Category: General

09 APR

AEPC to set up training institute in Dharmapuri

AEPC to set up training institute in Dharmapuri
Hindu, India
S. Prasad

Dharmapuri: In an indication of Dharmapuri becoming a garment hub, the Apparel Export and Promotion Council (AEPC) has decided to establish an Apparel Training and Design Centre (ATDC) to empower unemployed youth in this backward district.

The Centre has already given the clearance and lands are being identified in the town for establishment of the institute.
The institute will start functioning in a rented building within one month, say official sources. Read more about AEPC to set up training institute in Dharmapuri …

08 APR

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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07 APR

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.
 
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 …

07 APR

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 …

07 APR

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 …

07 APR

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 …