The textile and clothing industry of Kyrgyzstan is steadily growing: last year production was valued at KZS5. 2bn (US$75m), KZS44.
Under Armour, one of the largest US producers of sports clothing, is expanding into the Russian market by opening its first stores in the country.
In a bid to expand overseas sales, Lear has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Grupo Antolin’s automotive seating business for €286m on a cash...
Jaguar Land Rover is recalling 6,438 vehicles in China for defective seatbelts, according to media reports.
UK-based KJ Ryan has purchased a Zünd G3 2XL3200 digital cutting system to speed up production of prototypes and completed designs for the automotive interiors...
Performance Fibers in Kaiping, China, a division of Indorama Ventures, has ordered a double dip tyre cord dip line from C A Litzler.
The UK’s ELG Carbon Fibre and China-based Adesso Advanced Materials Wuhu have concluded a memorandum of understanding regarding co-operation to develop lightweight composite components for...
Madaline, a new nonwoven fabric from Mogul, could have automotive applications as interior covers and as acoustic insulation.
Lealea Enterprise, one of the largest polyester filament yarn and chip makers in Taiwan, is to acquire Taroko’s production facility in Bandung, Indonesia.
Cambodian workers from Shude Garment protested in front of their factory in mid-February in Kampong Speu province’s Chbar Mon town after their employer vanished without...
The withdrawal of the US from the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement has delighted many Indonesian textile and apparel exporters, as they will now have a level...
Myanmar’s Ministry of Industry is inviting both local and foreign investment to develop a specialised textile and clothing zone in Shwe Taung, Bano region.
Thai Bedding, a producer of mattresses and bedding products, is diversifying into the hotel business, allocating at least THB1bn (US$28.
South Korea’s Kolon Industries has received approval to invest US$220m in a factory manufacturing KVT-1 industrial fabric for automobile tyres in the southern Vietnamese province...
The Council of the EU has abolished import quotas for Belarusian textile products.
The new Lindström workwear plant in Tukums, Latvia, currently employs 100 people, but by the end of the year the number of employees will be...