JUNE 2009
Serbian strikers soften stance after union official eats finger
Flat sales for Czech Republic’s textile and clothing retailers
H&M opens first fashion outlet in Moscow
Formula 1 boss’ daughter to produce fashion line in Croatia
Poland’s Vistula grapples with financing Kruk takeover
Serbian textile firms waiting for liquidation
Estonian clothing maker starts to lay off workers
Uzbekistan plans updating of basic industries
MAY 2009
Downturn takes the lustre off expensive Russian lingerie
Kidnappers free leading Bulgarian textile businessman for €1m
Estonia’s Krenholm changes CEO again
Belarusian textile and clothing producer negotiating European joint ventures
Inditex to introduce three more brands in Ukraine
Around 60,000 Romanian textile workers could lose their jobs
Strike at Serbian textile producer as owner asks state to annul debts
Turkish company buys assets of Uzbek textile firm
APRIL 2009
Levi Straus plans to shut plant in Hungary
Varteks to close facility in Croatia
Another 1,000 OPT companies could in Romania
Italian ‘cheats’ 30 Bulgarian workers
Russian light industry suffers big losses last year
Ukraine’s exports decrease marginally, but exports soar
Serbian workers forced into alternative pursuits
Uzbek cotton sector could be hit hard in 2009
MARCH 2009
Pasmatex relocating some operations to Macedonia
Aquafil expands capacity in Slovenia
Textile cluster planned for Russia’s Volgograd region
Czech textile producer sales at lowest level since 1999
Ukrainian retail clothing prices unlikely to rise in near term
Serbian workers want return of former Nitex manager
More layoffs at Estonian automotive seatbelt producer
Polish clothing group under pressure to raise capital
Uzbekistan’s cotton fibre output increases by 4%
Higher textile production in Bosnia and Herzegovina
FEBRUARY 2009
Female Bangladeshi garment workers sought in Romania
Bulgarian textile producer Maritsatex stops production
Ukraine’s light industry struggling but prospects good
Brisk rise in Russian household clothing expenditure
Macedonian producers face hardship
Low duties on EU textile imports from Belarus to remain
Czech yarn maker into insolvency
Higher productivity brings more clients for Moldovan apparel firm
Clothing scandals hit Serbian Ministry of Internal Affairs
Raw material suppliers demand prepayment from Baltic manufacturers
JANUARY 2009
Half of Bulgaria’s textile firms facing bankruptcy
Workers’ union formed in Novi Pazar, Serbia
Obama suits for sale in Bosnia
Belarusian President wants flax sector at full capacity
Macedonian producers face hardship
Dead season for Ukrainian clothing retailers
Provincial markets driving Russian underwear sakes growth
Czech textile companies lay off hundreds as crisis hits
Wendre named best Estonian textile company
Support for privatised enterprises in Azerbaijan
DECEMBER 2008
Uzbekistan cotton trading hub established in Dubai
Dim to relocate lingerie activities to Romania
Russian market for terry goods expanding
Ukraine’s boom in catalogue shopping
Global crisis opens up opportunities for Azerbaijani companies
Belarusian scientists discuss co-operation with South Korea
Poland’s clothing market expands at double-digit rate
Production of denim fabric could revive Novi Pazar
New clothing stores open in Vilnius shopping centre
Spentex commissions new dyehouse in Uzbekistan
NOVEMBER 2008
Wal-Mart acts to end forced child labour in Uzbekistan
Belarusian glove manufacturer to expand production
Sibur invests in nonwoven geosynthetic materials
Ukrainian apparel makers focus on developing own brands
Berwin group to close another clothing factory in Hungary
Poland's V&W seeks banks willing to take over debt
US aid helps Moldovan fashion designer take on new markets
Export opportunities await Serbian textile industry
Estonian pillow and quilt maker to lay off 80 people
Orsha Linen Mill to open trading house in Kazakhstan
OCTOBER 2008
Czech textile manufacturers outsource more production
USAID grant expands Bulgarian factory’s opportunities
Russian customs crisis affects traders in Istanbul
Hazardous school uniforms uncovered by Ukrainian retail survey
Dewavrin Group closes wool-combing mill
Serbian clothing maker yet to pay debts for unfinished factory
First-half Czech textile and clothing sales drop by 14%
Estonia’s Baltika signs contracts with Peek & Cloppenburg
US groups repeat call to end child labour in Uzbekistan
Kazakhstan special economic zones developing slowly
SEPTEMBER 2008
Ukraine’s Prime Minister to encourage light industry
