Flex Film has started commercial production for its new state-of-the-art Polyester Film plant at Elizabethtown in Kentucky, USA during January 2013. The 8.7 meter wide BOPET Film line is larger than any other film line presently operating in the USA and can turn out 36,000 MT of film per year. It is complemented by a plasma enhanced high-barrier metalliser that can convert 6,000 MT of film per year. This plant, located in the heart of the world’s largest and most advanced Packaging Film market

The Ministry of Economic Development of Sri Lanka will open the first garment factory established under the Northern Spring (Uthuru Wasanthaya) programme in the former rebel stronghold of Kilinochchi. The Ministry said all arrangements are in place to open the factory within the next few days. Once opened the factory is expected to provide employment to over 2,000 youth in the region. Colombo based MAS Holdings, a leading apparel producer, has set up the new factory in Kilinochchi as a part

The state handloom sector, which is facing a crisis arising from decreasing manpower and intense competition from the private sector, is considering providing enhanced incentives to attract weavers. It has also plans of introducing 1,858 new designs under the Weavers cum Designers Project. The initiatives will help the weavers get more visibility and also the leverage to compete. “Steps have been initiated to provide a minimum income of Rs 5,000 per month through additional incentives for marke

The 400,000-t/a differential fiber project of Zhejiang Hengteng Differential Fiber Co., Ltd. of Tongkun Group has successfully run into production and the entire process realized zero discharge. With a total investment of about CNY 1.8 billion, the project is one of the key projects in the 12th five-year plan of Tongkun Group and the group?s first differential fiber project outside its headquarters. It adopts state-of-the-art large-capacity, flexible production technology and latest spinning an

Asahi Kasei Spunbond (Thailand) grand opening ceremony The new spunbond plant in Thailand Asahi Kasei Fibers held a grand opening ceremony for its new spunbond plant in Thailand on February 12. The company established Asahi Kasei Spunbond (Thailand) to meet the growing market for spunbond nonwovens in Asia in the field of hygienic products such as disposable diapers. The new company is a joint venture between Asahi Kasei Fibers (90%) and Saha Group (10%). The facility was completed i

Having posted better third quarter results, Indian textile industry is bullish that its hay days are back. So much so that industry representatives and experts alike cite the next financial year as the “come back year” for the sector. Cheaper raw materials, coupled with a favourable foreign exchange scenario and full capacity utilisation, will propel the textile industry to an overall growth rate of 15-20 per cent against the current 8-10 per cent. “The flip turn began in the second quarter an

A file photo shows a woman carrying jute fibres. The country’s earning from export of jute and jute products in the first seven months of the financial year increased but exporters had to cut down prices to retain their markets. — New Age photo The country’s earning from export of jute and jute products in the first seven months of the financial year increased but exporters had to cut down prices to retain their markets. Jute and jute products exporters said that importing countries were o

Bangladesh's earnings from exports of readymade garments rose by almost 23 percent in January 2013, boosted by a shift in orders from China. In January 2013, Bangladesh exported apparels worth US$ 2.09 billion, as against exports of US$ 1.70 billion made during the corresponding month of last year, according to the Export Promotion Bureau. During the first seven months of the current Bangladeshi fiscal that began on July 1, 2012, the country's clothing exports totaled US$ 12.04 billion, re

Students in 21 primary and middle schools in east China's Shanghai were ordered to stop wearing their uniforms on Monday after a toxic dye was found in the products of a local garment firm. In a recent quality inspection campaign, aromatic amine dye, which can cause cancer, was detected in one batch of student uniforms produced in July 2012 by the Shanghai Ouxia garment company, said the Shanghai Municipal Bureau of Quality and Technical Supervision. Six batches of the company's clothes pr

Work is on in full swing for the much-awaited Malwa Apparel Park coming up on Betma road, around 20 km from here. Board of Industrial Development Corporation (AKVN) Indore, has already given its approval for the readymade garment cluster being developed by Indore Readymade Garment Traders' Association. The cluster land, being offered by the government at Rs100 to Rs150 per sq ft, is in much demand from traders and manufacturers. Roads leading to areas like Sarafa and Rajwada, where most of the