Hanesbrands Inc. is expanding a fabric-manufacturing plant in Woolwine, Va., just north of the North Carolina border, adding 50 jobs and retaining 215 employees. The company said today it would spend $1.6 million in capital investments, primarily adding high-speed equipment at the plant that spokesman Matt Hall described as currently “underutilized.” Bruce Duncan, Hanesbrands’ vice president of innerwear operations, said in a statement the company is adding “greater flexibility” to the Woolwin

Members of Fiji’s garment industry will use the Australia International Sourcing Fair to promote products manufactured in our factories. Several manufacturers – members of Fiji’s Textile, Clothing and Footwear will attend the Expo at the Sydney Exhibition Centre in Darling Harbour next week. Fiji’s TCF sector has been upgraded in recent years and many of the factories have undergone re-engineering and re-tooling, bringing major buyers into Fiji in big numbers. The TCF Council in partnershi

All Pakistan Textile Mills Association (APTMA) Punjab has threatened to hold strike in case the government failed to restore energy supply to textile industry within a week. At a press conference in follow up of an emergent general body meeting of the APTMA members at the APTMA Punjab office on Saturday, Chairman APTMA Punjab Shahzad Ali Khan said energy supply, including electricity and gas, had remained suspended for six hour and 12 hours respectively on Friday, leaving production capacities

Pakistan Cotton Ginners Association (PCGA) has issued fortnightly figures of domestic cotton production. Accordingly, all countrywide ginning factories have so far received seed-cotton (phutti) equivalent to 8,519,075 cotton bales up to 15th November, 2012, that’s 550,257 bales (7pc) in excess to previous year corresponding arrivals. However according to PCGA report seed cotton arrivals in ginning factories of Punjab are 5,723,266 bales up to 15th November which are less to the tune of 363,3

Pakistan High Commissioner in India Salman Bashir has said there is gradual and significant improvement in the economic and trade relations between Pakistan and India although Pakistan’s view and stance on certain political issues are quite clear. This, he stated while inaugurating Pakistani Pavilion at 32nd Indian Internal Trade Fair (IITF) 2012 being held from 14th to 27 November, 2012 at Paragati Maidan, New Delhi. He added that Pakistan’s participation in India International Trade Fair 2

Russian business leaders will visit Bangladesh in December for the first time in a bid to explore the Bangladesh-made apparel sourcing potentiality, industry people said. They term the visit as a great opportunity for Bangladesh which will help increase the export volume in Russian market as it is yet to be explored fully. "A high powered and important delegation from Russia will visit Bangladesh by mid-December this year to know about Bangladesh apparel industry for the first time," first V

Spun yarn prices further declined this week on the international market, with demand in China faltering and cotton prices remaining sluggish. Polyester and viscose fibre prices too were see-sawing as downstream buyers were resisting any prices hike. Pure cotton yarn market generally trended steady in Asian markets and prices of some specs were adjusted, with actual price moving down. Spun polyester yarn market was largely stable in Asian markets but trading activity had slowed down in the second

Top 10 Categories in Rising Top 10 Categories in Falling 1 Household textiles 1.48% 1 Nylon Fabrics -1.65% 2 Cotton Fabric 1.24% 2 Apparel Linings -1.34% 3 Blended 0.65% 3 Lining -0.48% 4 Thread & Rope 0.40% 4 Polyester Fabric -0.39% 5 Other Chemical Fiber 0.32% 5 Fashion Fabric -0.32% 6 Belt 0.30% 6 Blended Fiber Grey Cloth -0.28% 7 Viscose 0.25% 7 Nylon/Cotton Fabri

Price Index Forecast Boosted by the textile exhibition, the transactions in the traditional trade zone and corporationized trade zone are predicted to increase, the trading early winter fabrics will increase, creative fabrics will still have the advantage in marketing, the prices will basically keep stable. Source: Keqiao Index