The Fourth Safety Fun Run organized in Vietnam’s southernmost province of Binh Duong by Better Work Vietnam attracted participation of over 3,600 garment workers. The focus of the annual event this time was "Putting Fire Safety First". The event was meant to generate awareness regarding ways to avert fire incidences in the country’s garment factories by fortifying the ties between employers, employees, buyers and the community. The event also provided a platform to the particip

Statistics show that the leather and footwear sector earned US$520 million from exports this April and US$2,252 million in the first four months of this year, a nine percent increase from a year ago. The Ministry of Industry and Trade said that the growth in these months had been the slowest since last April. Vietnamese leather and footwear exports are still risky as a result of changes in the world market and Vietnam’s great reliance on material imports including tanned and artificial leat

Knitwear garment exporters have yet again voiced their anxiety over the ‘abnormal increase in the yarn prices’. Stating that the garment exporters were struggling to execute the existing orders and not in a position to take future orders as they were already operating on wafer thin margins, Tirupur Exporters Association President A Sakthivel said ‘the competition is severe in the international market and our sustenance is becoming difficult because of the steep increase in the input cost.’

Several Belgian textile companies and a brand from the chemical industry have shown interest to invest in Macedonia, said Agency for Foreign Investments director Visar Fida after Tuesday's business forum, MIA reports from Brussels. After the presentation in the premises of the Belgian Textile Federation, Fida told MIA the country's textile sector sought new business destinations in Europe, which would enable easier and faster access to established markets. "These meetings offer a good chance t

China's slumping naphtha imports go a long way to explaining why industrial output growth has been muted and why it may not accelerate much in coming months. Net imports of the refined oil product, which is the building block for plastics and synthetic fibers, plunged 38 percent in the first quarter of 2013 to 612,654 tons from the same period a year earlier. Final figures for April aren't available yet, but given that overall net refined product imports were only 1 percent higher than in Mar

Shingora Textiles on Monday announced its formal collaboration with eminent designer Rajesh Pratap Singh at an event organised in Hotel Park Plaza. With this collaboration, Singh will design Shingora's stoles and scarves for its newly launched luxury collection. This collaboration was announced by Shingora Textiles CEO Amit Jain. Shingora Textiles also announced the launch of its Disney Collection for children. The event was attended by over 100 retailers from all over the country. The evenin

Three large Dutch clothing manufacturers – CandA, G-Star and Cars – have signed up to an international agreement to improve safety in Bangladesh factories, RTL news reports. Zara and HandM are among the international brands that have also agreed to support the initiative. The aim is to improve the safety of people working in the textile sector following last month’s building collapse in which over 1,100 workers were killed. WE, Vingino, HEMA, Zeeman and VandD told RTL news they are consideri

Garment workers have increased their demands for higher wages in Bangladesh Many Bangladeshi textile factories near the capital, Dhaka, have shut because of unrest sparked by the collapse of a factory building last month, the country's textile association has said. Owners made the decision on safety grounds after many workers went on a rampage, the group's president said. Retailers in Europe meanwhile said they would sign an accord to improve safety conditions in factories in Bangladesh

For the first time, Pakistan has become the biggest importer of man-made fabric (MMF) from Surat, surpassing even the US and Saudi Arabia. The textile ministry's figures show that man-made fabric and yarn export to Pakistan increased by 30 per cent in 2012-13 and touched Rs 21 crore, as compared to Rs 16 crore in the previous year. The exports to US and Saudi Arabia, in fact, fell year-over-year. Industry sources said that Surti traders exported dress materials, saris and other fabrics worth R

The economy during the first quater in 2013 moves steadily. Textile industry imporved with faster production and export rate. After the close of 2012/13 seasonal temporary reserve purchase, the reserve cotton release continued, which was the main purchase together with import cotton for mills, while domestic cotton market was sluggish. 2013/14 season reserve purchase plan was announced with unchanged purchase price. Response from Cotton growers was limited, the national cotton acreage was projec