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It is reported that a new Chinese-made print head is in development, with digital textile printing applications in mind. A source told WTiN that the print head is being produced by Suzhou RealFast Print Technology, which was founded in 2013 and is located at Suzhou Industrial Park in Wuxi, China.
Already focused on inkjet print head technology and related products, Suzhou’s business has to date been directed at development for high-speed office printing, inkjet printing broadly, printing elec
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The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor has been leaving motivational impacts on different sectors in Pakistan through its plentiful economic benefits and opportunities, said a report released here on Thursday.
The report, "The economic benefits of the modern silk road: The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC)," is jointly prepared by the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) Pakistan and the Pakistan-China Institute (PCI).
The report, which is based on research work and su
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Kenya’s National Youth Service (NYS) has been allocated 100,000 acres of the Galana-Kulalu Complex to revive the ailing textile industry, President Uhuru Kenyatta said during the passing out parade of NYS recruits in Gilgil recently. He said the project is in line with his Big Four Agenda aimed at steering the economy to double digit growth.
Under the plan, 50,000 jobs are expected to be created in cotton farming, which has a target of generating 20 billion Kenyan shilling (Sh) in apparel ex
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Sri Lanka's apparel and textile export segment is likely to experience the highest rate of growth in overseas shipment in 2018 as Sri Lanka focus on achieving $20 billion in export earnings by 2020, Sri Lanka CEO survey have resoundingly voted for textile and apparel as the growth engine for exports in the year ahead, as per the a recent survey conducted by the Oxford Business Group (OBG).
Textile is considered the backbone of Sri Lanka's trade able sector comprising 47% of total exports in 2
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YTD staple fibre production (polyester, viscose, acrylic and polypropylene) rose 0.5% in 2017, according to accumulated figures provided by CEIC and China’s National Bureau of Statistics. 16.4 billion kg of staple fibres were produced in China, up from 16.31 billion kg quoted for the same period year before. The bulk of the increase was driven by viscose staple fibre production in China, which managed to offset the year-on-year drop in polyester and acrylic staple fibre production.
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Bao Loc was once the center of Vietnam’s and SE Asia’s sericulture. Two decades ago, visitors to the locality could see vast mulberry fields spreading out to the roads.
Kosho Matsunaga from Matsumura Company said natural conditions in Bao Loc are ideal for sericulture as farmers can have 10 crops a year. But many mulberry gardens have disappeared and there are now only several small mulberry areas among other fields of crops.
According to Nguyen Tien Dung, a well-known businessman in Bao L
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Almost 85 per cent of female workers in the readymade garment sector face verbal harassment in their workplace, according to a report launched Monday.
The watch report showed 84.7 per cent of female workers in the RMG factories faced verbal harassment including scolding and use of slang by their superiors, while 71.3 per cent of female workers experienced mental harassment at their workplace.
Workers complained that the authorities scolded them regularly and very often they had to hear sla
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Pakistani Foreign Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif said on Monday that the Belt and Road Initiative is an extraordinary venture, which will change the landscape of the world through its development agenda and win-win cooperation.
The minister made the remarks during a photo exhibition on the Chinese New Year in the ministry and said that the initiative signals the hope and spirit of South-South Cooperation.
Asif said the visionary concept of the initiative is a harbinger of shared dreams, co
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Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak has reiterated his welcoming attitude for investment from China on Tuesday, describing China's business community as "one of our partners in building the high-income, high skilled Malaysia of the future."
Najib made the remarks when attending a luncheon in celebration of the Chinese New Year, which was organized by Malaysia-China Business Council, of which he is a patron.
He told the hundreds of guests in attendance, including Chinese Ambassador Bai Tia
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A meeting of the National Assembly's Standing Committee on Commerce and Textile on Friday discussed various matters including export of 300,000mt sugar from surplus stock and establishment of TCP Rice Testing Laboratory.Trading Corporation of Pakistan (TCP) Chairman Mushtaq Ahmed Shaikh briefed the committee about the performance of TCP, measures for procurement of 300,000mt of sugar from surplus sugar stock and export thereof and establishment of state-of-the-art TCP Rice Testing Laboratory pro