The idea is by experience from a company in Bangladesh when last year, altogether 11 persons, starting with the CEO, IT manager and down to the line supervisor, we started to search out the cut pieces data of a section for the day before.integrated data management systemIt took more than one hour to find out that man who had searched the data and written with a pencil in a booklet.Immediately that person was fired.At that moment, my feelings from the position of a simple observer, an innocent qu

PARIS – International luxury group Kering has published a new set of animal welfare standards, with detailed requirements for the treatment of cattle, calves, sheep and goats throughout their entire lives, along with guidelines for abattoirs.Kering says that these are the first-ever set of full standards covering animal welfare for luxury and fashion, and with them it hopes to drive positive change in industry practices, ensuring and verifying the humane treatment of animals across the its suppl

Beginning May 14, the biggest ever editions of the world’s leading international trade fairs for the sector, Techtextil and Texprocess, will spotlight the functions of textiles, especially technical textiles. The four-day trade shows in Germany will reveal where technical textiles are to be found in everyday settings and how textiles are processed.The leading international trade fairs for technical textiles and nonwovens and for the processing of textile and flexible materials will bring togethe

Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) governor Godwin Emefiele recently flagged off the distribution of cotton seeds and other inputs to 100,000 farmers in Katsina state for the 2019 farming season. This is part of the plan to revive the country’s cotton, textiles and garments sector and improve cotton production from 80,000 tonnes in 2018 to over 300,000 tonnes by 2020.CBN had identified insufficient cotton seeds as one of the major challenges being faced by cotton farmers, Nigerian media reports quote

An exciting and diverse panel of industry experts has been invited to share future trends, rare insights and strategic solutions at the ITMA Speakers Platform. This is the first time that experts from non-exhibiting commercial organisations have been invited to participate. The event will be conducted between June 21 and 25 2019. It will also feature panel discussions.The Speakers Platform is part of the ITMA Innovation Lab, a special feature launched to promote innovation excellence in the text

Elleti recently manufactured a selection of Berto Industria Tessile premium fabrics according to Braves&Company’ designs for B2, an exclusive capsule collection enhancing the traditional craftsmanship and beauty of Made in Italy in the era of mass production. Elleti offers a complete range of services to cover the whole garment production system.Pic: ElletiThe result of the prestigious collaboration was presented on May 3-4, 2019, in Hamburg. B2 includes four chino pants and four different j

Ethiopian garment industry workers are, on an average, the lowest paid in any major garment-producing company worldwide today, according to a report by the New York University Stern Centre for Business and Human Rights that says eager to attract foreign investment, the government promoted the lowest base wage—$26 a month—in any garment-producing country.In comparison, Chinese garment workers earn $340 a month, those in Kenya earn $207 and those in Bangladesh earn $95, say Paul M. Barrett and Dor

Bangladesh National Board of Revenue (NBR) has started a review of the existing bonded warehouse facility to expand it for the non-readymade garment (RMG) exporters, board chairman Mohammad Mosharraf Hussain Bhuiyan said recently at an orientation programme for members of the Economic Reporters Forum (ERF). Around 85 per cent of exports is dependent on the RMG sector.A bonded warehouse is a building or other secured area in which dutiable goods may be stored, manipulated or undergo manufacturing

The U.S. Department of Commerce has recently announced affirmative preliminary determinations in an investigation on Polyester Textured Yarn (PTY) import from China and India.The countervailing duty (CVD) investigations of imports of PTY (Under US Harmonized Tariff Schedule 5402333000 and 5402336000) from China and India found that exporters received subsidies ranging from 32.04 to 459.98 per cent and 7.09 to 20.45 per cent in respective countries under investigation. Therefore, Commerce Departm

The future of Bangladesh apparel sector will be defined by the technology as the industry is gradually moving toward the fourth industrial revolution and the global buyers are moving towards tech-driven products.automation BD apparelIn the global fashion industry, the trend is changing every day with the touch of the latest technology and innovation. The future of the industry lies in adoption technology, where Bangladesh is moving, sector people opined.In the last couple of years, Bangladeshi a