YSR invites garment exporters to set up factories in State

YSR invites garment exporters to set up factories in State
Hindu, India

HYDERABAD: Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy has invited garment exporters to set up units in the State’s apparel parks and offered all incentives, including further reduction in power tariff.

After laying the foundation for a Rs. 25-crore apparel unit of Bangalore-based Gokaldas Exports Ltd, readymade garments major Shahi Exports and Textport Syndicate at Nacharam here on Wednesday, he said his Government had reduced power tariff to ensure that the State was the provider of cheapest energy in the country. Read more about YSR invites garment exporters to set up factories in State

Cambodian PM underlines necessity to strengthen agriculture

Cambodian PM underlines necessity to strengthen agriculture
2014-12-06 11:04:55
Xinhua, China 

    PHNOM PENH, Dec. 6 (Xinhua) — Cambodia must strengthen its agricultural sector as the nation’s pillar industries of garments and tourism are too vulnerable to events abroad, local media on Thursday quoted Prime Minister Hun Sen as saying.

    Diversification of trade is the greatest challenge facing Cambodia, as the nation is relying too heavily on textiles and tourism which are vulnerable to recession and terrorism, Hun Sen said at a government workshop on trade in Phnom Penh on Wednesday. Read more about Cambodian PM underlines necessity to strengthen agriculture

INDIA: Presto provides complete textile testing labs for garment exporters

INDIA: Presto provides complete textile testing labs for garment exporters
BharatTextile.com (subscription), India

MUMBAI: Presto® is India’s first ISO 9001:2000 certified company and is the only company that has supplied its instruments to all major commercial labs viz. Bureau Veritas, SGS, ITS & Texan Lab besides setting up complete textile testing labs for most leading garment exporters, buying houses & textile mills.

The company, promoted by a team of qualified Instrumentation & Textile Engineers manufacturing & marketing world Class Quality Textile Testing Instruments adhering to all International Standards Viz. AATCC, ASTM, BS, DIN, JIS & ISO introduces themselves as a leading TEXTILE TESTING INSTRUMENTS MFG. CO. Read more about INDIA: Presto provides complete textile testing labs for garment exporters

Four-year wage revision in garment industry

Four-year wage revision in garment industry
Hindu, India

Coimbatore, Dec. 5 (PTI): The garment industry and trade unions in Tirupur have agreed for wage revision once in four years, thus ending the six-month long stalemate over the issue.

The employers wanted a five-year period for revision, as against three years demanded by the trade unions. The present agreement took place at a tripartite meeting held yesterday before the Joint Commissioner of Labour, they said. Read more about Four-year wage revision in garment industry

Indian textile sector dons green colour


Alibaba News Channel, NEW YORK
Editor: Zhou Luying

Indian textile industry now donning a green colour, join hands with a global industry group, led by retail major Marks and Spencer and the University of Leeds called Reducing the Impact of Textiles on Environment (RITE)—which aims at reducing the negative environmental impact from the production of textiles and apparel throughout its supply chain.
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South Africa: Geekonomics

South Africa: Geekonomics
AllAfrica.com, Washington

OPINION
4 December 2014
Posted to the web 4 December 2014
Frank Walters And Matthew Stern
Johannesburg

THE ministers of finance and of trade and industry have started a surprisingly and refreshingly public discussion about trade and industrial policy.

In his budget presentation to Parliament Finance Minister Trevor Manuel cut to the heart of the issue by posing the key question: how can trade and industrial policies best promote the global competitiveness of South African companies, thereby increasing overall economic growth and job creation? Read more about South Africa: Geekonomics