Category: Emerging Markets

Kazakh wool textile producer Caspiy Lana Atyrau could soon resume operations after a pause of several years owing to financial problems.

The Bankruptcy Supervision Agency has announced that Beohemija has bought the bankrupt Odzaci, Serbia-based chemical producer Hipol, which manufactures polypropylene and homopolymers under the Hipolen...

Russian textile producer Rodniki-Tekstil has expanded spinning production at its site in the Ivanovo special economic zone.

GIZ Fabric – a project of the German international development agency Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) to promote sustainability in the textile and garment...

Teijin Frontier, the Teijin Group’s fibres and products converting company, has announced that its core base for polyester fibre manufacturing, Teijin Polyester (Thailand), will build...

With women accounting for around 90% of the garment sector labour force, a recent study by the International Labour Organization indicated that around 250,000 workers...

A machine for recycling blended textile waste could soon be deployed in Cambodia.

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development is contributing to industrial and residential energy efficiency in Uzbekistan and Central Asia by supporting Ecoclimat Group, the...

Researchers from the Department of Science and Technology’s Philippine Textile Research Institute (DOST-PTRI) have developed sustainable natural textile materials from bamboo.

Vietnam’s textile and clothing industry is unlikely to reach its goals in production and business owing to the impact of the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic, according...

Utenos Trikotažas, part of the SBA group, and the Defence Materiel Agency under Lithuania’s Ministry of National Defence have signed a contract with a maximum...

Hermine Stepanyan, a well-known Armenian actress, TV host and blogger, and designer Gayane Soghomonyan have combined to create a new Armenian brand called Unlike Fashion...

Indonesia’s Ministry of Industry continues to be committed to developing the national Muslim fashion industry by organising the Modest Fashion Project (MOFP) 2021, a Muslim...

The massive production disruptions in the ASEAN region brought about by the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic could lead to greater diversification and a major reshaping of global...

Beti, a Slovenian manufacturer of dyed polyester and polyamide yarns, is reportedly being put up for sale by the Bank Assets Management Company.

Wildberries, one of Russia’s mass market fashion leaders, has expanded to the three Baltic states – Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia.