One of the oldest textile factories in Bulgaria is to discontinue production and has started a layoff procedure.
Myanmar-based investment group Olympus Asia has teamed up with South Korean clothing maker Panko with plans to build a 200-hectare garment zone in Myanmar through...
Investors in Cambodia’s clothing industry are increasingly purchasing modern equipment as they look to produce higher value-added products to compete in the global market and...
D&Y Textile (Malaysia), a subsidiary of the China-based Shandong Daiyin Textile & Garment Group, is aiming for export sales of MYR1bn (US$246m) in the 2019...
The Myanmar Textile Manufacturers Association has been launched by the country's Ministry of Industry, following years of discussion about creating an upstream producers body.
The export value of Thai fashion products is expected to reach THB1trn (US$29bn) a year within the next five years as the country is on...
South Korea’s Hyosung, a producer of polyamide yarn for intimate apparel, sportswear and outdoor goods, has announced plans to start up a plant in Nhon...
A new workwear plant is being built for Finland’s Lindström Prodem in Tukums, Latvia.
At this year’s Baltic Fashion & Textile trade fair in Vilnius, Lithuania (29 September – 1 October), there will be a large pavilion of more...
Belarus-based clothing manufacturing and trading association Polesie has increased its exports to Kazakhstan and Russia through its schoolwear supplies, according to Sergei Kasperovich, head of...
German company Dr Bock Industries is to invest BGN8m (US$4.
Turkish-owned Tibet Moda will open a clothing factory in Cuprija, Serbia, which is planned to employ 1,000 workers within three years.
Bosnian company Wool-Line of Sarajevo will start production of insulation made from wool at a new facility in Hadzici from September.
Vietnam’s Ministry of Industry and Trade has been urged to retract a directive, which experts say creates unnecessary obstacles for textile and clothing manufacturers.
More than half of all workers in five South East Asian countries are at high risk of losing their jobs to automation over the next...
Transparent reporting of clothing factory compliance in Cambodia is contributing to better conditions for workers, a new study has found.