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Ethiopia’s three industrial parks, Hawassa, Mekelle and Kombolcha, located in southern and northern Ethiopia built as part of its efforts to become Africa’s manufacturing hub have started to attract renowned export-oriented foreign companies to Africa’s textile and apparel production setting.

The Chinese-built Hawassa park, some 275 km south of the capital Addis Ababa, considered as Ethiopian flagship industrial park has already started bringing in hard currency. Among the companies that have started their production on its premises is the Hong Kong-based TAL Apparel.

Asian spot MEG declined US$5 a ton CFR China and CFR South East Asia in the second week of August. Major mono-ethylene glycol producer MEGlobal announced its September MEG Asian Contract Price US$50 a ton higher than its August nomination.

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Asian paraxylene prices fell US$1 a ton CFR Taiwan/China in the second week of August while FOB Korea also edged down US$1 a ton on the week. Isomer-grade mixed xylene prices lost US$19 a ton FOB Korea during the week.

Paraxylene prices in Asia inched up on Friday but fell week on week amid weak energy cost and availability in the market. China's Fujia Dahua restarted its Dalian PX plant with a capacity of 700,000 tons per year.

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Related Keywords: apparels manufacturer and exporter, based in Gurugram, first such plant in the state of Jharkhand, formally set to commence operation in Irba, garment, generate jobs, Haryana, Jharkhand chief minister, jointly inaugurated, new large scale plant, Orient Craft Limited, support growing export business, Union Textile Minister

Orient Craft Limited, a 40-year-old apparels manufacturer and exporter based in Gurugram, Haryana, is formally set to commence its operation in Irba, Ormanjhi block, some 25km from Ranchi, from Saturday, the first such plant in the state of Jharkhand, to support its growing export business. The new plant will be jointly inaugurated by Union textile minister Smriti Irani and chief minister Das.

Orient Craft supplies a wide range of garments, home furnishings and knitwear to brands across the world, including GAP, Polo, Marks & Spencer, among others.

Related Keywords: curated by Indian fashion designer, eighth edition of Mountain Echoes literary festival, embroidery, Exhibition titled Handmade in Rajasthan, hand blocked printing, handloom cotton saris, hosted in Bhutan, inaugurated today, Indian textiles and craftsmanship, Prasad Bidapa, showcasing traditional designs, traditional kota doria

An exhibition titled "Handmade in Rajasthan" showcasing the traditional designs of Rajasthan is being hosted in Thimpu, Bhutan curated by Indian fashion designer Prasad Bidapa which was inaugurated here today ahead of the 8th edition of the Mountain Echoes literary festival that begins tomorrow.

With collections inspired by traditional kota doria and handloom cotton saris, the exhibition celebrates the indigenous craft forms that give Rajasthan its distinctive identity and aims to present a 360-degree view of the states textiles.

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With India’s contribution in the technical textiles industry expected to grow at 12% CAGR and reach 1, 16,217 crore by 2017-18, the need for new technologies in garment manufacturing machinery is on a rise. India’s leading trade fair for technical textiles and nonwovens - Techtextil India – is here. Running into its sixth edition, the 2017 fair is scheduled to take place from 13 – 15 September in the country’s commercial capital – Mumbai. The show size increased by 50% since the last edition and will have space dedicated to 10 product groups and 12 application areas.

Related Keywords: AfDB, African Development Bank, especially for women and youth, Fashiononmics, focus on building capacities, into creatives, micro, other designers, small and medium-sized enterprises, support growth of African textile and fashion sectors, tap into manufacturers, textile and clothing sector, vertitable platform

The African Development Bank (AfDB) through Fashiononmics, a vertitable platform aims to support the growth of the African textile and fashion sectors through a focus on building the capacities of micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) in the textile and clothing sector, especially for women and youth.

This is a platform through which they are able to actually tap into manufacturers, into creatives, other designers that they would like to collaborate with, or even just merely fabric manufacturers that could actually assist them in the growth of their brands.

Related Keywords: BUA Group, design master and engineering, development of mega integrated Textile and Garment Cluster, generate jobs, Gherzi Textile Organization, Kastina State, Nigerian food and infrastructure conglomerate, plans to establish, revive obsolete textile industry, study, Swiss firm, West Africa largest private led textile cluster

The BUA Group Nigeria’s foremost food and infrastructure conglomerate plans to establish West Africa’s largest private-led textile cluster in Kastina State for which it has choosen Swiss firm, Gherzi Textile Organization to study, design master and engineering for the development of mega integrated Textile and Garment Cluster.

BUA Group has entered into collaboration with the Kastina State Government to set-up a Textile and Garment Cluster which would generate over 25,000 jobs and revive the obsolete textile industry in Nigeria.

Related Keywords: compared same month a year ago, Exports of bed wear remained flat, incentive package, knitwear export, Pakistan Bureau of Statistics, Pakistan government, posted major growth, Readymade garment exports, revive wilting foreign exchange revenue spinner, textile export sector, textile exports increased by three percent, year on year basis in July

Pakistan government’s incentive package for the export sector seemed to revive the wilting foreign exchange revenue spinner, its textile exports has increased by around three percent year-on-year to $1.006 billion in July as compared to textile exports of $979.414 million in the same month a year ago recorded Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS).

In China, nylon FDY70D/24F SD and FDY40D prices were both up US cents 7-10 a kg in the second week of August. Nylon DTY30D/10F prices also rose US cents 10 a kg on the week.

Monofilament 30D prices were up US cents 2 a kg while nylon staple fiber 1.5D prices also inched up US cents 2 a kg on the week.

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