Category: General

Fiji’s garment industry under threat: Halabe warns
Fiji Times, Fiji

The garment industry would be most affected if trade sanctions were placed on Fiji in the event of a coup, says leading garment industry figure Mark Halabe.

The managing director of Mark One Apparel said his customers were concerned that sanctions would be placed on Fiji if there was an overthrow of the Government.

Mr Halabe sanctions would place 8000 jobs at risk and would damage a $100million industry. Read more about Fiji's garment industry under threat: Halabe warns …

Re rise hits garment exporters
The Statesman, India

Statesman News Service
BANGALORE, Dec. 3: The appreciating rupee is taking a heavy toll of knitwear exports from Tirupur which today accounts for 70 per cent of the country’s total exports of Rs 20,000 from this segment.
Besides dreading the prospect of a sharp fall in export realisation at over 12-15 per cent,these exporters are now staring at the possibility of retrenching over 40,000 workers in the next few months if the rupee continues to rise Read more about Re rise hits garment exporters …

Malaysia Star, Malaysia
By S.S. YOGA
Pictures by SIA HONG KIAU
The Piala Seri Endon aims to take batik to the world.

MALAYSIAN batik crafted for the world – that’s the noble aim of the Piala Seri Endon batik design competition. Since its inception in 2003, it has provided greater exposure to many budding designers and those with higher aspirations outside the Klang Valley.
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New Merino sports range launched in US
Monday, 3 December 2014
North Queensland Register, Australia

A new high-tech range of Merino sports and body garments is being launched in the United States, following a collaboration between Australian Wool Innovation and European producer of seamless apparel, Memteks.
According to AWI, Memteks supplies quality, innovative seamless intimate apparel, active wear, swim wear, maternity wear and yoga wear.

It is also regarded as one of the leading research and development groups in the seamless industry, AWI says. Read more about New Merino sports range launched in US …

Neo Fashion shutting down
Saipan Tribune, Micronesia

4th garment factory to announce closure in a month
By Ferdie de la Torre
Reporter
Garment manufacturer Neo Fashion Inc. is shutting down operations on Saipan by Jan. 13, 2014. The closure will affect 78 employees who are mostly nonresident workers.

The San Antonio-based Neo Fashion is the fourth garment factory to announce closure and suspension of factory operations on the island within the last month.

Neo Fashion, through its general manager Hee Chan Lee, recently informed Department of Labor acting director James Ulloa about its plan to cease operations. Read more about Neo Fashion shutting down …

CNNMoney.com

Huntsman to expand textile effects business in Asia, to consolidate European, American lines
December 02, 2014: 12:32 PM EST

NEW YORK (Associated Press) – Specialty chemical maker Huntsman Corp. said Tuesday it aims to save $60 million annually by expanding its global textile effects business in Asia and consolidating it in Europe and the Americas.
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fibre2fashion.com

Even though, Prime Minister Hun Sen sounded upbeat during the summit of trade leaders from the world’s poorest countries held in Siem Reap, and said that the garment sector will not be seriously impacted by the global financial crisis; however, Garment Manufacturers Association of Cambodia (GMAC) is not so sure.

Read more about Garment industry needs to improve quality – GMAC …

The New Nation, Bangladesh
NATION BUSINESS REPORT
Despite the current global recession, the ready made garment export from Bangladesh is likely to surge in the next year.

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Overtime work, lack of union still mar Cambodia’s garment industry
People’s Daily Online, China

Workers’ rights to form associations or unions are yet to be improved and the problem of overtime work addressed for Cambodia’s cloth-making industry, said the 17th Synthesis Report on Working Conditions in Cambodia’s Garment Sector released here on Thursday.

Three quarters of the factories monitored have at least one union, although nine percent of the factories interfered with freedom of association, and 6 percent engaged in anti-union discrimination, said the report issued by the International Labor Organization’s (ILO) Better Factories Cambodia.

About one quarter of the factories had strikes and for the vast majority of strikes, workers failed to comply with all legal requirements prior to going on strike, it added Read more about Overtime work, lack of union still mar Cambodia's garment industry …

IT dept unearths income worth Rs 2.5 cr
Economic Times, India

CHANDIGARH: Income Tax sleuths conducted raids at two city-based retail garment stores and discovered an undisclosed income of Rs 2.5 crore, besides recovering unaccounted cash of over Rs 50 lakh.

The raids at retail garment outlets housed in eleven premises were conducted yesterday by the Investigation Wing of the IT department, official sources said.

The department has also sealed few bank lockers of the two parties during this operation, they said. Read more about IT dept unearths income worth Rs 2.5 cr …