Archive: 2017
Retail chains compete with global nonwovens producers in Russia
Global producers of nonwovens-based personal care products may face serious competition from retailers over the next few years owing to the plans of the latter...
ALC Bulgaria expands production
ALC Bulgaria is about to open a third factory in Bulgaria.
Turkey’s Ormo opening yarn factory in Serbia
Zoran Ilic, president of the municipality of Lebane, Serbia, said the yarn factory in the municipality will most probably restart production by the end of...
Bosnian sock producer looks for foreign business partner
Gordan Milinić, director of the Agency for Foreign Investment Promotion, has visited the Kljuc sock factory in Sarajevo to discuss the company’s business plans with...
Shanghai Shenda forms JV with IAC in soft trim and acoustics supply business
International Automotive Components (IAC) and Shanghai Shenda have signed an agreement to form a global joint venture (JV) partnership to supply soft trim and acoustic...
Takata pleads guilty in probe over exploding airbags
Takata, the Japanese automotive supplier at the centre of a global recall crisis over exploding airbags, has agreed to plead guilty to criminal wrongdoing in...
First commercial flammability test laboratory in the Middle East
Etihad Airways Engineering and Lantal Textiles have launched what is claimed to be the first commercial flammability test laboratory in the Middle East.
Indorama expands tyre cord output in Kaiping
Global chemical producer Indorama Ventures has started expanding its tyre cord manufacturing line at the Performance Fibers facility in Kaiping, Guangdong Province, China.
Mitsubishi Rayon acquires US carbon fibre plant from SGL
Mitsubishi Rayon (MRC) has acquired the Evanston, Wyoming, USA, carbon fibre facility of SGL Carbon Fibers to expand its carbon fibre business in the North...
Toyobo to double airbag fabric capacity
In response to growing demand, Toyobo is to invest ¥10bn (US$85. 1m) and double production capacity for airbag fabrics over the next four years.
Vietnamese clothing producer to halt production, sell shares
Phu Thinh-Nha Be Garment is to halt its apparel manufacturing business, as well as to delist all its 2.
Thai textile producer orders Brückner stenter
Nan Yang Textile, a leading textile producer in Thailand and one of the largest vertically integrated apparel companies in Asia, has ordered a Brückner stenter...
Insolvent Cambodian clothing firm liquidates ink stock
Cambodian clothing manufacturer Royal Crowntex International has held a public auction for its unused fabric ink as the company looks to liquidate its assets after...
Human rights violations criticised in Myanmar
In its World Report 2017, Human Rights Watch (HRW) has criticised Myanmar for human rights violations.
ES FiberVisions’ Rayong fibre plant opens
ES FiberVisions, the world’s largest producer of polyolefin bicomponent fibres, has started operating its newest plant in Thailand’s Rayong province with a production capacity of...
Unifi expands recycled fibre production in Vietnam
Century Synthetic Fiber is now a licensed manufacturer of Repreve, Unifi’s recycled fibre, and will now manufacture, sell and distribute Repreve filament yarn in Vietnam.