Heiner Eberli, head of sales Rieter China, officially handed over the Com4 jet certificate to Xia Risheng, head of sales and deputy general manager of Yangtse Rieter, the Swiss spinning specialist, has handed over its first Com4 jet license in China, with Zhangjiagang Yangtse Spinning becoming a licensee of Rieter Com4 jet yarns. Licensed customers have the option of profiting from the know-how of the Rieter specialists and attending the Rieter Com4 yarn trading seminar. Yangtse Spin

Sri Lanka's Marxist party Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) says the apparel industry has experienced a massive downfall under the current government. JVP Central Committee member and former parliamentarian, Samantha Vidyaratne says that 520 garment factories have been closed in the country within seven years. He said that out of the 834 garment factories that operated in the country in 2005, there are now only 314 factories. Vidyaratne says the economic crisis faced by the country due

A meeting of 22 leading apparel entrepreneurs’ associations in Tirupur knitwear cluster convened by Tirupur Exporters and Manufacturers Association (TEAMA) here on Monday has resolved to hold talks with the representatives of spinning mills’ associations to get the yarn prices stabilised. Deviation This was a slight deviation from the earlier stance in which a section of apparel manufacturers representing some of the associations were planning to stop the procurement of yarn from March 15

Almost half of all foreign investments approved by the Myanmar Investment Commission in the first four months of 2013 were in garment manufacturing, figures from the Directorate of Investment and Company Administration (DICA) show. The commission approved 33 proposed foreign investments totalling US$815 million from January 1 through to the end of April, said Daw San San Myint, a director at DICA, which processes commission decisions. Of the 33 investments, 15 were in the garment sector, w

More than a decade ago, global manufacturing companies staged a mass exodus to Asia in search of low-cost alternatives to increasing domestic wage demands and operational costs. They expanded the regional supply chain that had formed in countries such as Vietnam and Indonesia, while taking advantage of low wages offered by the world’s largest exporter in China. The strategy bolstered many a bottom line, but now things are changing. Garment workers make Adidas apparel at the Shen Zhou garme

The domestic leather and footwear industry should work to build up its raw material supply chains to ensure sustainable future development. That was the suggestion from the Ministry of Industry and Trade in a recent statement offering growth advice. The industry needed to invest more in raw materials as it was too reliant on imported parts, the ministry said, adding this meant the sector was vulnerable to price volatilities in the world market. The ministry also encouraged footwear prod

A cotton fibre production line of the Korean KyungBang Viet Nam's $140m textile plant in Bau Bang. — VNA/VNS Photo Quach Lam Land has been cleared for investment projects in Bau Bang, a new residential and industrial zone in the southern province of Binh Duong, according to Becamex Investment and Industrial Development Corporation (Becamex IDC), the zone's investor. "The zone was built in the northern part of the province with the main aim of reducing pressure at industrial zones in the s

If you've been following the news lately, you've probably been saddened to hear of the garment factory that collapsed and killed more than 1,100 people—many of whom were women making just $37 a month—in Bangladesh recently. You've also probably been wondering what can be done to prevent tragedies like this from happening again. Today, both H&M and Inditex, owner of Zara, announced that they will sign a legally binding safety agreement to ensure conditions in Bangladesh factories a

Texnology, a manufacturer of needle looms, web drafters, profiling systems, turnkey lines and a world leader in creating high speed cross lapper systems for the nonwovens industry, has developed a new needle loom technology – Ellittica. The new needle loom is a complete reinvention of needling and was presented for the first time in North America at the IDEA 2013 show in Miami Beach last month. According to the Italian firm, the Ellittica needle loom is a new internationally patented sys

According to latest report by US Department of Agriculture (USDA), India's cotton exports are expected to exceed the earlier estimate to touch 9.2 million tonnes in 2012-13 marketing year ending July, but they are likely to remain down by 34 percent from the previous year level, reports media.The country had exported 14.17 million bales of cotton in the 2011-12 marketing year (August-July). One bale contains 170 kg of cotton, it said.In its latest report, the USDA said that it has upped country'