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Bina Officials Visit Garment Factories
By Hussin Bru Direct,

Bandar Seri Begawan – Government officials from the Brunei Industrial Development Authority (nina) paid a working visit to two garment factories in Kampong Jerudong on Tuesday.

The visit, led by Bina Director Pengiran Sharifuddin Pengiran Haj i Matali, was part of a series of visits by the agencies to industrial and cooperative establishments in the country in its endeavour to gain insights into activities carried- out at the premises. Read more about Bina Officials Visit Garment Factories …

Silk garment exports rise on demand from UK, UAE
Financial Express, India
JAISHANKAR JAYARAMIAH
Posted online: Wednesday, February 21, 2014 at 0000 hours IST

BANGALORE, FEB 20: A new trend has been emerging in the Indian silk segment as the country’s readymade silk garments have started witnessing steady export growth while the traditional silk carpets are struggling for survival in the overseas markets.
The UK and UAE have emerged as two major countries, which increased the silk procurement from India at remarkable levels in recent times.

The ministry of textiles had set a target to export silk goods including readymades, carpets and wastes worth Rs 3,200 crore during the current fiscal. According to latest statistics available with Central Silk Board, the country has already exported silk materials worth Rs 1,669 crore, achieving 51% of the set target during the first half of the current fiscal ended September 2014. Read more about Silk garment exports rise on demand from UK, UAE …

Style Essential www.elle.com/article ENDURING ELEGANCE Trends may come and go, but great fashion is always in style. That’s the guiding premise behind the Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology’s new permanent collection at their Fashion and Textile History Gallery. Featuring a rotating selection of garments, accessories, and textiles from the museum’s vast archive, it’s […]

Duke joins sweatshop movement DURHAM DURHAM — Duke has become the sixth university in the nation to more closely monitor the pay and treatment of workers in factories where garments bearing its university logo are manufactured. The university’s administration announced earlier this week that it would reduce the number of factories that manufacture Duke merchandise […]

Brother Introduces Ink Jet Garment Printer Impressions Magazine MARCH 01, 2005 — After field testing its GT-541 ink-jet garment printer for more than a year, BROTHER INTL. CORP.’s Industrial Products Division has announced a launch date of July 2005 for the product, which should provide embroidery, screen printing and other businesses with a cost-effective solution […]

Bangladesh garment exports rise 11 per cent, defying doomsayers AFP via Yahoo! News DHAKA (AFP) – Bangladesh’s readymade garment exports grew 11 percent in 2005 following abolition of global textile quotas, defying fears the trade rule changes would crush the sector, figures showed. Readymade garment exports rose to 6.89 billion dollars in 2005 from 6.22 […]

CNMI: Abramoff scandal puts spotlight on garment industry ABC Radio Australia The United States biggest political scandal in recent years now appears set to move to a remote corner of the Pacific. The Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands is a U-S territory roughly half way between Hawaii and the Philippines, with a population of […]

US faces limited options in trade fight with China Time is GMT + 8 hours Posted: 19-Feb-2014 TODAYonline Workers at the Ningbo Silk Trend garment factory go about their chores, in the eastern Chinese port city of Ningbo. To appease constituents facing job losses in America’s industrial heartlands, US lawmakers have proposed legislation to downgrade […]

Belgium : Forced labour & trafficked on rise in garment industry
February 19, 2014
Fibre2fashion.com, India

Traffic slave labour popularly perceived to be confined to the informal economy and especially to the sex trade is now a growing problem in the global garment industry, the United Nations Forum to Fight Human Trafficking was told in Vienna.

Citing examples from Mauritius, Jordan, Taiwan, India, Argentina, Romania, the United States and China Neil Kearney, General Secretary of the Brussels-based International Textile, Garment and Leather Workers’ Federation (ITGLWF) said workers were been trafficked to industrialised and developed countries alike and their production was on sale in every high street in Europe and shopping mall in the United States. Read more about Belgium : Forced labour & trafficked on rise in garment industry …

India : Arvind Mills focuses on potential garment segment
February 19, 2014
Fibre2fashion.com, India

As domestic denim prices are declining, Arvind Mills is going to concentrate on garment segment to increase its profit margin.

Company would try to capture the market of premium fabrics clients that can help in expansion of the volume.

It anticipates to extent its contribution to the segment by 30 percent of total revenue by end of 2014 fiscal. Read more about India : Arvind Mills focuses on potential garment segment …