Category: Emerging Markets

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...

BTK Group, one of Russia’s largest producers of clothing and the sole supplier of uniforms to the Russian army, has purchased three garment and knitting...

One of the highlights of the Armenian textile industry’s performance in 2013 was a large year-on-year increase in clothing production.

Baiterek National Managing Holding and its subsidiaries, Kazakhstan Investment Fund and Development Bank of Kazakhstan, together with the “akimat” (regional executive) of the South Kazakhstan...

Thailand’s clothing exports are expected to rise by up to 5% in 2015 and around 2-3% this year to almost US$3bn.

The International Labour Organization’s Better Factories Cambodia project, together with the Agence Française de Développement and Angkor Research and Consulting have released a few summary...

Indonesian publicly listed clothing manufacturer Pan Brothers expects to see a positive performance in the coming months despite expected inflation from the possibility of a...

Online fashion retail firm Zalora Malaysia has launched its “Marketplace” as a platform for aspiring fashion businesses looking for an online outlet to boost their...

A Hong Kong-based knitwear manufacturer has opened a new plant in the Thilawa industrial zone, Myanmar, which will be used to supply sweaters to brands...

A large vertically integrated knitting factory, a joint venture between Pacific Textiles Holdings, one of Hong Kong’s largest knitting mills and Hong Kong-based clothing maker...

BTK Group, Russia’s largest producer of military uniforms, has signed an agreement with Japan’s YKK, one of the world’s largest producers of zippers, to establish...

Sergey Lomakin, a businessman and co-owner of Tsentrobuv, one of Russia’s largest footwear chains, has acquired a stake in Malo, one of Italy’s largest and...

Sales in the Czech Republic’s textile and clothing industry increased by 10. 7% year-on-year to CZK26. 6bn (US$1.