The Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu – Ms Jayalalitha has formulated a proposal under which small and medium sized fabric dyeing units from all over the state, affected by the pollution control order of the courts, would be shifted to a new clusters to be set up in Erode, Salem, Karur and Namakkal districts. Ms Jayalalitha announced an Rs 700 crore scheme for rehabilitation of small and medium dyeing units and textile industries while keeping pollution at a bay, The Hindu reported.“Big fabric dye

About a thousand workers of a garment factory in Beron of Ashulia observed work abstention yesterday demanding the factory authorities pay their salary of July and stop sacking workers, reports our Savar correspondent. Meanwhile, workers of garment factory Multifab Limited in Gazipur vandalised the factory and also observed work abstention demanding the authorities search for a worker who has been missing since Saturday. In Ashulia, workers of Yagi Bangladesh Garment Ltd claimed they used

The domestic leather and footwear industry is seeing positive signs in the market. Several leading footwear manufacturers such as Nike, Adidas and Puma have given their orders to Vietnamese firms, instead of the manufacturers in China and Bangladesh. Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Do Thang Hai was quoted as saying by the online newspaper VnMedia.vn that most of the large local businesses in the sector have received orders from foreign countries for the first quarter of next year.

Information technology is one of the most vibrant industries in India, generating not just huge revenues and profits for the producers, but also jobs, especially in smaller cities and towns. India’s textile sector, which is the second-largest employer after agriculture, is poised to grow at an even faster pace if the government accepts the recommendations made by an expert panel. The Narendra Modi government has laid emphasis on the manufacturing sector and wants to encourage industry by pro

A Chinese company will cooperate with local firm Lat War to create a garment factory in Bago region – a US$20-million project expected to employ thousands of people. Sumec Textile & Light Co Ltd, the Chinese firm, and Lat War will rent a former paper factory from the Ministry of Industry in Yedashe Township, Bago, Dr Khin Maung Aye, the managing director of Lat War garment company, said. “We rent the Yaene paper factory for this garment factory. Total investment is around US$20 million

Demand for fast fashion is showing no signs of a slowdown and economies like India have been steadily growing its textile industry. India is hoping to take 20 percent of the world textile market, valued at 300 billion dollars over the next 10 years. In order to facilitate its growth India could also see changes to labour laws, with textiles minister Santosh Gangwar telling the Hindu Business Line that “labour law flexibility” is currently being discussed with the Labour Ministry. India to div

Bangladesh’s apparel export to the US fell by 1.39 per cent to $2.45 billion in the first six months of 2014 compared with that of the same period in last year as Vietnam, the main competitor of Bangladesh, is gaining more ground in the market while India is emerging. Experts and exporters said that the tragic industrial incidents of Rana Plaza building collapse and Tazreen Fashions fire were behind the negative growth in the export to the US market. Apparel export earnings of Bangladesh

A daylong strike in garment factories called by Sramik Sangram Parishad in protest of Thursday’s police action in a factory received lukewarm responses as most of the workers joined their works on Saturday, factory owners and labour leaders said. ‘I am not notified about any problems in my factories till this afternoon,’ said Abdus Salam Murshedy, a former president of the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association. Kazi Ruhul Amin, general secretary of Garment Sramik Trade Un

Garments are made for export at a factory in the northern province of Thai Nguyen. Viet Nam was the fifth largest garment and textile exporter in the world and had achieved an impressive growth rate.— VNA/VNS Photo Trong Dat India, which supplies 2 per cent of the inputs used by the Vietnamese textile and garment industry, wants to increase it to 25 per cent in the next five years, according to the Cotton Textiles Export Promotion Council of India (TEXPROCIL). Speaking at a Viet Nam – Ind

Returning from 20 – 22 October this year, Yarn Expo Autumn 2014 will be held in hall N4 at the Shanghai New International Expo Centre once again. With an exhibition area standing at 5,000 sqm, nearly 150 overseas and domestic yarn suppliers will participate in this edition, while many of them say they will showcase their latest eco products. Samil Spinning Co Ltd from Korea is one such company. “Textile consumption, especially that of eco textiles, will continue to increase in the promising C