Archive: 2015

American investor Wilbur Ross (pictured) has signed a co-operation agreement in various fields with the Vietnam National Textile and Garment Group (Vinatex).

Despite a significant decline in Russian business that is integral to Turkey’s textile industry, the sector is hopeful it will make up for its losses...

Orsha Linen Mill of Belarus is looking to open apparel factories in the EU, particularly, in Slovakia, according to director general Vladimir Nesterenko.

With the difficult financial situation in Greece, many Greek businesses are looking for a way to circumvent banking restrictions and rising taxes.

Bosnian men’s fashion brand Granoff has started expanding to foreign markets, mainly in Western Europe, particularly the Swedish market, according to company founder and owner...

Johnson Controls has announced it is “exploring strategic options for the separation of its automotive business”.

Beginning in 2013, the refurbishment of the 38 trams in Grenoble, France, was conducted in the ACC workshops in Clermont-Ferrand.

Switzerland-based Autoneum has launched a new technology for inner dashes and floor insulators that offers “excellent shapeability, light weight and a high acoustic performance”.

Public transport textiles producer Camira Fabrics has conducted a survey to find out what passengers really think about material types on bus seats.

The Bundeskartellamt (German Federal Cartel Office) has imposed fines totalling €75m on account of price fixing agreements on five manufacturers of acoustic components for the...

China-based textile manufacturer Shandong Daiyin Textile & Garment Group (D&Y Group) will invest about US$100m to expand its spinning facility in Sedenak, Johor, by the...

Retail fashion giants Gap and H&M have come out in support of proposals to reform the labour law in Myanmar.

The Philippine Textile Research Institute of the Department of Science and Technology is hoping to push tropical fabrics, such as those made from piña and...

Indonesian textile producers are urging the government to take swift action to help the industry survive amid weak sales and rising production costs, otherwise they...

A foreign and a Hungarian strategic investor, along with the local council of Szombathely, in western Hungary, will assume ownership of the assets of clothing...

Kalinel, a supplier of home textiles for IKEA stores worldwide, will invest BGN6m (US$3. 4m) in a new production base in Troyan, Bulgaria.