Global summit where the entire textile industry value chain meets organized by the International Textile Manufacturers Federation (ITMF), this year took place in Beijing from October 16-18. China joined ITMF in 2008, and continues to be an increasingly important textile market. The majority of attendees came from China as it is leading the way to the top of the global economy, and its arrival at the top can be only a matter of time. According to Wang Tiankai, president, China National Textile

BTK is not the only Russian company, which plans to establish large-scale production of technical textiles. Several days ago the National Investment and Finance Corporation (NIFC), one of Russia’s largest investment corporations also announced the establishment of the large cluster for the production of textile and technical textile products in the Russian Ryazan region. BTK Holding, owned by Russian billionaire Taymuraz Bolloev, one of Russia’s largest producers of technical textiles and app

A new study indicated that 43. 2 percent of Cambodian garment workers suffered from anemia and 15. 7 percent of workers are underweight, the International Labor Organization (ILO) said Monday. The study also found that garment workers spent approximately 1. 3 U.S. dollars per day on food, the ILO said in a news statement. Anxiety and uncertainty about food supply was also found to be surprisingly high in garment workers with only a third of workers in the study meeting the definition of "f

Thousands of staff of the Grand Twins garment factory in Phnom Penh’s Pur Senchey district protested Tuesday claiming they had been swindled out of stipends and demanding better overtime pay, according to representatives for the workers and police. Soy Sreymom, a worker representative who has been at Grand Twins for 11 years, said the factory had changed names in 2008, circumventing its obligation to raise stipends and pay bonuses. “We protest to demand that the factory provide senior sta

At least eight workers sustained minor injuries Tuesday morning after the floor of a clothing factory in Takeo province collapsed, once again raising concerns about a lack of oversight of building standards in the crucial garment sector. At the Chinese-owned Nishiku Enterprise factory—which labor monitors say produces clothes for Swedish clothing giant H&M—sewing machines and debris from the ceiling, which was pulled down by the collapsed floor, littered the bottom of a 50-meter-long and

The Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh, Pankaj Saran, inaugurated the ‘Denim and Jean Expo’ which began in Dhaka, Bangladesh by saying that the exhibition is a shining example of Bangladesh's emergence as a global garment manufacturer and exporter. Among others, the inaugural function was also attended by Atiqul Islam, President of Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) and top officials of denim fabric producers who are exhibiting at the trade show.24 denim fa

A competition was started in 2000, designed to push farmers to produce an even finer fibre. In its 14th year, the competition was won by Australian farm Pyrenees Park in Victoria. Farmers Pamela and Robert Sandlant produced an 11-micron bale. The Italian textile giant, Loro Piana, honours the breeders that produce the finest bale of wool, and then takes the fibre to produce just 40 bespoke men's suits. This equalled the effort by New Zealand farmers Yvonne and Barrie Payne, from Timaru, ho

Concerns over supply cotton trading surged at six week high of 23,600 bales after rains in Punjab on Tuesday. If rain continues, the price of cotton likely to go further up. The rains have slowed down picking of phutti (seed-cotton) in Punjab. It has also caused increase in price of cotton by Rs50 per maund (37.324 kilograms) to Rs5,450 per maund in the afternoon on Wednesday. According to Taqi Abbas, a broker at the Karachi Cotton Exchange, uncertainty convinced textile mill-owners to bu

The volume of textile exports made by the Central Asian country of Uzbekistan is rising every year and has crossed US$ 1 billion mark this year, Prime Minister Shavkat Mirziyayev said at the X International Uzbek Cotton and Textile Fair in Tashkent. Speaking at the fair, Mr. Mirziyayev said the Government is creating new cotton ginning facilities in continuation of its policy to reduce export of raw cotton. He said the Government is planning to increase domestic processing of cotton fibre and

The textile ministry is considering a proposal to restructure the textile upgrade fund (TUF) for making it broad based to include many more areas and enhancing the benefits under the new textile policy proposed. Some of the proposals include relaxation in the terms and conditions on the loan, increasing the assistance to upgrade plain looms into shuttle less looms, weaving preparatory, knitting machines, ginning and pressing machine to be earmarked to avail benefits, extending the subsidy to