Archive: 2016

Technical textiles and equipment for their production are recognised key factors for the development of the Russian textile industry.

Ferrari Investment East Europe of Backa Palanka, Serbia, has bought the bankrupt Pirot-based AHA Mura Prvi Maj for RSD284m (US$2.

Martini Vesto plans to open its first production plant in Bijeljina, north-eastern Bosnia and Herzegovina and a new plant in Serbia’s Leskovac in a bid...

Designers City, the first fashion house of Kazakh designers, opened last month in Almaty.

Following last month’s inauguration of a new plant in San Luis Potosí, Mexico, Autoneum has begun construction of a second production facility in the state...

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...