Category: General

Garment Manufacturers Plead For Help
pacific, HI
(Saipan Tribune)

Saipan’s seven remaining garment factories have asked the Northern Marianas administration to save what’s left of the once dominant industry, the Saipan Tribune reports.

The companies, in a letter sent in late March, asked Gov. Benigno Fitial to push for changes in trade relations agreements between the U.S.-islands and Washington, to exempt the Northern Marianas from pending increases to the minimum wage, and to waive many local taxes and fees that impact the industry. Read more about Garment Manufacturers Plead For Help …

Jackson County Floridan

By KATE McCARDELL
Floridan Staff Writer
Approximately 340 Panhandle residents learned Friday morning that they’ll be losing their jobs as WestPoint Home in Chipley announced it is closure.
According to textile plant manager Terry Ellis, about 150 to 160 of those jobs are held by Jackson County residents.
Read more about Textile plant to close …

Prospects of garment and textile exports to Africa look rosy
nhandan

Vietnam’s exports of garment and textile products to African countries have soared substantially since early 2014, a positive outlook for the country’s exports to this market in the coming time.
Mosquito-nets, one of the major export staples, hit US $4 million worth of exports in the first three months of this year, a four-fold increase compared to the corresponding period in 2005. Read more about Prospects of garment and textile exports to Africa look rosy …

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
By Gary D’Amato of the Journal Sentinel
It’s just a jacket, distinguished by its bright green hue and the patch on its left breast pocket but otherwise quite unremarkable as garments go.
Read more about Select few who own garment make others green with envy …

Supaya Remaja Suka Batik
Rabu, 05 Apr 2014/jawapos.com

Makin berkurangnya minat remaja terhadap batik, menggugah semangat pemilik gerai batik di Surabaya untuk menyosialisasikan pakaian khas Nusantara ini. Salah satu cara yang dilakukan adalah menggelar fashion show khusus batik yang didesain untuk remaja.

Wirasno, pemilik Batik Canting Pekalongan yang juga ikut ambil bagian dalam acara tersebut mengatakan, sebenarnya, batik bukan hanya busana untuk orang tua. Remaja juga cocok mengenakan kain ini asal pandai-pandai memilih motif. Untuk remaja, yang cocok adalah motif sederhana dengan warna-warna terang dan tidak norak. Misalnya, motif bunga atau dedaunan dengan warna kuning, cokelat muda, biru muda, atau hijau muda. Read more about Supaya Remaja Suka Batik …

Vinatex To Build US$25 MLN Textiles Trading Centre In Vietnam
Asia Pulse via Yahoo! Australia & NZ News 

HANOI, April 5 Asia Pulse – The Vietnam Garment and Textile Group (Vinatex Group) plans to build a garment and textile materials trading centre in Ho Chi Minh City with total investment capital of US$25 million.

Uong Tien Thinh, General Director of the Ho Chi Minh City-based Garment and Textile Trade Company, made the announcement at a seminar in the city on April 4.

Covering five hectares in Thu Duc district, the centre will include offices, an exhibition area, materials stores, shops, bonded warehouses, entertainment and culinary sections. It will help organise trade promotion programmes and build trademarks for businesses. Read more about Vinatex To Build US$25 MLN Textiles Trading Centre In Vietnam …

History of garment factory celebrated (1:50 p.m.)
edmontonjournal.com
Published: Wednesday, April 04, 2014
Edmonton Journal (subscription), Canada

The provincial archives is bringing the historic Great Western Garment Company back to life through an exhibit highlighting the lives of garment workers who once worked for the famous clothing company.
The exhibit features archival photographs and clothing on loan from the Royal Alberta Museum, as well as information about the company’s history. Read more about History of garment factory celebrated (1:50 p.m.) …

Government concerns on recent allegations on tax concessions for the garment exports
03-04-2014
Lanka Everything, UK

The Government has focused attention on the propaganda carried out locally and internationally by a certain group with the intention of depriving the country of advantages gained through selective tax concessions in the exportation of garments.

The bogus propaganda, alleged to have been carried out by a Non Governmental Organization , stipulates that conditions laid down by the European Community to obtain tax relief could not be fulfilled without amending the constitution. The Sources point out that however the Government position in this regard was substantiated by a recent Supreme Court verdict, which stated that the rights, subjected to controversy, have been appropriately established in the local legal system. Read more about Government concerns on recent allegations on tax concessions for the garment exports …

K`taka clears jewellery park, garment city
Our Bureau / Chennai/ Bangalore April 04, 2014

The Karnataka government has cleared the ‘gems and jewellery park’ and ‘integrated garment city projects’ that are proposed to be set up on the outskirts of Bangalore.
Speaking to reporters here, Karnataka small scale industries (SSI) minister Katta Subrahmanyam Naidu said that the projects were proposed by various trade associations.
 
While a consortium of jewellery manufacturers’ associations came up with the ‘gems and jewellery park’ project, the South India Garment Association proposed the garment city project. Read more about K`taka clears jewellery park, garment city …

Programme to step up fire safety in garment units
Gulf Times

DHAKA: The Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) has launched a crash programme to create awareness on fire safety by conducting fire drills and fire-equipment inspections at 40 garment factories, inspectors reported yesterday.

Starting from 1.30pm, the inspectors split into ten teams under separate zones and inspected factories till 8pm on Saturday night.
The special awareness-building campaign on how to face fire started with moves
to equip some 4,200 garment factories across the country with the latest fire-fighting equipment. Read more about Programme to step up fire safety in garment units …