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Freudenberg & Vilene Nonwovens has opened a new production line for automotive headliners at its Suzhou site in eastern China.

Johnson Controls has approved the previously announced spin-off of its global automotive seating and interiors business.

Troubled airbag maker Takata is selling its US automotive interior trim and seating material operation, raising cash as its airbag inflator recall costs continue to...

AGC Chemicals Americas has developed AsahiGuard E-Series high-performance, perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA)-free repellents with improved environmental and biological profiles.

ELG Carbon Fibre, a producer of recycled carbon fibre materials, has started production of a range of nonwoven mats on a new production line, which...

Five apparel companies that will operate under the cut-make-pack system are set to create nearly 6,000 jobs in Myanmar.

The Cambodian government has set the new minimum wage in the country’s clothing sector at US$153 a month, a 9% increase in an industry that...

Cambodia’s clothing sector, although still expanding, will remain in a precarious position unless global brands significantly raise the prices they pay to manufacturers or the...

Indonesia is aiming to become one of the world’s top five textile exporters over the next few years, according to Minister of Industry Airlangga Hartarto.

Turkey could impose an anti-dumping duty of more than 72% on polyester textured yarn imports from Vietnam, according to the Vietnam Competition Authority, part of...

Unisoll Vina, a subsidiary of South Korea’s Hansoll Textile, has begun operating in the Giao Long industrial park, Chau Thanh district, in the southern Vietnamese...

A Polish takeover of the ailing German fashion brand Strenesse has failed, leaving the future of the company with 240 employees uncertain.

Albstadt, Germany-based Mayer & Cie has opened its Czech subsidiary’s new factory hall in Vsetín.

Latvian fibreglass maker Valmieras Stikla Skiedra has signed an agreement with parent company P-D Management Industries-Technologies for the sale of a 33% stake in Valmiera...

Clothing exports from Georgia fell by 13. 1% to US$77. 5m in 2015, the first year-on-year decline since 2011. Apparel imports decreased by 18.

In the midst of economic problems, Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev (pictured) has pinned hopes on a revival of the cotton sector to bring the country’s...