Inflation affects growth of Russian childrenswear market
Romanian tights and hosiery producer looks east
Macedonian firms move to full-package brand production
New Vistula & Wólczanka CEO begins to unveil his vision
Italians delighted with Serbian workers
Czech nonwovens producer looks at investment opportunities
Estonia’s Perfect Plant to open hemp factory
Kazakhstan in dispute over water for cotton irrigation
Uzbek cotton sector growing despite problems
AUGUST 2008
Tajik-Korean joint venture threatened with bankruptcy
Sharda bid for Poland’s biggest spinning mill
Market for textile rental services shows high growth
Intimate apparel sales expanding in the Russian regions
Ukraine’s clothing market grows with new retail outlets opening
Faurecia to close Czech seat cover plant
Problems escalate at Serbian textile producer
No bids for Croatian underwear maker
Uzbek cotton sector growing despite problems
JULY 2008
Berwin & Berwin to close another factory in Hungary
Michel Thierry to acquire Czech automotive textile producer
Shrinking polyamide 6 fibre end-uses
CE label awarded to Belarusian building materials manufacturer
Turkish investment in Belarusian cotton textile producer
Brisk trade in bed linen in Ukraine
Bangladeshi workers arrive for Russian garment and knitwear sector
Former Estonian finance minister in Krenholm privatisation row
Moldovan clothing sector facing problems
Timior Collant opens sock production unit in Serbia
UK university in Kazakh development projects
JUNE 2008
Belarusian Mogotex signs deal with Russian workwear company
Latvian lingerie output moves east to Belarus and Ukraine
Russian industrial fabric clothing market on the rise
Specialist retailers boost Czech textile sales
Croatian trading firm acquires 5,000 own shares
Sandzak wool shipped to Liverpool for British carpet trade
Polish fashion retailer LPP to merge with Artman
Estonian linen producer to lay off 160 employees
Uzbekistan’s Bukharatex subject to major Turkish investment
Construction of two new cotton spinning units in Turkmenistan
MAY 2008
Macedonian wool yarn producer report success
Fall in Russian fabric production
Ukrainian wholesale trade centre to double in size
Belarusian fibre producer to export uniforms
Czech nonwovens maker obtains grant for R&D project
Bank to increase stake in Moldovan carpet producer
Serbian garment workers prefer illegal employment
Croatian textile producer to set up employee stock ownership plan
Lithuanian retailer extends alliance with Inditex
South Korea’s Daewoo buys second largest Uzbek textile mill
APRIL 2008
Vietnamese workers fill gaps in Bulgaria’s textile industry
Latvian production declining
Russia’s clothing retail market changing to modern formats
Cypriot holding acquires third sewing unit in Ukraine
Large falls in Hungarian textile and clothing production
Czech textiles sales up, but employee numbers down
EU investigates VAT on Polish children’s wear
Serbian football player to shut knitting factory
Tough times for former Krenholm employees
Further progress in Uzbek textile industry development
MARCH 2008
Czech textile industry braces for a flood of Chinese imports
Foreign companies open more retail stores in Russia
Losses grow for large Ukrainian fabric producer
Belarusian ministry urges revision of EU textile trading regime
Rockwool to invest in Polish special economic zone
Unemployed textile workers a problem in Serbia’s Novi Pazar
India’s Alok Industries raises stake in Czech textile producer
Estonian Labur Inspectorate approves layoffs at Krenholm
Man-made fibre producer Benderskii Shelk sold to Tirotex of Moldova
UK retailer Tesco to ban Uzbek-sourced cotton
FEBRUARY 2008
Slovenian clothing maker denies sale to Serbian tycoon
RPG takeover of Fezko approved
Russia’s Volga Textile upgrades workwear fabric production
Belarusian carpet maker registers in Vitebsk free economic zone
First Gap stores to open in Ukraine this summer
Estonian textile producer to lay off 1,500 workers
Nanocoatings and nanofibre developments detailed at Prague conference
Transnistria silk enterprise for sale again
Serbian co-operative farm exports more wool to UK trader
ADB expands private sector operations in Kazakhstan
JANUARY 2008
Romania’s GreenFiber to expand output of recycled polyester staple fibre
Brands not so important for Russia’s youth clothing market
Ukrainian outerwear maker expands retail activities
Polish clothing distributor invests in logistics and network development
Hungary’s TiszaTextil acquires French bulk container producer
