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Belarusian school clothing maker increases sales to Russia, Kazakhstan

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...

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German company to invest in textile factory in Bulgaria

German company Dr Bock Industries is to invest BGN8m (US$4.

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Turkish company opening clothing factory in Serbia

Turkish-owned Tibet Moda will open a clothing factory in Cuprija, Serbia, which is planned to employ 1,000 workers within three years.

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Start of production of wool insulation in Sarajevo

Bosnian company Wool-Line of Sarajevo will start production of insulation made from wool at a new facility in Hadzici from September.

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Twitchell Technical Products acquires woven vinyl maker

Twitchell Technical Products, a manufacturer of engineered polymer fabrics and coated films, has acquired Infinity Woven Products, a provider of floor and wall coverings to...

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YFAI announces new operations in South Carolina

Yanfeng Automotive Interiors (YFAI), one of the world’s largest suppliers of automotive interior components, is establishing operations in Laurens County, South Carolina, USA.

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Carbon fibre aircraft wins design award

BlackWing Sweden, a developer and manufacturer of lightweight aircraft, has won the Red Dot Award for Product Design 2016 for an aircraft with carbon fibre...

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Toray to build airbag fabric facility in Mexico

Toray Industries has unveiled plans to construct an airbag fabric plant in Mexico, the Japan-based company’s first production facility related to airbags in the Americas.

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Hemp fibre receives ISCC PLUS certificate for automotive applications

Natural fibres have significant environmental benefits in lightweight biocomposites for automotive interiors.

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Lamborghini inaugurates carbon fibre research centre laboratory in Seattle

Automobili Lamborghini has inaugurated its carbon fibre research facility, the Advanced Composite Structures Laboratory (ACSL), in Seattle, Washington, USA.

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Camira moquettes on show at InnoTrans

Camira Fabrics will display moquette and flat-woven fabrics, leather and co-ordinating trims at InnoTrans 2016, which will be held in Berlin, Germany, from 20-23 September.

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Vietnamese textile producers criticise formaldehyde directive

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.

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Millions of ASEAN jobs may be lost to automation

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...

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Cambodian clothing factory compliance improving

Transparent reporting of clothing factory compliance in Cambodia is contributing to better conditions for workers, a new study has found.

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German agency asked to help revive Philippine abaca industry

The provincial government of Negros Occidental in the Philippines has sought the assistance of the German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ) in reviving the abaca...

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Indonesian polyester staple fibre consumption improves

Indonesian consumption of polyester staple fibre (PSF) improved after the imposition of anti-dumping duties in the second quarter of this year, according to Redma Gita...

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