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Bangladesh clamps down on fire hazard factories
Daily Times

DHAKA: Special mobile courts and fire inspectors will tour Bangladesh to ensure garment factory owners are complying with safety laws after a series of fires left at least 70 dead in the past two months, the government said Saturday.

Defaulters face up to three years in jail if convicted by the mobile courts, which are to be headed by magistrates, a government statement said Read more about Bangladesh clamps down on fire hazard factories …

Bangladesh : BGMEA tells apparel units to observe emergency safety measures
March 27, 2014/Fibre2fashion.com

Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) is taking major steps to ensure safety of the workers in garment factories.

After examining the working conditions, BGMEA has instructed its 53 member factories to provide atleast two exits that will help evacuate workers during fire or other such accidents.

Tipu Munshi, President, assured that action will be taken against factories who fail to meet these norms within about 45 days. Read more about Bangladesh : BGMEA tells apparel units to observe emergency safety measures …

China loses its edge as costs rise
Tom Mitchell, Hong Kong
The Australian
March 24, 2014

THE competitiveness of China’s manufacturing industries has been seriously eroded over the past year, according to one of the world’s largest trade sourcing companies.

Hong Kong-based Li & Fung group, which manages a $US7.1 billion ($9.75 billion) a year trading business, said price rises crept back into the Sino-US and EU supply chains last year, after at least six years of often “severe deflation”.

Li & Fung managing director William Fung reported an average 2-3 per cent increase in the once unbeatable price its US and European clients were willing to pay Read more about China loses its edge as costs rise …

India : 37th India International Garment Fair in July 2014
March 27, 2014/Fibre2fashion.com

37th edition of the India International Garment Fair (IIGF), which was initiated as a platform to showcase the growing manufacturing capabilities as well as the wide range of ready made garments manufactured in India, has now emerged as one of the leading garment shows, generating business inquiries and weaving the transactions through direct personal contacts between the manufacturers and buyers. Read more about India : 37th India International Garment Fair in July 2014 …

Famous garment factory fire is recalled on 95th anniversary
KRON 4 Bay Area 

NEW YORK Nearly a century after a famous fire that killed 146 garment workers, a crowd of public officials, labor leaders and schoolchildren gathered on the spot for an annual ceremony.
The Triangle Shirtwaist factory fire took place in New York City 95 years ago tomorrow.

Most of the victims were immigrant women. Many plunged to their deaths after finding the fire doors locked. Some fell off an overcrowded fire escape.

The fire spurred a raft of worker safety laws. “In many ways,” said State Labor Commissioner Linda Angello (an-JEH’-loh), “that was the day the New York State Department of Labor was born.” Read more about Famous garment factory fire is recalled on 95th anniversary …

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Read more about Kids Apparel – The Traditional and Designer Wear …

Fibre2fashion.com
Last night in New York futures market, May 2014 closed at 44.31 with a decline of 72 points, July 09 closed at 45.28 with a decline of 69 points, while October closed at 47.90 with a decrease of 82 points. The spot rate of KCA declared settled at Rs. 3250/= with and increase of Rs. 25/= today. Nearly 7800 bales have been brought to records been sold.
Read more about Daily woldwide cotton market report …

Business Wire (press release)
DUBLIN, Ireland–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/466333/trends_in_world_te) has announced the addition of Textiles Intelligence’s new report “Trends in World Textile and Clothing Trade” to their offering.
Read more about Research and Markets: In 2014 The US Textile and Clothing Trade Deficit Rose By 3.7% to US$92.26 Bn, Of Which 87% Was In Clothing Alone …

Source: just-style.com
BioNeutral Group Inc, a life science company that has developed anti-chemical and antimicrobial treatments for fibres and textiles, is to buy garment manufacturer Orient Arts Inc.
Read more about US: BioNeutral Group to buy garment maker Orient Arts …

India : Export garment units in Erode district face paucity of tailors
March 26, 2014

ERODE:
Erode Textile Readymade Garments Exporters Association is planning to start a Common Facility Centre (CFC) in Erode to help readymade woven garment exporters.

Woven readymade garments worth Rs250 crore are exported from Erode every year.

Exporters here get orders worth about Rs1,000 crore annually but are unable to execute the orders due to unavailability of tailors here. Read more about India : Export garment units in Erode district face paucity of tailors …