The National Australia Bank’s price and production forecast report expects wool and cotton prices to generally rise in Australian dollar terms. The NAB report provides production and price forecasts for 2015-16 for seven major ...
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Ireland-based paper and plastic bags firm AB Group Packaging is set to foray into the US with a manufacturing unit in Delaware. The new plant will make paper bags and industrial packaging products, and is expected to generate around 100 ...
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According to Karl Mayer, warp knitted fabrics are increasingly being used for producing stylish saree fabrics, since they are efficient to produce and can be manufactured in a range of different designs. In a press release, the German ...
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France headquartered Solvay Group said it is investing in fibre and smart polyamide textile yarn production technology to meet the growing market demand for innovative textile products. “An investment of around R$ 50 million is ...
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The Netherlands has promised joint efforts with Bangladesh to ensure Bangladeshi apparel exporters get a fair price for their products in the international market, the Bangladeshi media has reported. Netherlands foreign trade and ...
Tags: B'deshi Apparels, Apparel
China’s National Standards Committee has approved first mandatory national standard GB 31701-2015 or the Technical Safety Code for Infants and Children Textile Products, the Chinese media reported. The new standard is ...
Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Nigeria, including textile and clothing firms, face several challenges—access to finance, rickety infrastructure, patchy energy supplies and security concerns, says a recent Economist ...
Women are playing a part as important as their male peers in driving the growth of e-commerce in China, a report said on Thursday. As of last year, women were running more than half of the shops on Taobao and Tmall, the two largest online ...
Tags: Online Economy, e-commerce
Chinese New Year, the Mid-Fall Moon Festival and the Dragon Boat Day are three major festivals in China. The Dragon Boat Festival is celebrated on the 5th day of the 5th lunar month of the Chinese calendar. Chinese call this day as Duan-Wu ...
After GAP, Delhi is now ready for another clothing major to open its first shop in India. H&M, one of the world's largest fashion retailers, known for offering fashion and quality at the best price in a sustainable way, will open doors to ...
Textile exporters in India are a worried lot after failing to meet the export target for the last financial year, according to media reports. "These declining trends in exports are a matter of deep concern," Texprocil chairman R K Dalmia ...
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Euratex, the European textile trade body recently organised a roundtable which discussed and shared views on the challenges and opportunities for creating and running a manufacturing SME in Europe. The round table organised by Euratex ...
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Clothing made from tropical fabrics such as piña and banana are usually used only during weddings, baptisms, burials and other special occasions in the Philippines. But the Philippine textile research institute of the department of ...
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MTEX Technologies will display its ‘Micro Digital Textile Industry’ solutions at ‘Meet the Manufacturer’ conference and trade show which will be held from June 3-4, 2015 in London’s historic Tobacco Dock. ...
China is to reduce import taxes by more than 50 per cent on some consumer goods, including apparel, in a bid to encourage an increase in domestic spending, according to media reports. The Chinese finance ministry has said that it will ...
Tags: Import Duty, Consumer Goods