A discussion seminar on “Intl Year of Natural Fiber 2009 & World Environment Day” was held at Southeast University,Dhaka.As Year-2009 is declared as “Intl Year of Natural Fibre” and Textile processing has an impact on global environment hence Dept. of Textile Engineering arranged this seminar on 5th July,World ...

Numerous proposals on duties, taxes, VAT put forward in pre-budget consultations Like every year, the government held pre-budget consultations this year with trade bodies, NGOs and think-tanks before preparing the national budget for 2009-10 fiscal year that is being announced today. In course of those pre-budget parleys that staggered for nearly two ...

A parliamentary panel has recommended scrapping of deals the previous BNP-led coalition government struck to privatise three state-run cotton mills at throwaway prices. The parliamentary standing committee on jute and textile ministry at a meeting on Tuesday also suggested the ministry go for a re-tender to privatise those mills. Chairman Akhtaruzzaman Chowdhury ...

Following are selected highlights from a report issued by a U.S. Department of Agriculture attache in Pretoria: "Seed cotton production in Zimbabwe decreased by 6.25 percent from 224,000MT in 2008 to an estimated 210,000MT in 2009. Lint production in MY 2009/10 is expected to reach 98,400MT of which lint exports are ...

China’s new ethylene capacity would likely grow 82% to 17.84m tonnes/year over the next three years with the help of the fiscal stimulus package dedicated to the petrochemical sector, industry sources said on Tuesday. The additional capacity will come from five new crackers and six cracker expansions projects that would be ...

Indonesian garment exports have dropped around 0.8 percent due to the impact of the financial crisis in the US, the executive director of Textile Indonesia, Retmo, said here on Saturday. "Our textile production is down around five percent as a result of a drop in exports," Retmo said. She said however that ...

Federal Minister for Textile Industry, Rana Mohammad Farooq Saeed Khan has said that new textile policy would be presented to Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani within next two days for its approval. Addressing the oath taking ceremony of the All Pakistan Textile Sizing Industries Association (APTSIA) at Faisalabad Chamber of ...

The global financial turmoil has an adverse impact to the entire world economy and to different industries. Being a traditional key industry of China's economy, the textile industry is inevitably affected. How can textile enterprises adjust its direction and strategy to cope with the global circumstances? How to capture the ...

According to Japanese Ministry of Finance trade statistics, April exports of shuttleless looms fell by 87% or 1,403 looms from the same month of the previous year to 209. In value, exports dropped 91% to 563 million yen. Exports to China were maintained at the 150-loom level in February and March, ...

anet Davis Cleaners hosted industry expert Jane Zellers who taught several dry cleaners from all over Michigan how to properly clean specialty garments such as wedding gowns, both new and vintage. Berkley, MI (PRWEB) May 29, 2009 -- Janet Davis Cleaners hosted industry expert Jane Zellers who taught several dry cleaners ...