Leading Indonesian garment company Pan Brothers Tbk and South African MSME Faithfulness have signed a deal to set up a joint venture company. The new company, Pan Africa, will import personal protective equipment (PPE) half-processed garments from Indonesia and then finalise the processing at a Johannesburg factory.Pic: ShutterstockThe Indonesian Ambassador to South Africa, Salman Al Farisi, said in a statement after inaugurating the project on April 8: "Establishing a factory by involving

KARACHI - Pakistani textile manufacturer AGI Denim has been awarded gold level certification from the Cradle to Cradle Products Innovation Institute for it's HempX fabric.The award recognises environmental and social performance across five sustainability categories - material health, material reuse, renewable energy and carbon management, water stewardship, and social fairness.HempX, a blend of organic cotton, sustainable hemp and elastane made from recycled components, is one of the first

TOKYO – Teijin claims to have developed the world’s first ultra-fine recycled polyester filaments, which are just 700 nanometres in diameter.Using proprietary spinning technology, the ultra-fine polyester ‘Nanofront’ filaments are capable of producing, uniform, dense, but extremely lightweight knitted or woven textiles that are said to be much more soft and supple than traditional lightweight polyesters.The Japanese textile specialist has offered ‘Nanofront’ fibres for a number of years, but thi

Bangladesh apparel export to the USA surged in terms of volume in February 2021, according to the official data of the USA. The country exported $194.08 million SME of garments in February 2021, which was $89.73 SME of garments in the same period of last year.The USA saw an 8.70 percent fall in apparel import value in February ’21 on a Y-o-Y basis. The country imported US$ 5.39 billion worth of garments in February this year as against the US $ 5.91 billion in the same month of 2020.Figure 1: Ba

Top 10 of rising Top 10 of falling1、chemical fiber grey cloth1.85%1、thread ropes-3.16%2、linings1.59%2、garment linings-0.67%3、lace0.53%3、cotton and linen-0.51%4、polyester wool fabric0.39%4、viscose fabric-0.47%5、nylon fabric0.30%5、 polyester cotton fabric-0.46%6、100% cotton fabric0.25%6、blended fiber grey cloth-0.39%7、viscose wool fabric0.23%7、blended fabric-0.27%8、polyester fabric0.23%8、viscose-0.25%9、beddings0.21%9、linen viscose fabric-0.22%10、belts0.13%10、daily home textile-0.22%

The price of polyester rises slightly compared with last week.PTA stocks in East China are mainly 4440—4525 yuan/ton, 65—210yuan/ton higher than last week. MEG is mainly 5275—5322.5 yuan/ ton, 57.5—195 yuan/ ton higher than last week; Market quote of polyester chip rises compared with last week. Cash or acceptance of March of semi-gloss slice in Jiangsu and Zhejiang is about 6075 yuan/ton, about 75 yuan/ton higher than last week. The price of PFY in Xiaoshan and Shaoxing rises in some places and

DHAKA - The Bangladeshi government has agreed to a plea from garment manufacturers to allow their factories to remain open during an upcoming lockdown to arrest a spike in COVID-19 cases.The government has decided to allow factories to run during the lockdown, which will be enforced from 14 April, to avoid closing down the industry which is key to the national economy.The Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA), Bangladesh Knitwear Manufacturers and Exporters Associati

NEWCASTLE - The Circle NGO is calling on the European Union (EU) to introduce legislation which would encourage brands and retailers to ensure garment workers in their supply chains are paid a living wage.Photo: International Labour OrganizationThe Circle, which was founded by the singer Annie Lennox, says millions of garment workers - most of them women - are among the world's worst paid workers.It argues that the statutory minimum wage in most major garment producing countries is less than

Asia Pacific Rayon (APR) plans to increase its production capacity to 600,000 tons to meet the strong growth potential of viscose staple fiber (VSF) and strengthen its market position in Indonesia and export markets across the region.The additional capacity will be achieved through improved optimization and efficiencies, and by adding 300,000-tonne viscose production facility in Pangkalan Kerinci – Riau, Indonesia where APR is co-located with sister company and fiber supplier APRIL Group.Figure:

The recent high yarn price has left various leading exporters, trade bodies and other stakeholders in a vulnerable situation in South India. All the stakeholders are in discussions/virtual meetings to mitigate the situation.Fortunately, these efforts are yielding some positive results.Figure: In South India, stakeholders are on their toes to overcome the challenge of high yarn price and lot of virtual meetings/discussions are taking place in this regard.At a virtual meet organized by AEPC with G