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What started as an effort to bring transparency into the garment export segment, AO Top 100 has become an annual feature with a majority (60%) of companies coming forward to participate on our first request, a marked improvement from earlier years when most of the companies had to be coaxed to send in their details. Many even asked bluntly why they should share their turnovers as they are not public limited companies…
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APPAREL:
refining with details
h&m features a designer collaboration yet again…
TEXTILES:
tex trends2012 set for action…
high-performance fibres… still limited to small volumes & high price application
HOME FURNISHING:
chennai home furnishing players banking on the strength of karur
h2f buyers...
 
impressions … sustainability
On the 1st of February 2011 all processing units within a radius of 14 km of Tirupur were shut down by an order of the Madras High Court for not conforming to the zero discharge norms of the TNPCB (Tamil Nadu State Pollution Control Board), bringing to a standstill the nearly Rs. 13,000 crore garment export industry in Tirupur overnight.
focus on 'organic' at biofach india 2011, bangalore
Nuremberg Messe, Germany recently organized the BioFach India 2011 together with India Organic 2011 in Bangalore. BioFach Nuremberg is held in Germany every year and is also concurrently held in five other countries – USA, Japan, Brazil, China and India. Meher Castelino reports from Bangalore on deliberations focusing on organic cotton and India's role in the world market…
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SNIPS:
Aura Herbal Textiles from Ahmedabad, a certified company by Global Organic Textile Standard for their natural/herbal dyeing process, has tied up with world popular and US brand Levi Strauss. The American brand has commissioned Aura to supply it a range of knits and wovens, dyed and printed with herbs for its new proposed ‘Herbal Collection’.
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