Category: Emerging Markets

A collective bargaining and negotiation training course has helped prepare union officers to negotiate for better working conditions in the Philippines’ textile and garment sector.

More than 300 delegates from Singapore, South East Asia, South Korea, China, the US and South Africa attended the first Fuze Fashion Technology held recently...

Taiwanese textile group Far Eastern New Century is set to open a new plant in Vietnam for the production of knitted fabrics.

The Russian government plans to stimulate the domestic flax industry, according to Minister of Industry and Trade Denis Manturov.

E Miroglio, one of the largest Italian investors in Bulgaria, has opened a new production facility in Kotel, where 30 women are being trained in...

While some fashion stores in Europe are downsizing, others like Sportina Group are growing steadily.

At least four major Turkish textile companies are likely to start doing business in Serbia by the end of the year, with two others understood...

The textile and clothing industry of Kyrgyzstan is steadily growing: last year production was valued at KZS5. 2bn (US$75m), KZS44.

Under Armour, one of the largest US producers of sports clothing, is expanding into the Russian market by opening its first stores in the country.

Lealea Enterprise, one of the largest polyester filament yarn and chip makers in Taiwan, is to acquire Taroko’s production facility in Bandung, Indonesia.

Cambodian workers from Shude Garment protested in front of their factory in mid-February in Kampong Speu province’s Chbar Mon town after their employer vanished without...

The withdrawal of the US from the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement has delighted many Indonesian textile and apparel exporters, as they will now have a level...

Myanmar’s Ministry of Industry is inviting both local and foreign investment to develop a specialised textile and clothing zone in Shwe Taung, Bano region.

Thai Bedding, a producer of mattresses and bedding products, is diversifying into the hotel business, allocating at least THB1bn (US$28.

South Korea’s Kolon Industries has received approval to invest US$220m in a factory manufacturing KVT-1 industrial fabric for automobile tyres in the southern Vietnamese province...

The Council of the EU has abolished import quotas for Belarusian textile products.