Category: General

19 SEP

Poppy Dharsono: Sentra industri kecil sandang rakyat harus lebih diberdayakan

Poppy Dharsono: Sentra industri kecil sandang rakyat harus lebih diberdayakan
Solo (Espos),

Keberadaan sentra industri tekstil, seperti batik atau tenun, di daerah-daerah harus lebih didorong agar bisa mengisi kebutuhan nasional serta untuk menembus pasar luar negeri.Akan tetapi seluruh sumber daya yang ada juga harus bisa dipersatukan untuk memenangkan posisi saing, yang harus diperjuangkan dari bawah.

Demikian dikatakan desainer dan pengusaha Poppy Dharsono dalam seminar nasional Eksistensi Pertekstilan di Indonesia yang digelar Jurusan Seni Kriya Tekstil Fakultas Sastra dan Seni Rupa (FSSR) Universitas Sebelas Maret (UNS) Solo, Senin (18/9). Read more about Poppy Dharsono: Sentra industri kecil sandang rakyat harus lebih diberdayakan …

19 SEP

China : Shishi garment firms upbeat at Polish market

China : Shishi garment firms upbeat at Polish market
September 18, 2014/Fibre2fashion.com, India

Shishi city observation team consisting of 12 local clothing and shoe units, returned from Poland after a successful exploration of its market potential.

This observation team sought to explore and acquire new export opportunities as Poland recently joined the EU.

This group mainly examined ‘Huasha China City’ with an area of 250 thousand square meters and Maxlmus marketplace where the key products are apparel and garments, shoes and some other light industry goods. Read more about China : Shishi garment firms upbeat at Polish market …

19 SEP

Bangladesh battles charges over child labour in garment factories

Bangladesh battles charges over child labour in garment factories
Published: Wednesday, 19 September, 2014, 02:05 AM Doha Time
Gulf Times, Qatar

DHAKA: Bangladesh is engaging a lobbying firm to counter a US-based rights group’s move to cancel the generalised system of preferences (GSP) – that favours Bangladeshi garment export – on grounds that the country does not allow labour rights in export processing zones.
A high-level team of government officials and industry representatives will be in Washington to help counter the move, for which a number of position papers have been prepared and rushed to the embassy in time for the hearing before the United States Trade Representatives (USTR) on October 4. Read more about Bangladesh battles charges over child labour in garment factories …

18 SEP

Fiji's garment industry fails to secure exemption from maternity leave provisions

Fiji’s garment industry fails to secure exemption from maternity leave provisions
Posted at 11:50am on 18 Sep 2014
Radio New Zealand, New Zealand

Fiji’s garment industry has apparently failed to win an exemption from the planned maternity leave provisions in the new Employment Relations Bill.
Most of the workers in the industry are women.
The provision would grant female workers 84 days maternity leave on full pay.The garment industry said in a submission to the government that it couldn’t afford to pay full maternity leave. Read more about Fiji's garment industry fails to secure exemption from maternity leave provisions …

18 SEP

Canada : Professional garment cleaning system by Winning Brands

Canada : Professional garment cleaning system by Winning Brands
September 17, 2014
Fibre2fashion.com, India

Winning Brands Corporation announces that momentum is growing for the elimination of Perchloroethylene (Perc) based dry cleaning in Canada’s largest city with the conversion of long established Glenforest Cleaners to SMART Wet Cleaning.

The conversion is a milestone for the city as well as the industry. Glenforest commenced the conversion August 12th and plans to re-open as a Perc free Wet Cleaner within weeks. Read more about Canada : Professional garment cleaning system by Winning Brands …