BBC News
Cumbria’s textile industry has been dealt a further blow with news that 25 jobs are to go at the former Kangol factory in Cleator Moor.
American owner Bollman Headware said seven staff would be retained when the facility is turned into a warehouse.
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Standard Textile sues Sobel Westex over patent
Bizjournals.com
Standard Textile said it has filed a lawsuit claiming a competitor, Sobel Westex, infringed on one of its patents.
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Govt advised to increase focus areas in technical textiles
Business Standard
In order to give impetus to the technical textiles industry in India, a government-commissioned study by a management consultancy firm has recommended inclusion of eight more focus areas, like products used in packaging, building and construction sectors, in the policy for the sector.
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Revival of Saipan's garment industry hinges on military market
Saipan Tribune
By Haidee V. Eugenio
Reporter
Neo Fashion Inc., a defunct garment factory in San Antonio, has started working to get the military into ordering specialty garments manufactured on Saipan, a move which, if successful, can revive the once billion-dollar garment industry but on a smaller scale.
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Garment industry pins export hopes on Japan
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By PETCHANET PRATRUANGKRAI
THE NATION
Thai garment exporters are looking to Japan as a “survival market” as shipments to other key markets decline in the wake of the global economic crisis.
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Garment producers develop top quality products
Garment producers develop top quality products
16:14′ 06/04/2014 (GMT+7)/VietNamNet Bridge, Vietnam
VietNamNet – To improve competitiveness and the value of trademarks, garment producers have spent large developing brand names of high-class products. Made-in-Vietnam shirts now fetch top dollar.
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Many Vietnamese high-quality garment brand names have recently appeared in the local stores. Scant years ago, only the Viet Tien and An Phuoc garment companies were known for producing luxurious products, but now the number is increasing Read more about Garment producers develop top quality products …
Microchips implanted in clothes stop fakes
Microchips implanted in clothes stop fakes
(Shanghai Daily)
Updated: 2014-04-07 09:40
Researchers at Shanghai’s Donghua University have created a microchip that can be put into clothes to prevent brandname garments from being counterfeited, university officials revealed yesterday.
The invention was unveiled at the opening of the 2014 International Conference on Intelligent Systems and Knowledge Engineering yesterday.
More than 200 scholars in the field of intelligent control from home and abroad will take part in the event. Read more about Microchips implanted in clothes stop fakes …
Argentina : Bolivian workers protest working condition
Argentina : Bolivian workers protest working condition
April 6, 2014/Fibre2fashion.com, India
Thousands of people had come down on road to protest Argentine factories working condition after six workers killed in garment factory fire.
Workers are asking compensation from companies saying they should be treated as workers, not as slaves.
About 1 million Bolivians were migrated to Argentina for better prospects and earn livelihood but they are being exploited by companies, who make them work 20 hours a day for very low pay. Read more about Argentina : Bolivian workers protest working condition …
Woman critically injured by bus on S. Side
Woman critically injured by bus on S. Side
Chicago Sun-Times, United States
FROM STNG WIRE REPORTS
The Chicago Transit Authority was investigating an accident on the Far South Side Thursday that critically injured a woman who was reportedly dragged under a moving bus after her clothing got caught.
The woman, 39, of an unknown address, fell underneath the bus inside the CTA terminal at 95th and State Streets around 5:30 a.m., according to Gresham District Lt. Dominic Rizzi Read more about Woman critically injured by bus on S. Side …
Action sought to save what remains of garment industry
Action sought to save what remains of garment industry
Saipan Tribune, MicronesiaÂ
By Mark Rabago
Assistant Editor
The seven remaining garment factories in the CNMI recently sent an urgent message to the Commonwealth’s elected leaders requesting the Fitial administration and Legislature to undertake actions that would assist the industry to continue operating in the CNMI. Read more about Action sought to save what remains of garment industry …