Czech textile makers raise sales after 2006 decline
European Commission proposes additional trade preferences for Moldova
Aquafil to expand polyamide yarn capacity in Slovenia
Most expensive clothing reported in Latvian capital
Finland’s Marimekko drops Estonian textile producer over Uzbek cotton
DECEMBER 2007
Uzbek cotton picked by children used in UK clothes
Russian fabric production increases despite fall in domestic demand
Moldova an attractive proposition for manufacturing investment
Technical textiles project launched in Nikolaev, Ukraine
Belarusian joint venture with Austria’s Glanzstoff
Drama continues in Vranje, Serbia
Sharda Group’s investment in Lithuania
Eighth production line opened at Pegas Nonwovens
IDA launches cotton campaign in Tajikistan
New Turkmen cotton mill opened by President
NOVEMBER 2007
Tintoria Piana to set up dyeing facility in Hungary
Russian menswear market on the rise
Ukraine’s light industry threatened by smuggling
Belarusian textile companies invest in upgrade projects
Slovak association reports major job losses this year
Trevira Neckelmann moves yarn production to Poland
Latvian glass fibre producer invests in ring twisting machines
Serbian clothing workers on strike
Estonia’s Krenholm to outsource more production
Uzbek cotton processing planned to increase
OCTOBER 2007
Number of Belarusian mills may be optimised
Croatia’s Varteks to expand to India
Textile fibre demand in Eastern Europe
Polimex-Mostostal to build PTA plant for Poland’s PKN Orlen
Greuter-Jersey moves production to Czech Republic
Khimvolokno Grodno to expand markets
Greek investor buys Serbian textile factory
Miroglio to invest in Bulgarian viscose staple plant
Baltika to move remaining clothing production out of Tallinn
Slovakia’s Ozeta Neo transfers production capacity from Tornala to Topolcany
SEPTEMBER 2007
Serbian investment group buys up textile producers
Bulgarian association demands unions curb strike action
Development programme prepared for Russia’s light industry
Controversial Polish priest plans owns range of clothing
Fund manager takes stake in Czech nonwovens producer
Romanian man-made fibre producer for sale
Lithuania’s Alytaus Tekstile enters bankruptcy
Estonian clothing maker signs Finnish skiwear contract
Kyrgyz peasant farmers refusing to cultivate cotton
Indians consider investment in Uzbekistan
AUGUST 2007
India’s Spentex acquires Czech spinner for US$25m
Investments in Ukraine’s tyre cord industry
High costs of uniforms hit Polish school outfitters
No investor for bankrupt Czech socks and hosiery maker
Russian businessman seeks to acquire Serbian carpet factory
Norwegian knitting yarn producer to establish joint venture in Macedonia
UK firm wins contract Latvian army contract
Estonia’s Marat to close Tallinn clothing plant
Finnish apparel retailer to open office in Kazakhstan
Russian importer and distributor to start retail operations
JULY 2007
Moldovan textile producer now competitive with Europe
Fast-growing Bulgaria on a knife edge
Setback for Romanian clothing industry
Ukraine introduces anti-dumping duties on cotton fabrics
Czech nonwovens producer wants state investment incentives
Belarusian fibre maker launches composite yarn
Clothing unit to resume with Cypriot investment
Russian business unaffected by riots in Estonia
Four stakes sold in Lithuania’s Alytaus Tekstile
Volga Textile plans major investment in Uzbekistan
JUNE 2007
Italian entrepreneur acquires Bulgarian viscose yarn plant
Hungarian yarn producer Itefil to end operations
Mura CEO leaving after five years of crisis management
Ukrainian sewing mill wins Italian contract
Turkey’s Zorluteks expands in Russian home textile market
Czech clothing producer to make men’s suits for Armani
Lear Corp to invest in new automotive seat factory in Slovakia
Serbian knitwear maker doubles sales with the help of USAID
Estonia’s Krenholm to sell property to pay off debts
Kazakhstan reduces import duties on worsted-spun wool yarn
MAY 2007
Ukrainian menswear production moves to India and Mauritius
Hugo Boss to return to the Czech Republic?
Alliance Russian Textiles changes strategy
Competitive clothing manufacturing on offer in Romania
Potential in Russian lingerie market
Czech fabric producer to close loss-making spinning mills
Polish nonwovens producer invests in new spunlace line
Austrian lingerie maker proposes buyout of Moldova’s Tricon
Estonian Prime Minister enters Krenholm debate
Zeromax completes modernisation at Uzbek textile producer
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