The Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) recently approved three investment projects in the bags and garments sector with a total capital investment of $8.8 million. The projects are a bag factory of Quan Ming Handbag (Cambodia) Industrial Co Ltd, a bag and belt factory of Gd New Sky Leather Products Co Ltd, and a garment factory of Tao And Kiven Garment Co Ltd.Pic: ShutterstockCDC said the factories will generate 3,448 jobs. These will be located in Phnom Penh, and Kandal and Kampong S

Genesis:M&J is set to target more in depth high fashion denim market in Europe with renowned proposals towards a more authentic, comfortable and sustainable denim offer. The first output to underline the new approach is the high-end capsule collection realised in collaboration with PG Denim, that premiered at Denim Première Vison London (December 3-4) show.Pic: Genesis:M&JA collection where the great industrial experience and quality in garment manufacturing of Genesis meets, in a perfec

Ralph Lauren will use renewable electricity to power all of its globally owned and operated offices, distribution centres and stores by 2025, and join RE100, a group of influential businesses committed to the use of renewable power. The initiative on sustainability builds on the commitments outlined in the company’s Design the Change strategy.Pic: Ralph Lauren CorporationThe announcement advances the company’s work to integrate citizenship and sustainability across its global business.In additio

© Messe Frankfurt.The UK, Pakistan and Switzerland are the winners of the secondNew & Next university competitionat Heimtextil (7-10 January 2020). Three renowned universities from these countries won this year's design competition in the run-up to the 50th edition of Heimtextil out of a total of 18 international submissions.Following the successful launch of the competition at the last event, the 50th edition of Heimtextil also offered budding textile designers the chance to submit thei

Aditya Birla Fashion and Retail Ltd. (ABFRL) recently launched an open ‘Innovation Challenge’ with Circular Apparel Innovation Factory (CAIF) to spearhead a change in packaging and find innovative alternatives to plastics. The company endeavours to lead industry practices around sustainability, ABFRL managing director Ashish Dikshit said at the launch.Pic: Aditya Birla Fashion and Retail LtdInnovation Challenge aims to find solutions to plastics, one of the industry’s biggest challenges.Accordin

Cost-cutting pressures, competition from low-cost countries and constantly emerging incremental technologies have become industrial norms these days.How can industries such as textiles and manufacturing survive in these competitive climates? It is a luxury to utilize resources and talents belonging to others by creating win-win situations. This is ‘Resource Outsourcing,’ which is turning out to be a boon for industries ranging from semiconductors to bio-medicine to advanced textiles.Figure: ‘Res

Over 7.447 million bales of cotton have arrived in 2019-20 season at various ginneries in Pakistan, as on December 1, 2019, down 20.49 per cent over arrival of 9.336 million bales during the corresponding period of last season, according to the latest fortnightly report on cotton arrivals, released by Pakistan Cotton Ginners’ Association (PCGA).Pic: ShutterstockIn the major cotton producing province of Punjab, total cotton arrivals decreased by 24.06 per cent year-on-year to 4.141 million bales,

Manipur is considering a policy measure to replace fabrics used in stitching school uniforms with the state’s handloom products, chief minister Nongthombam Biren Singh said while inaugurating the first handloom and handicrafts mall in Imphal East district last week. The mall is being run by the Manipur Handloom and Handicrafts Development Corporation (MHHDC) Ltd.Pic: ShutterstockThe chief minister said half of the micro, small and medium enterprises (MSME) business in Manipur is owned by women,

A number of new brands, manufacturers and fabric mills have joined Ellen MacArthur Foundation’s Jeans Redesign initiative, pledging to meet guidelines setting out minimum requirements on garment durability, material health, recyclability and traceability.The latest brands to join the project, which was launched by Make Fashion Circular, an initiative from the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, are Ateliers and Repairs, Bam Bamboo Clothing, Blue of a kind, Fairblue Jeans, Frank and Oak, and Guess.New ma

Under the Scheme for Integrated Textile Parks (SITP) approved during the 10th Five Year Plan in 2005, the ministry of textiles sanctioned 59 textile parks, out of which only 22 have been completed while the rest are under various stages of construction, textiles minister Smriti Irani informed parliament lower house recently. Progress in SITP’s growth has been slow, she said.Shutterstock"The slow progress in the implementation of the textile parks under the SITP has been attributed primarily