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Related Keywords: across the world, bid to curb labour exploitation, fashion brand, fashion industry, Hennes & Mauritz, improve factory conditions, main supply factories, planned to elect committees, proper pay structures for workers, Sustainability Program in India, Swedish fashion retailer

Hennes & Mauritz (H&M), Swedish fashion retailer in a bid to curb labour exploitation in its main supply factories across the world by 2018 has planned to elect committees and proper pay structures for workers.

Elin Astrom, head of H&M's Sustainability Program in India, said that the clothing firm was aware of the exploitation of workers in the garment industry and was working on several initiatives with its main suppliers to improve worker conditions.

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A new textile finishing plant built in east of Stuttgart in the region of Ostalbkreis, GtA (Gesellschaft für textile Ausrüstung)in Germany has been equipped with a range of stenter equipment from finishing machinery specialist Monforts to service the growing demand for digitally printed warp knitted fabrics for the rapidly expanding soft signage market.

It is said to be now running 24 hours a day to meet the growing demand for digitally printed warp knitted fabrics

Related Keywords: celebrating its fifteenth year, create cutting-edge solutions, explore impact of new textile technologies, Expo Hightex, fight against greatest challenge, from all over the American continent, hosted in Montreal. show traditionally opens only to Canadian companies, inviting for the first time exhibitors, technical textiles trade

Expo Hightex, a technical textiles trade is celebrating its 15th year will be hosted in Montreal. The show traditionally has been open only to Canadian companies, but to mark its 15th anniversary, organizers are inviting for the first time exhibitors from all over the American continent.

Related Keywords: but at the lower level, cotton bales, Karachi Cotton Association, left spot rates unchanged, market still remained devoid of much needed trading activity, Pakistan cotton market, recovers part of recent losses, Renewed buying interest

Pakistan cotton market recovers part of the recent losses with renewed buying interest on Wednesday but at the lower level. However, the market still remained devoid of much-needed trading activity.

Cotton prices after touching a peak level came under correction on profit-selling but now once again started bouncing back on renewed buying interest, brokers said.

Sluggish off-take of cotton yarn and textile products are dampening sentiment but some needy spinners rushed to replenish their stocks to meet their immediate needs.

Related Keywords: continues to be dominated, illegal imported textile product, import volume increasing, Indonesian domestic market, Indonesian Textile Association, over sales volume of domestic textile products, place a more specific rate, prevent imports, produced in-house, Synthetic Manufacturers Association of Indonesia, through the tariff changes

Indonesia’s domestic market continues to be dominated by illegal imported textile product. The origin of around 16.7 percent of all textile product consumption could not be traced. The textile and garment products that were illegally available throughout 2016 has reached 31,000 tons, said Secretary General of the Synthetic Manufacturers Association of Indonesia (Apsyfi), Redma Wirawasta.

In China, medium-length fiber and cotton-type staple ASF prices rose US cents 4 a kg in the second week of February. ASF offers for Taiwan origin 3D bright ASF tow gained US cents 7 a kg at the upper end on the week.

Acrylic staple fibre prices increased on soaring acylonitrile prices and given low inventory, some specs turned hard to get, and in turn some downstream mills were worried on buying adequate raw materials. Downstream demand is sound, and may further improve with some mills in China resume operations next week.

In Pakistan, 1.2D ASF prices rolled over during the week.

Related Keywords: acrylic staple fibre, acrylonitrile prices, ASF prices, asf prices in China, asf prices in India, asf prices in Pakistan

In the second week of February, Asian acrylonitrile CFR Far East Asia and Southeast Asia prices jumped 3-5% on the week. Asahi Kasei nominated ACN contract price for February which was up US$130 a ton CFR Far East from January. In India, ACN prices surged US$250 a ton on the week.

Acrylonitrile prices in Asian markets surged ahead of turnaround season in the second quarter and looming maintenance limited supply. Feedstock propylene cost also rose supporting downstream derivatives.

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Related Keywords: Chinese companies invited, enormous opportunities offered, held in Beijing, make investment textile and garments sectors, Masood Khalid, Pakistan Ambassador to China, present Pakistani government, QAAP, road-show of Quaid-e-Azam Apparel Park, take advantage of investment-friendly policies

Chinese companies are invited to take advantage of investment-friendly policies of present Pakistani government and come forward to make investment in its textile and garments sectors, said Pakistan Ambassador to China, Masood Khalid while addressing the representatives of about 76 Chinese companies at a road-show of Quaid-e-Azam Apparel Park (QAAP), Sheikhupura, held in Beijing, China.

Related Keywords: Decision to reopen public sector spinning mills, demanded cotton export be stopped, demands regulation of imports, domestic market, ensure a good price for thread, five of eight public sector spinning mills that had remained closed, Industry minister A C Moitheen, taken in the discussion convened, were reopened

The decision to reopen public sector spinning mills was taken in the discussion convened by industry minister A C Moitheen last week.
On Monday five of eight public sector spinning mills that had remained closed, were reopened.

Asian MEG prices declined US$27 a ton CFR China and CFR South East Asia in the second week of February. Mono ethylene glycol prices fell in Asian markets sending cues to other regions. However, it saw support from tight avails on turnaround as margin sank ending two weeks of steady gains by falling sharply to the lowest level since 21 December 2016.

In China, MEG markets were under fluctuation. Taiwan's Nan Ya Plastics plans to restart its 360,000 a ton a year No. 2 MEG plant in Mailiao early March after annual maintenance.

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