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Related Keywords: 150 local and foreign companies participated, began on Friday, brings modern machinery and equipment, higher industrial growth, job creation, Lahore Expo Centre, printing industry, revolution in the textile, Three day third International Digital Printing and Signage Technology Exhibition

The three-day 3rd International Digital Printing and Signage Technology Exhibition began on Friday at the Lahore Expo Centre where around 150 local and foreign companies participated in the fair.

At the opening, Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) President Malik Javed Tahir said that the Digital Printing and Signage Technology Exhibition brings modern machinery and equipment, which will spark revolution in the textile and printing industry in coming years, leading to job creation and higher industrial growth.

Related Keywords: African fashion and design industry, challenged to take up garment manufacturing, EAC countries, East African Community, imported second hand clothes, job creation, preparing to phase-out, requires low level technology and skills, support industrialization, textile industry players

East African Community (EAC) countries – Uganda, Kenya, Burundi, Rwanda and Tanzania, as they are preparing to phase-out imported second hand clothes by 2018 to support industrialization and job creation in the region, the textile industry players have been challenged to take up garment manufacturing that requires low level technology and skills.

Related Keywords: Arunachal Pradesh, bring modern ready-made garment industry in state, fillip to traditonal sector, give a fillip to entrepreneurship, Gumin Nagar in Pasighat, inaugurated Apparel and Garment Making Center, job creation, potential to promote textiles sector, set up six more incubation centers, under NERTPS, Union Textile Minister Smriti Zubin Irani

Union Textile Minister Smriti Zubin Irani inaugurated an Apparel and Garment Making Center on Tuesday at Gumin Nagar, Pasighat in presence of Chief Minister Pema Khandu, Union MoS for Home, Kiren Rijiju, MoS for Textile, Ajay Tamta, State’s Textile, Handicrafts and Cooperation, Minister Tapang Taloh and Lok Sabha MP, Ninong Ering. Union Minister Irani said that Arunachal Pradesh has the potential to promote the textiles sector and give a fillip to entrepreneurship and job creation.

Related Keywords: Dutch textile and design company, economic diversification, Federal government Nigeria, invest in vibrant CTG sector, job creation, MoU, offer four brands, Uniwax and GTP, Vlisco, Vlisco Group, Woodin

Vlisco Group, Dutch textile and design company has signed a Memorandum of Understanding, MoU with the Federal Government of Nigeria to create a platform for significant expansion in Nigeria's economy. Vlisco Group to invest in Nigeria and contribute to the building of a vibrant Cotton, Textile and Garment (CTG) sector.

Related Keywords: Boost, cotton industry, deal signed, denim plant, investment, job creation, joint venture, MeTL, Mulungush textile, reopening, working capital

The re-opening of the moribund Zambia-China Mulungushi Textile Joint Venture seven years after it was shut has come as a special gift to the people of Kabwe in this Jubilee year.
 
The factory has been leased to Mohammed Enterprises Tanzania Limited Group (MeTL) for a period of 12 years. The new investor will in the next three months assess the condition of the machinery at the plant, before resuming operations at the textile plant.
 

Related Keywords: expert panel, investment, job creation, New national textile policy, Strategy & Action Plan, textile and garment export, Vision

The new National Textiles Policy draft submitted by an expert panel constituted by the government on Monday aims at achieving textile and garment exports growth of $300 billion by 2024-25 from around $39 billion in the last fiscal and also creating additional 35 million jobs by attracting investments.
 

Related Keywords: duty cut, Indian textile ministry, investment, job creation, Texprocil, Textile Industry, textile machinery, TUFS

Cotton Textiles Export Promotion Council of India (Texprocil), a government constituted body has put forward their proposal to reinstate the benefit as investments made during the 18 month gap are eligible investments before and after extension of the TUFS with the Indian Textile Ministry They have assured that if the government accepts the sector’s demands in the forthcoming Budget and should the Rs 1,000 crore of TUFS money surrendered is given back to the textile industry, the textile industry would invest up to Rs 4,000 crore and set in motion the process of capacity creation 50

Related Keywords: AmCham Bahrain, asssociation, GTA, home textile, job creation, Manama Textile, trade and business, West Point Home

The American Chamber of Commerce Bahrain (AmCham Bahrain), an independent, private, non-profit, non-political business association has taken up the initiative to enhance textile trade and business using the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between the United States and the Kingdom of Bahrain. AmCham held a meeting with West Point Home (WPH), a leading textile manufacturer in the US and an active member of AmCham Bahrain. The meeting was attended by Mr. Billy Harris, Vice President International Manufacturing and Operations of WPH and Mr. Qays Hatim Zu'bi, President of AmCham Bahrain.