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  • 150 kW RF dryer; Courtesy: A.T.E.A.T.E., an India-based engineering group offering solutions in manufacturing, industrial sales, distribution, and services, will now sell RF dryers of Italy-based Stalam across India. So far, A.T.E. has been representing Stalam across much of India, except the northern region. A.T.E. has now started handling this business for the north India territory too. Stalam has entrusted A.T.E. with the responsibility of handling sales and service in the northern region
  • India’s textiles sector will require 17 million additional workforce by 2022, the textile ministry said recently. The country employs over 45 million people in the sector now. In the last four years, 8.58 lakh persons have been trained in partnership with 58 government and industry partners to meet the sector's need for a skilled workforce. The ministry’s strategy involves boosting exports through diversification of markets, positioning India in value chain and promoting collaborative exports
  • A delegation from the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) in Tamil Nadu state’ Tiruppur visited Ho Chi Minh City last month to explore investment opportunities and meet representatives of enterprises there. The Indian delegation visited garment and textile units in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho and the southern province of Dong Nai. India and Vietnam have defined garment and textiles as a priority sector in bilateral ties, according to a report by a news agency. India is one of the
  • Identifying cotton as a key driver for the manufacturing sector, Kenya has earmarked the cash crop in its ‘Big Four’ action plan as a multipurpose crop with the potential to turn around the collapsed textile industry, with lint and seed being the principal products. Yields, however, remain low, with the annual production recorded at 25,000 bales last year. Scientists say the main challenge is pest infestation which has reduced the average harvest of cotton lint and seed to 211 and 373 kilogr
  • The Accord on Fire and Building Safety in Bangladesh, the platform of European fashion retailers and buyers, recently handed over the safety activities of 80 more readymade garment (RMG) factories to the country’s department of inspection for factories and establishments (DIFE), taking the total number of such factories transferred from Accord to 100. Accord started the handing over process on October 24 with the transfer of 20 factories to DIFE’s remediation coordination cell. Accord ex
  • Courtesy: rawpixel.com from PexelsThe Union of Myanmar Federation of Chamber of Commerce and Industry (UMFCCI), the Confederation of Trade Union of Myanmar (CTUM) and the Myanmar Industries, Craft and Services Trade Unions Federation (MICS) recently appealed against the withdrawal of the European Union’s (EU) generalised scheme of preferences (GSP). The EU had reinstated GSP for Myanmar in 2013. The trade unions said they will continue to support ongoing reforms and programmes to respect hum
  • Courtesy: Bryan Schneider from PexelsOver a lifetime Brits will amass £32,951 worth of unworn clothing in their wardrobes - equivalent to the average cost of a wedding or university fees for undergraduate degree. This has been found by True Fit, a global data platform for fashion industry that decodes personal style, fit, and size for consumers to help them find right clothes and shoes. Research involved over 2,000 consumers. According to the report, the average British woman will stash £22,
  • Courtesy: Sunrise Imports & Exports Co.Sunrise Imports & Exports Company is going to display its latest machinery for the textile weaving sector at the upcoming Surat International Textile Expo (SITEX) to be held from January 4-6, 2019. Sunrise deals in products from one of the top quality textile machinery manufacturers in China. The company also provides complimentary after-sales service. “At our booth IS 361, we are going to showcase our latest models of water jet looms, high-speed
  • The Bihar state Khadi and Village Industries Board (KVIB) recently signed an agreement in Patna with Raymond Ltd to sell the state’s khadi fabrics under the brand name ‘Bihar Khadi’ through its retail outlets across India. Raymond will directly procure khadi fabrics from weaver organizations in Bihar above the base cost and sell them through its outlets. A memorandum of understanding (MoU) to this effect was signed between BN Prasad, the CEO of KVIB and Pramod Pradhan, category head of the p
  • The Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT) has urged the government to create an Independent Regulatory Authority for E Commerce to regulate and monitor the e-commerce trade. The said Authority should be duly empowered to take action against any entity which defy the policy and ensure that the policy is strictly implemented in its true letter and spirit. “FDI norms as spelled out in the policy (recently by the government) should also be made applicable on domestic e-commerce players as wel
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