Archive: 2013

Japan’s Aoyama Trading will set up a clothing factory in Indonesia by next spring as part of efforts to shift production from China, where labour...

An ongoing dispute at SL Garment Processing, which makes clothing for Gap and H&M, has seen a further 1,000 workers reportedly walk out on strike,...

Myanmar’s clothing industry has received a large amount of foreign investment over the past six months, according to the Myanmar Investment Commission.

Russia plans to significantly increase production of wool this year, despite the current problems in the industry and low demand for its products.

Estonian fashion retailer Baltika has signed a franchise contract with British company A Levy & Son, obtaining representation rights for Blue Inc trademarks in Baltic...

The Kyrgyz government is considering signing an agreement with the Korean Federation of Textile Enterprises for the establishment of a cluster for the production of...

Construction of the Phu Hung cotton plant started in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue’s Phu Bai Industrial Park in July.

Conditions relating to worker safety in Cambodia’s clothing factories have worsened since 2011, according to the latest assessment from the International Labour Organization’s Better Factories...

Toyobo Specialties Trading has established Toyobo Indonesia, a sales company mainly for sports fabrics and products.

An auction for the assets Spentex Tashkent Toytepa, a wholly-owned subsidiary of India’s Spentex Industries and one of the largest textile companies in Central Asia,...