Nepal is mulling over allowing industries from the non-garments sectors
to invest inside the Garment Processing Zone (GPZ) in Simara after not a single
garment manufacturer expressed interest to invest there after the Special
Economic Zone (SEZ) Authority Nepal in May called for applications from
interested garment companies to invest inside...
The UK government is inviting organisations to apply for funding under a multi-million pound grant scheme to boost recycling of textiles. This could include machinery for recycling textiles, technology for disassembling or sorting textiles, automated processes for removing items such as zips, and technology to sort textiles...
Bangladesh’s economy is now under stress for the first time in the last 10 years, the Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) said today. The independent thinktank said, a rift in the macroeconomic stability surfaced in the last fiscal because of revenue shortfall, problems in the banking sector,...
Yarn Expo Autumn will be held during September 25–27 in Shanghai. The fair will be held concurrently with the 25th Autumn Edition of Intertextile Shanghai Apparel Fabrics, to maximise exposure in the textile supply chain. It will bring high-quality yarn and fibre suppliers from all over the...
In a nondescript building in a Beijing suburb, workers stitch tissue into replacement heart valves for humans. Orders are mounting, and founder Jin Lei is looking to the latest feature of Chinese President Xi Jinping’s financial reform to help him expand. For Jin’s company, Balance Medical Technology...
The industrial output of major textile companies in China increased by 4.1 per cent year-o-year in the first four months of 2019, according to the country’s National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC). Meanwhile, fixed-asset investment of major textile companies was up 0.8 per cent during the same...