Category: Emerging Markets

The Ukrainian government is still struggling to provide the necessary uniforms for its military personnel involved in “anti-terrorist operation” in the east of the country.

The Slovenian government has given consent to convert €923,000 (US$1.

Clothing maker Hanesbrands has announced a major restructuring to relocate plants and jobs to Vietnam, reports VietNamNet Bridge.

One of South East Asia’s largest textile manufacturers, Sri Rejeki Isman (Sritex), will enter the retail business as part of the company’s integration plan for...

Clean Clothes Campaign and the MAP Foundation have launched an in-depth study into the working conditions of migrants from Myanmar working in the Thai apparel...

Vietnamese apparel manufacturer and retailer Canifa has released a range of Woolmark-certified apparel in time for winter in the northern hemisphere and as part of...

Textile producer Baltic Textile has opened a new facility for production and administrative functions in Vilkaviskis, Lithuania. The company has invested about LTL4m (US$1.

With the recent devaluation of the Ukrainian currency (hryvna) and the continuing political crisis in the country, consumers have reduced the amount of clothing they...

Bulgaria-based textile company E Miroglio will invest BGN30m (US$19m) in upgrading and expanding its wool factory in Sliven.

Autostop Interiors has hired another 40 people in Leskovac, Serbia; 100 employees now produce car floor mats and leather coverings for Toyota’s European vehicles.

Next year’s minimum monthly wage in Cambodia’s clothing and footwear industries will likely be US$128, after Minister of Labor Ith Sam Heng overruled the Ministry...

A third Montex stenter from Monforts has been installed at Indonesian knitwear producer Pelinitra Gunawan, a sister company of Pulau Intan Lestari, to meet increased...

Corbion Purac, based in Gorinchem, Netherlands, plans to build a €60m (US$74m) polylactic acid (PLA) production plant in Thailand with an annual output of 75,000...

The SMART Myanmar Project together with the Myanmar Garment Manufacturer Association (MGMA) organised a participatory workshop in Yangon in September.

Ho Chi Minh City has just compiled a master plan for developing the city’s textile and clothing garment industry to 2020 with a vision to...

Russia’s leading clothing retailer Gloria Jeans plans to move all its production facilities out of Russia and Ukraine owing to the deterioration of the business...