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Domestic fabric shortage in Vietnam textile-garment firms
Vietnam’s underdeveloped fabric production is making it tough for textile and garment companies to reap adequate benefits from free trade agreements, including the European...
Cameroon: Government announces strategic merger between Sodecoton and Cicam to create an industrial cotton-textile pole by 2030
(Business in Cameroon) - In the framework of its 2020-2030 national development strategy, Cameroon announces that there will be a strategic merger between Société...
TEXTILE MACHINERY: ANOTHER DROP IN ORDERS FOR THIRD QUARTER 2020
The index of orders intake for textile machinery, as compiled by ACIMIT, the Association of Italian Textile Machinery Manufacturers, for the period ranging from...
Indonesia hopes to export more textile items to Turkey
The Indonesian government as well as textile producers and exporters in the country hope to export more to Turkey. To boost exports of textiles,...
GOTS appoints Regional Representative in South Asia and Head of Quality Assurance and Implementation
Ganesh Kasekar has been appointed as the new GOTS Representative in South Asia (India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka).
Ganesh, based in Mumbai, takes over...
SAYA Recycles Fabric Scrap & Overstock Into Performance Fiber
TAIPEI, Taiwan — October 20, 2020 — SAYA, a new name in recycled fiber, made its live debut last week at the Taipei Innovative...
Ethiopia: Park Spurs Textile Industry Expansion in Bahar Dar
Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed inaugurated yesterday Bahir Dar Industrial Park which could accelerate textile industries' expansion at the capital of Amhara State, Bahir Dar.
Speaking...
Kenya: How State House Phone Call Transformed Textile Firm Into a PPE Giant
As soon as Kenya reported its first case of the Covid-19 disease in March, one company saw an opportunity in the danger.
Bedi Investments, a...
Azerbaijan Clothing Production Increases by 32%
Production in Azerbaijan’s clothing sector increased significantly during January–August 2020, marking a 32 percent rise compared to the same period in 2019. According to...
Latest economic data are a wakeup call to build an ambitious industrial strategy
Brussels, 2 October 2020 – Latest data suggest a situation worse than 2009 as turnover fell by nearly 25% in the textiles industry, and...
