Krishna Mehta, the first menswear designer of the country,focusing her energy on the age-old craft of Maheshwar from Madhya Pradesh for her men's and women's wear line at the upcoming Lakme Fashion Week Summer Resort 2014, after shows in Mumbai featuring the traditional textiles of Gujarat and more recently the Manipur and Banaras.
Houdini, a Swedish company founded in 1993, the biggest sports brand whose products rock in performance. The new outdoor brand strong on sustainability, offering 80 per cent of its clothing made from recycled or renewable fibres will be launched in Britain.
The company said that all its clothing is made in Europe, mainly in Baltic countries and its brand is built on its base layers, with the Airborn Tee made from a combination of silk and merino wool.
The textile sector is highly important for the Dominican Republic, being one of the economic milestones of the country in respect to levels of exports and employment. Close to 70% of the Dominican free zone companies are textile companies.
The textile industry of Dominican Republic which was in a weak position due to the tough competition by the China has started picking up again as the Western companies’ declining interest for sourcing production in Asia
The Ethiopian government is keen to boost its apparel manufacturing industry for which a target of US$1bn is set in textile exports by 2016. The country's efforts to build its textile and garment industry and offer competitive prices have attracted a growing number of new buyers in recent years.
Its clothing and textile sector is currently going through major expansion programme fuelled by foreign investment as companies seek to reduce their reliance on countries like China and Bangladesh.
India’s exports are expected to hit $40 billion in 2013-14 from $34 billion, a rise of 17.6% in the current fiscal from a year before, mainly on higher shipments of garments, cotton yarn, fabrics and man-made fibre but will still miss the target of $43 billion regardless of rupee depreciation, sources said on Thursday.
ITEMA, an Italian privately-held multinational Company and leading player in the textile industry, providing best-in-class weaving machines for over 60 years will open the doors of its new offices and assembly plant in Shanghai. It will be a new milestone for the Company in China, one of its most important markets and a country with a strong potential for continued growth.
The three comprehensive exhibitions focused on the entire textile and garment sector of Sri Lanka organized by CEMS-Global USA was inaugurated yesterday at Sri Lanka Exhibition and Convention Centre (SLECC), Colombo by M L.A.M Hisbullah Deputy Minister, Economic Development. The three day exhibition has around 130 overseas companies participating of which 80 companies are from China. The exhibition comprises over 200 booths.
The United States has become an increasingly attractive option for textile manufacturers, the key driver for surge in foreign direct investment is the success of U.S. trade policy in the textile sector. The Yarn-Forward rule has helped the U.S. textile industry become the third largest exporter of textile products in the world. U.S. textile exports have grown dramatically, from $12.7 billion in 2003 to $17.9 billion in 2013, a 40.6% increase over that period.
The Intertextile Shanghai 2014 trade fair opens with around 1,400 exhibitors from 23 different countries and regions taking part in the event which show that the event is getting popular in more and more countries in comparison to last year which had brought together 1,344 exhibitors from 16 different countries and regions. This year Portuguese textile is also on display at one of the busiest international events in its sector.
The Vietnam textile and garment industry firms have started large projects to expand their production and receive new business opportunities this year. So far, many enterprises have signed export contracts to be completed by the third quarter of this year, the Ministry of Industry and Trade said.
It export value in the first two months of 2014 reached US$3.2 billion a year-on-year increase of 30.1 per cent.
Many Vietnam textile firms have signed export contract and also invested in their production line this year.
