Courtesy: SIMAThe Southern India Mills’ Association (SIMA) has released an improved version of the Code/Guidelines for employment in textile industry, by including the employment of migrant and contract workers, in addition to the women workers. Companies adopting the SIMA code must consider the social impact of its operations in addition to working conditions. “The Code will be in Compliance with law, rules and regulations in force, to maintain a moral and ethical standards to be adopted by

Courtesy: University of RajsahiScientists at the Applied Chemistry and Engineering Department in Rajshahi University (RU) have developed an environment-friendly technology that can be used by Bangladesh’s textile industry. The technology will play a role in creating an environment-friendly apparel sector. The textile industry damages environment because its uses huge quantity of water. The team was led by Dr. Mohammad Taufiq Alam. In a study, Alam revealed that textile industry in the co

Courtesy:Ricardo Esquivel from PexelsThe average tariff on Indian textile products in the EU and the US is higher compared to competing countries like Bangladesh and Pakistan, minister of state for textiles Ajay Tamta said in a written reply in Rajya Sabha. The US and the EU are top textile export destinations for India with share of 17 per cent and 15 per cent respectively. Indian textile exports to the US attract average tariff of 6.2 per cent, compared to 3.9 per cent for Bangladesh, 5.5 p

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,