Sri Lanka is taking great leaps to boost its one of the largest contributors to the economy – the apparel export industry. The USD 5 billion RMG manufacturing industry is planning to set up a fabric processing park in Eravur, Batticaloa in the east of the island, to lure investors from countries like China.Figure:This processing park will cut valuable lead time and reduce the input costs. Courtesy: MAS HoldingsThis processing park will cut valuable lead time and reduce the input costs.Sri Lanka’

Fast fashion may have improved consumer choice but it has come at a cost. Thebefore being thrown away continues to decline, falling 36 percent in the 15 years to 2017. In the US, the average garment is worn just 40 times before it is discarded.Synthetic fabrics such as nylon, polyester and acrylic, which make up around 60 percent of garment production, are all forms of plastic produced from petroleum.Figure 1: APR is situated in Pangkalan Kerinci where it is vertically integrated up to the plant

Since its independence, Bangladesh’s economy has been experiencing a largely concentrated export basket firstly by the Jute sector and then by Readymade Garment. It has always been a concern for the policy ecosystem to diversify the export base as a diversified economy performs better than concentrated one through overcoming export instability and negative impact of terms of trade.Figure 1: High value-added readymade garment and garment accessories will be the future export frontier.The export b

Teijin Frontier Co., Ltd., the Teijin Group's fibers and products converting company, announced today that it has launched a lightweight, tear-resistant and flat-surfaced fabric that also is soft, eco-friendly and abrasion-resistant, making it ideal for sportswear. Teijin Frontier will promote its new fabric as a key product for 2021 spring / summer sports and outdoor collections, targeting sales for a wide range of applications.Teijin Frontier envisions its new fabric finding diverse applic

Swedish textile machinery association TMAS is welcoming two new companies – both at the forefront of sustainable and Industry 4.0-enabled technologies – to its membership.A new benchmark for embroideryThe first is Coloreel, the developer of a thread colouring unit which enables the instant and high-quality colouring, fixation, washing and lubrication of thread to take place simultaneously to the actual embroidering of a fabric, representing a bold and entirely new approach to this traditional fi

According to global analytical firm GlobalData, though the on-going US-China trade war highlights the country’s need to diversify clothing and footwear sourcing, it is not an easy task given its dominance of apparel supply chains. China is by far the largest clothing and footwear supplier, accounting for 42 per cent of all apparel and 69 per cent of all shoes imported into the US last year. All other countries combined are ill-equipped to handle the sheer volume of capacity that would be require

The impact of supply chain management is increasing day by day as business is becoming more and more competitive. As profit margin is shrinking specially in the apparel manufacturing industries, managers are looking for more and more options to explore that add to their profitability. Supply chain collaboration or SCC can be such a tool that can optimize systems and minimize costs in business operations. This article describes what SCC is all about and analyses a case study from Vietnam.What is

HSBC and the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Sri Lanka recently launched a project for a cohesive low-carbon development transition strategy for the domestic apparel industry. The strategy will be developed in partnership with the Joint Apparel Association Forum of Sri Lanka (JAAFSL), National Cleaner Production Centre (NCPC) and the Board of Investment (BOI).Pic: ShutterstockAccording to Mark Prothero, chief executive officer of HSBC Sri Lanka and Maldives, with this proje

Garment units continue to open in Cambodia despite the looming threat the country faces of losing its Everything-but-arms (EBA) status from the European Union (EU), according to a recent report by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD). Seventeen readymade garment (RMG) factories were set up in the last two years, generating 11,502 jobs in the sector.Pic: ShutterstockThe investors are from Hong Kong, Japan, Singapore, China and Australia, and the factories produce handba

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