DuPont Protection Technologies has launched the latest version of DuPont SafeSPEC, its suite of online interactive product selector tools. “SafeSPEC for Nomex Flame Resistant (FR) Apparel-North America enables professionals to make ...
Tags: SafeSPEC platform, DuPont Protection Technologies, Textile
The new Foreign Trade Policy has come under fire from two major textile trade bodies. The Confederation of Indian Textile Industry or CITI says the new policy has not provided any additional benefits to the textiles sector, though measures ...
Indian online fashion retailer Saiesta.com has created a new collection of digitally printed, soft, smooth flowing, reversible scarves, inspired by multiple cultures across the world. Made using viscose georgette fabrics, the colourful ...
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The Tirupur Exporters’ Association (TEA) has appealed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to expedite a comprehensive economic partnership agreement with that country to arrest falling knitwear exports. Modi’s visit to Canada begins ...
Tags: General Preferential Tariff, Tirupur Exporters'Association, Apparel
The government of Ethiopia has ushered in a manufacturing boom that is set to make the country a major regional player across several lines of products. According to government sources, the textile sector is among the industries poised to ...
Tags: domestic market, Growth and Transformation Plan, Textile
Exporters from select labour intensive sectors will be able to access cheaper credit soon as the government prepares to reintroduce an interest subvention scheme in the next couple of months, according to media reports. “The ...
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UK based Worn Again, with a vision to eradicate textile and clothing waste from the global apparel and textile industry has joined forces with apparel retailer H&M and lifestyle Group, Kering. Worn Again which wants to make continual ...
Tags: Clothing Waste, new technology, Apparel
Recently, a delegation from the Indian textile industry met Santosh Kumar Gangwar, minister of state for textiles to apprise him of the current as well as post budget scenario of the textile industry. The delegation was made-up of OP ...
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Strengthened by previous positive vibes from the European Union, the Government of Sri Lanka has started the process to regain the generalised system of preferences plus (GSP Plus) status, according to an official statement. An ...
C&H Garments which has set up a Rwandan garment manufacturing unit recently signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Rwanda Development Board and Fairtrade Africa. In collaboration with Fairtrade, C&H plans to establish a ...
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The export of textiles and garments from Sri Lanka increased by 9.4 per cent to US$ 4.929 billion in 2014, compared to exports of $4.508 billion made in 2013, according to the data from the Economics Research Department of the Central Bank ...
Tags: Textiles Exports, Garment Exports
Continuing its slow and steady trend, readymade garment exports from Bangladesh grew 2.55 per cent year-on-year in the first eight months of the ongoing fiscal that commenced on 1 July, 2014, data from the Export Promotion Bureau showed. ...
Tags: Garment Exports, knitwear exports
CSA Group, a leading global provider of testing and certification services and a standards development organization in Canada, has launched a new testing and certification program for high-visibility safety apparel to the requirements of ...
An Indian footwear trade body has requested finance minister Arun Jaitley to reduce the high excise duties imposed on non-leather footwear in the latest Union Budget. The All India Footwear Manufacturers and Retailers Association (AIFMRA) ...
Tirupur Exporters’ Association (TEA) has requested Prime Minister Narendra Modi to expedite the process for finalising a free trade agreement (FTA) with the European Union. A requisition letter has been sent to the Prime ...
Tags: Tirupur Exporters, FTA with EU, garment