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Related Keywords: Bangladesh, clothes, Ethical Trading, garment industry, Lululemon, production, supply chains, Textiles

Low-paid workers producing clothes for Lululemon in Bangladesh say they endured physical abuse and regular humiliation from their managers, according to an investigation by the Guardian. One worker said she was violently slapped for leaving work early on a day when she was sick. Others described managers calling female workers “sluts” or “prostitutes,” as well as instances of physical abuse. A male worker said men at the factory were beaten and mistreated too.

Related Keywords: apparel, automated sewing units for home textile, Eltex, Eton systems and ES Automatex, garment industry, IRO, ITMA ASIA + CITME, Swedish machinery producers, Textile Industry, Textile Machine Association of Sweden, textile manufacturing, warping, weaving machinery, winding, yarn

The highly inspiring, exciting platform for the world to view the latest technological developments, ITMA Asia + CITME is happening in Shanghai, China. This time, Swedish machinery producers will be proudly represented by four TMAS members: IRO, Eltex, Eton systems and ES Automatex. TMAS, the Textile Machine Association of Sweden, has nine members, each at the forefront of their own specific segment, and with a long and successful history and a passion for textile manufacturing.

Related Keywords: fashion, fashion firms, fashion hub, garment and textile center, garment industry, global value chain, largest textile and clothes centers, manufacturing powerhouse, technology, Textile Industry, textile products

"China's textile industry urgently needs to figure out how to face the challenges brought by the new era of reform and opening-up," said Sun Ruizhe,
president of the China National Textile and Apparel Council. He added that "technology, fashion, green" has become the new label for China's textile and garment industry. He said the fashion hub should cultivate its own Chinese cultural characteristics to make it distinct and unique.

Related Keywords: FICCI, garment and carpet industry, garment industry, import of garment, MMF yarn-based fabric, raw material and fabrics, substantial drop in import duty, Textile Industry, textiles and garments, textiles and handicraft industry

Mr. Jaipuria expressed that garment and carpet industry was under immense pressure after implementation of GST. After GST, substantial drop in import duty was observed which has encouraged cheaper imports. It is also worth noting that total imports of textiles and garments increased in 2017-18 (USD 7 billion) by 16% in comparison to 2016-17 (USD 6 billion).

Related Keywords: garment industry, industrial fabric, Iran Nanotechnology Initiative Council, polyester, Polyester strings, Polymer materials, robust fabric, silver nano-particles

According to the report, the product, which is the result of efforts made at a knowledge-based company, has received approval from the Iran Nanotechnology Initiative Council (INIC).

Related Keywords: American styling, apparels in Kolkata, fashion show, garment industry, Junior’s Fashion Week, kidswear, Lil Angels, local luxury designers, stripes and dot prints, U.S. Polo Assn, U.S. Polo Assn. Kids AW’17 collection at Kolkata., US Polo Assn

The excitement of Junior’s Fashion Week electrifies the air at JW Marriott, Kolkata. While spectators enjoy the procession of cutting-edge ensembles, it helps to acknowledge them about the brands, fabrications, and prices of the collection and accessories parading before them. That's where a detailed and descriptive run-of-show by Junior’s Fashion Week comes in.

Related Keywords: build large centres for designing fashion, demand for garments and textiles, export processing zones, garment industry, Ho Chi Minh City of Vietnam, set targets of meeting eighty to ninety percent, supplying hundred percent of accessories, textile industrial parks, textile material and accessories, trading garment

Vietnam's Ho Chi Minh City has set targets of meeting 80-90 percent of Vietnam's demand for garments and textiles by 2020, and supplying 100 percent of accessories for the country's garment industry, the municipal authorities said.

Ho Chi Minh city will build large centres for designing fashion, trading garment, textile material and accessories to become the country's garment, textile and accessory hub.

Related Keywords: announced ten year aid package, expansion and other costs for businesses, Garment District Alliance, garment industry, includes relocation, move from the Garment Center to Sunset Park, New York City Economic Development Corporation, package is backed by Council of Fashion Designers of America, stabilize and strengthen declining industry

The New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC) announced a 10 year, $51 million aid package to the city’s garment industry which includes “relocation, expansion and other costs for businesses that want to move from the Garment Center to Sunset Park to stabilize and strengthen the declining industry currently centered in Midtown.

The package is backed by the Council of Fashion Designers of America and the Garment District Alliance — is “the largest investment in this iconic sector in New York City history.

Related Keywords: fabric importers, fabrics industry, Garment Exporters, garment industry, garment manufacturers, global fashion, global textile industry, International Textile Fair, ITF 2015, textile exhibition

National award winning textile exhibitors, global fashion authorities, revered academic institutions, exclusive keynote speakers, and the world’s leading corpus on sustainable fashion - assembled under one roof, can only signify one thing: ITF. The two-day event has long been hailed as the Middle East’s premier textile fair; and rightly so.

Related Keywords: focus on capacity building, garment industry, impart training, Japan International Cooperation Agency, JICA, meet to work out parameters, Ministry of Textile Industry Pakistan, provide necessary machinery for the institutes, Skill development and market diversification project, training institute at Faisalabad Garment City

A meeting was held between the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) senior advisor Takafumi Ueda and the Ministry of Textile Industry Secretary Amir Marwat on Thursday at the Ministry of Textile Industry to work out parameters for the project of “Skill Development and Market Diversification” (PSDMD) for the garment industry.