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New facility helps put Philippine tropical fabrics in mainstream market

The Philippine Textile Research Institute of the Department of Science and Technology is hoping to push tropical fabrics, such as those made from piña and...

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Indonesian textile producers face weak sales and higher costs

Indonesian textile producers are urging the government to take swift action to help the industry survive amid weak sales and rising production costs, otherwise they...

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Buyers to take over assets of Hungarian clothing manufacturer

A foreign and a Hungarian strategic investor, along with the local council of Szombathely, in western Hungary, will assume ownership of the assets of clothing...

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Kalinel to invest in new production base in Troyan

Kalinel, a supplier of home textiles for IKEA stores worldwide, will invest BGN6m (US$3. 4m) in a new production base in Troyan, Bulgaria.

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Turkish textile group to invest in Georgia

Turkish textile producer Kaya Group is setting up a textile project in Georgia and will export products produced in the plant to EU countries.

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Slam Clothing to invest US$1m in clothing plant in Vidin

Slam Clothing plans to invest BGN2m (US$1. 12m) in a clothing plant in Vidin, north-western Bulgaria, according to district governor Momchil Stankov.

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Vietnam may impose 2% duty on polyester staple fibre

Press reports from Vietnam suggest the government is considering a 2% duty on imports of polyester staple fibre to encourage domestic production.

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Cambodia's first quarter clothing exports up 11%

Cambodia’s clothing exports for the first quarter of 2014 grew by 11% year-on-year, according to the latest figures from the Ministry of Commerce, indicating a...

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Indonesian government asked to intervene in cotton procurement

The Indonesian government is being urged to issue a legal umbrella for efforts to fix the distribution channels of cotton imported into Indonesia as part...

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Clothing workers in Myanmar strike over living wage

More than 100 workers at garment factories in the Shwepyithar Industrial Zone in Myanmar have been protesting to demand better wages since February.

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