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From destitute to garment worker
The Daily Star, Bangladesh

Ahsania Mission, European Union launch skill development training
Star National Desk

‘I became a destitute when my father died 12 years ago,’ said 25-year-old Sapna of Rupnagar area in Mirpur, Dhaka.
As Sapna was devastated, she was compelled to become a domestic help at a house. Read more about From destitute to garment worker …

CNMI Govenor rejects the lowering of user fees for garment factories
Radio New Zealand International, New Zealand

Posted at 23:16 on 29 April, 2014 UTC
The Governor of the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas, Benigno Fitial, has rejected a bill lowering user fees to be paid by garment factories.

The Saipan Tribune quotes the governor saying the reduction would only cause the government to lose more revenues, while doing little to help the apparel industry. Read more about CNMI Govenor rejects the lowering of user fees for garment factories …

Vietnam’s garment export surges in 4 months
People’s Daily Online, China

Vietnam is estimated to reap over 1. 7 billion U.S. dollars from exporting garments and textiles in the first four months of this year, a year-on-year rise of 38.7 percent, a local trade information center said Friday.

With such high export growth, Vietnam is likely to make garment export revenues of 5.5 billion dollars this year, up nearly 14.6 percent against last year, the Trade Information Center under the Trade Ministry said, noting that many enterprises in the country have already inked contracts on exporting garments and textiles for the whole 2014, mainly to the European Union (EU) and the United States. Read more about Vietnam's garment export surges in 4 months …

Global garment retailer C&A to buy organic cotton from India
Economic Times, India

Leading global garment retailer C&A has decided to source organic cotton from India to make garments, a move that will give a big boost to Indian farmers.

“The C&A will source 7,500 tons of organic cotton from India this year for manufacturing clothes,” Anuradha Bhavnani, India head of Shell Foundation, which is instrumental in sourcing global customers for Indian organic cotton, told reporters. Read more about Global garment retailer C&A to buy organic cotton from India …

Tirupur leads the pack in garment exports
Economic Times, India

COIMBATORE: The knitwear cluster of Tirupur has crossed yet another milestone. For the first time, knitwear exports from the town has touched the Rs 8,000-crore mark for FY06, senior officials of Tirupur Exporters’ Association (TEA) said.

This showed a record growth of 33.3% over Rs 6,000 crore exports in ‘04-’05, TEA president A Sakthivel said. Normally, exports from the town registered an annual growth of about 20%. Read more about Tirupur leads the pack in garment exports …

Bangladesh readymade garment loses 30 p.c
Hindu, India

Dhaka, April 26 (Xinhua): Bangladesh’s readymade garment (RMG) sector is facing severe crisis due to inadequate and irregular power supply that pushed the potential export-oriented sector to cut off its production by at least 30 percent on a regular basis since February.

“We are forced to stop our production due to frequent power interruptions resulting production loss by about 30 percent of our total production,” Tipu Munshi, President of Bangladesh Garments Manufacturer and Exporter’s Association (BGMEA) was quoted as saying by local daily The Independent on Wednesday. Read more about Bangladesh readymade garment loses 30 p.c …

Garment District still suits history
By Alan Lupo/Boston Herald, United States

I head down Essex Street, and I hear the voices, locked forever in the deposit box of memory.
Gruff, loud voices often, competing to be heard in their self-created din, they belong mainly to Jewish guys, middle-aged and older men, high school graduates at most, back in town from another week on the road.

They peddled clothing, which they called “shmattehs,” the Yiddish word for rags. They sold coats and shorts, pedal-pushers and skirts, suitjackets and slacks, sold whatever their bosses in Boston’s Garment District or elsewhere produced Read more about Garment District still suits history …

CDA takes initiative to set up two garment villages
Abdullah Al Mahmud, Ctg/The Daily Star, Bangladesh

Chittagong Development Authority (CDA) has taken an initiative to set up two garment villages in the port city to cater for the needs of garment sector, the largest revenue earner of the country.
Under the initiative, CDA plans to develop the garment villages on some 114 acres of its land at Mansurabad in Agrabad and at Mohora in Chandgaon.

Responding to the long cherished desire and proposal made by the leaders of Bangladesh Garments Manufacturers’ and Exporters’ Association (BGMEA), CDA Chairman already held a preliminary discussion with Housing and Public Works Minister Mirza Abbas. Read more about CDA takes initiative to set up two garment villages …

All set to launch garment workers’ training
Daily Times, Pakistan
Staff Report

LAHORE: The ministry of textile is prepared to launch garments workers’ training programme within garment factories.
The ministry of textile has selected about 20 factories throughout the country where technical training institutes will be developed for training of female workers to meet the growing need of trained workers in the garment industry.

An amount of Rs 96 million has been approved for the scheme from the Export Development Fund and necessary infrastructure facilities have been managed by the private sector in their manufacturing units. Read more about All set to launch garment workers’ training …

Basan acquires cleanroom consumable and garment manufacturing businesses
Controlled Environments Magazine, NH

The Basan Group, which distributes cleanroom products and services in Europe, said it has acquired the Europe and Southeast Asia cleanroom consumables and garment manufacturing business of Metron Technology, Inc.

Basan will take over the operations of Metron cleanroom consumables as of Friday in Belgium, Germany, France, Ireland, Italy, Malaysia, the Netherlands, Singapore and the UK. Read more about Basan acquires cleanroom consumable and garment manufacturing businesses …