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Related Keywords: $300 million complex, 15 million linear meters, Ivanov, man-made fibre industry, Russia, Russian Union of Chemists, yarn

In Russian, at present the situation in the man-made fibre industry remains complex, this is reflected by the fact that, despite numerous investment projects, which have been declared in Russia in recent years, up to 70% of domestic needs in man-made fibres is met by imports.

The Russian Union of Chemists has inked an agreement with the Russian Union of Entrepreneurs of Textile and Light Industry (Soyuzlegprom) on the design of measures for the support and increased productivity of the country’s man-made fibres industry.

Related Keywords: Devangapuram Handloom Weavers Society, Devangapuram weavers, inability to modernise, mundus and sarees, poor markeing, powerloom, unique design and quality, verge of extinction

The weavers of Devangapuram, near Chittur, are on the verge of extinction due to poor marketing of the product and tough competition from powerlooms who can sell their produce at cheaper rates. Devangapuram Handloom Weavers Society is the lone body that is engaged in weaving work in the village.

But, the Handloom Society in Devangapuram due to cash crunch it undertakes only small weaving works such as ‘set mundu’ and other items, mainly to cater to the festival season.

Related Keywords: Aditya Birla Group, big revenue genertr, digital medium, e-commerce, fabric brands boost, Grasim, local tailors online, Raymond, Siyaram, textile companies

With e-commerce emerging as the next big revenue generator, textile companies are roping in neighbourhood tailors to give their fabric brands a boost through the digital medium. Booking the services of your local tailor online will soon get easier.

Aditya Birla Group’s textile brand Grasim plans to introduce a neighbourhood tailor programme to improve the skills of about 50 tailors across localities in Delhi and then list their services as a digital offering through the company’s Web site.

Related Keywords: 577 million euros, Europe's top showcase, genereated revenue, Investments in technology, Italian textiles, Italian trade Show, Milano Unica, product quality, textile and accessories

Italian textiles in the first half of 2014 witnessed growth by 4.8 percent, organizers of Europe’s top showcase for textile and accessories, during the ongoing Italian Trade Show, Milano Unica running in Italy’s fashion capital Milan said.

Textiles, excluding knitted fabrics, registered a 7.6-percent increase on average in the January-June period.

Exports of Italian textiles performed positively, rising 4.2 percent in the first four months of this year, while imports grew further posting 7.5 percent increase.

Related Keywords: Bhagwat Sharma Gangwar, coats, designing and manufacturing, in Bareilly, jackets, jeans, mega textile cluster, readymade garment units, Santosh Kumar Gangwar, stitching shervanis, Union minister of textile, UP minister for textile

Union minister of state for textiles Santosh Kumar Gangwar (BJP) and UP minister for textiles, Bhagwat Sharna Gangwar (SP) have come together to set up a mega textile cluster in Bareilly, the city with immense potential in the field of textile designing and manufacturing.

To implement this idea, both Gangwars want credit for their respective governments and urgently needs government intervention to tap the market.

Related Keywords: Aalishan Pakistan, dashes of Pakistani fashion, desingers, FICCI, handicraft, Pakistan brands, Pakistan lifestryl exhibition, Pakistani textile, popular trade fair, TDAP

The stage is set for Pakistan’s Lifestyle exhibition ‘Aalishan Pakistan’, due to begin today in Delhi’s largest and most popular trade fair venues The exhibition will showcase a range of Pakistani products from textiles, handicrafts, jewellery, accessories, art, agro and dashes of Pakistani fashion.

The prominent brands of Pakistan which will be participating in the lifestlye exhibition will be, Khaadi, Gul Ahmed, Sana Safinaz, Chen One, Al-Karam, Asim Jofa, Bareeze and Lala Textiles.

Related Keywords: cheaper location, China, Ethiopia, India, International Monetary Fund, low-end manufacturing, producing clothes, soaring basic wages, Turkey

Frontier African nations such as Ethiopia are positioning themselves to take advantage of the soaring basic wages as China is looking for low-end manufacturing and have starting to shift to cheaper locations around the world.

Ethiopia is one of Africa’s and the world’s fastest-growing economies, the continent’s most populous nation after Nigeria is building a reputation for producing clothes, shoes and other basic goods with rock-bottom wages, cheap and stable electricity and improving transport infrastructure.

Related Keywords: DJR Jute Mills of Lolugu, imports give challenge workers, Jute industry imports, SKSN Jute Mills Private Limited, Swarnandhra Jute Mill of Pydibhimavaram

Jute industry in the North Andhra region is bogged down in crisis, as factories are facing a major challenge from Bangladesh, which exports raw and finished products to India at cheaper prices.

Related Keywords: build yarn manufacturing lines, Carolinas, Chinese compnies, cotton and land, epicenter of US textile industry, Keer, laboe cost, lower cost of energy, manufacture in US, textile company, textile job

Chinese companies are looking to manufacture in the U.S., lured by lower costs of energy, cotton and land, and wary of rising labor costs in China. The Carolinas once the epicenter of the U.S. textile industry, but since the late 1990s, thousands of jobs were lost when emerging markets joined the game, touting cheaper materials and labor. Carolinas textile jobs went to China, Brazil and Vietnam, among other places.

Related Keywords: Bangladesh export, Export Promotion Bureau, home textiles, jute yarn, Knitwear, moderate performance, strategic target, touch $5142.24 million, woven garments

Bangladesh’s export witnessed 2.07 percent growth riding on the moderate performance of the key knitwear, leather and leather products touching $ 5,142.24 million in the first two months (July-August) of the current fiscal (2014-15).

The figure is, however, 9.16 percent lower than the strategic target of $ 5,660.60 million, according to the latest figures released by the Export Promotion Bureau (EPB).

The single month export earnings in August totaled $ 2,159.50 million with a 7.25 percent growth but fell 17.46 percent short of the target.