With an aim to create skilled workforce to cater to the manpower shortage in the textile industry, the Union Ministry of Textiles has decided to create specialized training centres at eight locations in the country, including Malegaon, for training workers as sewing machine operators (readymade garments) and fully computerized multi-head embroidery machine operator. Apart from Malegaon, the other seven centres are Kannur in Kerala, Bhagalpur and Ranagat in West Bengal, Nagry and Hyderabad in A

Wendy Sherman, U.S. under secretary of state for political affairs, talks during a news conference in Dhaka May 27, 2013. Credit: REUTERS/Andrew Biraj International garment buyers, particularly those in the United States, have a crucial role to play in ensuring the safety of Bangladesh's garment workers, a senior government official said on Monday. A series of deadly incidents at factories in Bangladesh, including the collapse of a building housing garment factories last month that killed

Alfred Dunhill, the Compagnie Financière Richemont-owned luxury menswear and leather goods label, has named Fabrizio Cardinali as its new CEO. Formerly CEO at Lancel, Cardinali will take up his new role from June 1, replacing Eraldo Poletto, who resigned from the label last month. This appointment is the latest managerial change at Compagnie Financière Richemont, the Swiss parent company that also owns Chloé, Azzedine Ala?a and Lancel, earlier this month the group’s chairman Johann Rupert anno

Campaign starts to improve standards in country gaining reputation as ethical source of clothing. It has been a month since a garment factory collapsed in Bangladesh, killing more than 1,000 people. The disaster has prompted calls for better regulation of the industry in the region. Sri Lanka, a neighbour of Bangladesh, is one country gaining a reputation as an ethical source of clothing, putting pressure on manufacturers to improve safety standards and workers' rights. The "Garments

Is there any prospect of a properly regulated garments industry in the country, and what would it mean for the market? A building collapsed killing more than 1,000 garment workers in Bangladesh last month. The disaster showed the terrible working conditions, and lack of safety, for millions of workers there. Both Bangladesh and the global community are coming to terms with their roles in the disaster, because whether consumers shop at Walmart or at Giorgio Armani, the clothes they buy are

Cost rises of labor and raw materials have pushed China’s textile industry to become more diversified, Karin Malmstrom, China director of Cotton Council International, the export promotion unit of the National Cotton Council of America, said during a promotion campaign on Friday. “We have noticed some changes in the industry’s supply chain in China, as more and more textile companies are planning to move their production outside of the country,” Malmstrom said. The Chinese textile market h

Textile exporters have stressed upon the upcoming government to forge export oriented policies to ensure new surge in dwindled economy and battered industrial sector, said Asghar Ali, chairman and Muhammad Asif, vice chairman Pakistan Textile Exporters Association here today. In a press statement, PTEA office bearers urged the upcoming government to give top priority to boost economy as Pakistan could not make sound progress without turning around its sagging economy. Energy crisis coupled wit

The continuous heat wave prevailing in the region does not bode well for cotton crop. Though no damage has been reported from this district, there have been reports of burning of leaves from other parts of the state, leading to worry among farmers and agriculture officials. According to agriculture experts, extreme temperature above 45 degrees in the coming week may damage the crop to some extent. The problem is more in store for farmers who have delayed the sowing. The agriculture department

A Bangladeshi garment worker survivor employed at Rana Plaza, the garment factory building that collapsed, arrives to receive wages in Savar near Dhaka, Bangladesh. The country's garment workers have downed tools to demand pay rises. Several thousand garment workers blocked traffic in the Bangladeshi capital on Monday to demand pay rises in the wake of several accidents in the industry. Employees of two factories briefly clashed with police who were trying to disperse them. One worker al

A garment factory in Hlaingtharya Industrial Zone (Photo - EMG) Garment factories in Myanmar are preparing to make their first shipments to US next month, according to Myanmar Garment Entrepreneurs Association. “Now, some garment factories here will export to US in coming June. Some are ready and some are still preparing. After President [Thein Sein’s] trip to US, we have received more enquires from US buyers,” Khine Khine Nwe, Secretary of Myanmar Garment Entrepreneurs Association, said.