporters’ profitability outlook but not their confidence. Exporter ...
Tags: Australian, Dollar, Service
Japanese automaker Mitsubishi Motors (MMC), together with Mitsubishi (MC), Yoma Strategic (YSH) and First Myanmar Investment (FMI) has opened the new after-sales service center in Yangon, Myanmar. Claimed to be the carmaker's ...
Tags: Mitsubishi, After-Sales Service