Greenpeace has won a lawsuit against the Indonesian government which, it claims, will prevent permits being issued to companies allowing them to dispose of waste...
Malaysian-owned Global Apparels, a garment producer in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, has announced that the factory will close by October.
The Malaysia External Trade Development Corporation (MATRADE) has kick-started exports of children’s fashion wear, aiming to capture a 10-15% share of Malaysia’s textile and clothing...
Widespread poverty, low rates of secondary schooling and weak labour enforcement are being blamed for the presence of child labour in Myanmar’s clothing sector, with...
The Philippine Fiber Industry Development Authority is likely to approve the commercialisation of Bt cotton, a genetically modified (GM) cotton variety, in the fourth quarter...
Taiwan-owned Polytex Far Eastern Vietnam has announced plans to develop a textile dyeing and man-made fibre factory with an investment of US$760m in the southern...
Pegas Nonwovens has decided to locate its new production line in the Czech Republic.
Latvia plans to increase exports of textile and light industry products this year, according to Guntis Strazds, president of the Latvian Association of Light Industry...
A new cluster for the production of textile products will soon be established in the Ivanovo region, Russia’s centre of textile production.
The government of Moldova, a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, plans to design a package of measures aimed at supporting the national textile industry, aiming...