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Egypt low labour productivity limits QIZ apparel export growth
Egypt's apparel exports to the US the sky's the limit, but weak labour performance is holding the sector back. When the Qualified Industrial Zones (QIZ) protocol agreement was signed at the end of 200...
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Egypt to form Supreme Council for Textile Industries
Egypt's minister of Foreign Trade and Industry, His Excellency Minister Rachid Mohamed Rachid, announced today the formation of the Supreme Council for Textile Industries.
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CHINA: Export tax rebates on textiles to rise again
China will raise the export rebate on textiles and garments by another percentage point to help the industry cope with falling demand and weaker prices.
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Environmental impacts of the clothing industry
The manufacture of polyester and other synthetic fabrics for clothing is an energy-intensive process that requires large amounts of crude oil and releases many pollutants into the air and water.
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Guess expands PLM to manage its global sourcing
Contemporary fashion brand Guess? Inc has extended its use of PLM (product lifecycle management) software to manage its global sourcing operation. The company is connecting its global sourcing and PLM...
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First Arab Textile Manufacturers Forum held in Cairo.
The Arab Federation for Textile Industries (AFTI) participated in the organization of the first Arab Textile Manufacturers Forum that was held in Cairo last week. The first session of the forum covere...
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EU clears 800 mln euros for Spain's textile sector
The European Commission on Tuesday approved 800 million euros ($1.1 billion) of public funding for the Spanish textile and clothing sector. The European Union's executive arm said the funds would prom...
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Indian textile manufacturers explore investment in Tunisia
A five-member Indian delegation visited Tunisia recently to explore industry-level cooperation in textiles. Tunisia exported textiles, mostly garments, worth $4.7 billion annually and mainly to the Eu...
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Egypt - New 'Italian' Weaving Mill Successfully Inaugurated
Earlier this week the new 'Albini' weaving mill was inaugurated in the Borg El Arab Industrial Zone, West of Alexandria. The Mill was established to manufacture high quality shirting fabrics made from...
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Chinese Apparel Industry Repositioning Itself
The Chinese textile industry has indeed hit a bad patch with several factors working against its competitive edge that it has all along enjoyed and helped it to position itself as numero uno in the wo...
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Stowe Mills gone - Legacy will live on
With the closing of R.L. Stowe Mills last week, the Belmont Historical Society realizes history is transforming minute by minute. The last one hundred years when Belmont's textile mills dominated the...
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Sun-safe clothes look like hottest new apparel trend
Move over Coppertone Girl, casual clothing makers have seized on protection from the sun's cancer-causing rays as their next big product enhancement. Unlike SPF lotion ratings, UPF, or Ultraviolet Pro...
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Israeli textile industry hit hard by World recession
Israel's textile and fashion industry has been one of the worst-hit industries by the recession. Offis Textile Ltd. president Ramzi Gabbay, who serves as chairman of the Textile and Fashion Industries...
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ITMF’s International Production Cost Comparison 2008 - Spinning, Texturing, Weaving and Knitting -
The International Textile Manufacturers Federation (ITMF) has released the 2008 edition of its biennial International Production Cost Comparison – the only consolidated source for benchmarking the yar...
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Israeli factory owner flees Jordan
Jordanian media reported recently that an Israeli investor abruptly closed his textile factory in the Hashemite kingdom, leaving 168 unemployed workers behind. The initial report was published by the...
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Merchandising institute and production Technology course of Pearl fashion
World famous Pearl Academy has started its educational activities from the year 2006 in Bangladesh. Called -Peari Fashion Institute", it is located at Baridhara. It is the only garments educational in...
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Completion of 452 Textile and Clothing Factories in Egypt.
His Excellency Minister Rachid Mohamed Rachid, Minister of Foreign Trade and Industry, announced that the latest report by the Industrial Development Authority revealed that the number of Textile and...
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Over 300 knitwear units closed in Lahore since 2005
LAHORE: The number of knitwear exporting units has declined from 1,183 in 2005 to 840 in 2009 and the closed units include some of the most efficient hi-tech large factories which have continued to lo...
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Jordanian QIZ labour layoffs less likely to affect Jordanian workers
AMMAN - Potential Qualifying Industrial Zone (QIZ) layoffs due to the current economic downturn are less likely to affect Jordanian workers, trade union officials said on Monday. The global financial...
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US protects textile sector as 10,300 jobs lost in December
The government reported that the U.S. textile sector lost 10,300 jobs in December, one of the worst job losses in industry history. North Carolina is the hardest hit with statistics showing that 13 te...