MAS Holdings was lauded at the recently concluded National Green Awards for four manufacturing facilities that promoted a ‘cleaner and greener Sri Lanka’. Organized by the Central Environmental Authority of Sri Lanka for the second year running. MAS Holdings made its mark in both Apparel and Textile Processing categories; the company’s purpose built environmentally friendly facility MAS Intimates Thurulie, and Noyon Lanka, the joint venture with the famed Noyon Dentelles of France bagging bot

Adidas announced a long-term partnership with basketball superstar John Wall of the Washington Wizards. "I’ve enjoyed my time with Reebok and I’m grateful for everything we accomplished the last few years," saidWall. "Now, I’m excited to return to the court soon and begin my new partnership with adidas. They’ve changed the game with new technology and style and I can’t wait to be a part of it." The No. 1 overall pick in the 2010 NBA Draft, Wall has careered averages of 16.3 points, 8.2 ass

Textiles and clothing manufacturers have asked the Government to bring down taxes on a range of products including machinery, branded garments and imported fibre to help them stay competitive in the domestic and export markets. Imports of special machinery for manufacturing synthetic garments and process fibres should be allowed at zero duty to promote manufacture of synthetic garments that have a major market globally, the Apparel Export Promotion Council said in its wish-list for Budget 201

The government plans to reopen three jute mills this month, a move expected to create 4,000 direct jobs. Photo: Star/FILESuman Saha The government is set to reopen three closed jute mills this month in a bid to revitalise the country's jute industry. The three mills -- Daulatpur Jute Mills in Khulna, Karnaphuli Jute Mills and Forat-Karnaphuli Carpet Factory in Chittagong -- will be operated under the state-run Bangladesh Jute Mills Corporation (BJMC). Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina i

China Textile City Fabric Market (2013-01-14)Unit: yuan/m Collector: Jiang Jianren Item WidthCM Specification/Weight（meter） Wholesale Price：yuan/meter T/C80/20 think dacron drill 148 20S×16S 128×60 10．50 Wool/viscose cloth 150 520 27．50 Cotton fine twill 148 32S×32S 130×70 11．20 T/R single-thread yarn dyed seven-color checked woolen cloth 150 500 16．00 Multi-chemical

Although global buying power for garments has dropped from US$704 billion in 2011 to $697 billion in 2012 and demand from most major markets such as the US, EU and Korea fallen to an all time low, Vietnam’s garment industry still managed an export growth of 12 percent with revenues at $15.8 billion. Last year, garment and textile exports touched $17.2 billion, up 8.5 percent compared to 2011. Of which, the country only imported materials for $8.8 billion and used nearly 50 percent from domest

Ministry of Textile Industry has so for trained about 400 cotton growers and field workers across the cotton growing areas of Punjab and Sindh provinces for clean cotton picking and maintaining cotton fiber quality parameters. The MinTex has so far organized seven training workshops on clean cotton picking to aware the farmers and field workers to minimize the adulteration in the product to enhance and improve the quality of the crop and get its maximum prices, said Cotton Development Commiss

Govt to distribute 40000 modern looms to weavers: Slathia The Minister for Industries and Commerce, S S Slathia Wednesday asked the J&K Khadi and Village Industries Board to setup a wool bank in the state for providing quality wool and pashmina at reasonable rates to the Khadi Institutions, Spinners, Weavers and other related artisans. Speaking at the 100th meeting of the Board of Directors of J&K Khadi and Village Industries Board, Slathia who is also Chairman of the organ

Rising menswear design star Allex Kangala will present his latest collection at Couture Fashion Week in New York City at 4:00 p.m. on Sunday February 17, 2013. The runway fashion show will be held at the New Yorker Hotel, 481 Eighth Avenue, in the heart of the Big Apple's Fashion District. Allex Kangala began his design career in 2003 working with the innovative menswear brand Shunnoz & Tekasala in his native Angola. In 2005 he launched his own Dianthus D'kangala label, a brand focused o