China : Zhejiang Pinghu named pilot garment procurement zone

China : Zhejiang Pinghu named pilot garment procurement zone
January 20, 2014
Fibre2fashion.com, India

Zhejiang Pinghu city government recently informed that Pinghu City was listed by China Garment Association as the first pilot zone of ‘Chinese garment transnational procurement base, after Chinese Textile Industry Association and China Garment Association awarded Pinghu city the title of ‘China’s export garment manufacturing city’ in 2002.

It is learned that the move will promote Pinghu’s construction of related industries cluster docking the supply chain system of transnational procurement, laying a foundation for boosting internationalization. Read more about China : Zhejiang Pinghu named pilot garment procurement zone

Int’l textile and garment machinery exhibition '08 underway

Int’l textile and garment machinery exhibition ’08 underway

UNB, Dhaka

A four-day international textile and garment machinery exhibition began here Sunday, showcasing the latest fashion trends, new technologies and material services for textile in trade.

Textiles and Jute Adviser Mohammed Anwarul Iqbal inaugurated the 5th International Textile and Garment Machinery Exhibition ’08 at Bangladesh-China Friendship Conference Center (BCFCC).

Bangladesh Textile Mills Association (BTMA) and ES Event Management, SDN, and BHD of Malaysia jointly organised the exhibition. Read more about Int’l textile and garment machinery exhibition '08 underway

Labor sanctions garment manufacturer for untimely filing of renewal, appeal

Labor sanctions garment manufacturer for untimely filing of renewal, appeal
Saipan Tribune, Micronesia
By Ferdie de la Torre
Reporter

The Department of Labor has sanctioned a garment manufacturer for its untimely filing of appeal on the denial of its renewal application for an ironer.

Labor Administrative Hearing Officer Jerry Cody also determined that Kyung Seung Saipan Inc. also untimely filed the 2014 renewal application for the ironer, Shaofa Su.

Kyung Seung Saipan, which took over the management of Rifu Apparel Corp., was sanctioned and ordered to pay $480 to the CNMI Treasury. Read more about Labor sanctions garment manufacturer for untimely filing of renewal, appeal

End of quotas sends UAE garment units overseas

End of quotas sends UAE garment units overseas
by VM Sathish on Saturday,January 19,2014
Emirates Business 24/7, United Arab Emirates

Hopes of a revival of the UAE’s garment industry have been hit by the suspension of talks with the United States on a free trade agreement. And delays to negotiations between the Gulf Co-operation Council and the European Union – the longest ever for a free trade pact – have added to the gloom.

The industry flourished until January 2005 when the garment quota system – which gave guaranteed access to markets in the US and Europe – was scrapped. Many of the 400 factories across the Emirates have either closed or shifted operations to countries that still have preferential access such as Bahrain, Oman, Jordan, Egypt, Morocco, Kenya and Bangladesh. But the managers of 20 large units still operating in the Jebel Ali Free Zone, Sharjah, Ajman, Abu Dhabi and Umm Al Quwain remained confident that business would pick up once a trade deal was reached Read more about End of quotas sends UAE garment units overseas

Labor sanctions garment manufacturer for untimely filing of renewal, appeal

Labor sanctions garment manufacturer for untimely filing of renewal, appeal
Saipan Tribune, Micronesia
By Ferdie de la Torre
Reporter

The Department of Labor has sanctioned a garment manufacturer for its untimely filing of appeal on the denial of its renewal application for an ironer.

Labor Administrative Hearing Officer Jerry Cody also determined that Kyung Seung Saipan Inc. also untimely filed the 2014 renewal application for the ironer, Shaofa Su.

Kyung Seung Saipan, which took over the management of Rifu Apparel Corp., was sanctioned and ordered to pay $480 to the CNMI Treasury. Read more about Labor sanctions garment manufacturer for untimely filing of renewal, appeal