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The 27th-annual Apparel Sourcing Show in Guatemala City showcased the latest in new technology and textiles. Held from May 15-17, 2018, the show brought together materials and machine suppliers eager to showcase colorful, quality textiles and new manufacturing tools that are more efficient through offering smarter programming.
The event was organised by Vestex, the Guatemalan association of textile manufacturers and apparel companies, and AGEXPORT, the export association of Guatemala. Guatemala's position as a reliable resource for apparel imports into the United States was an important topic during the show, as the country's factories continue to offer faster turnaround times than Asia and focus on producing high-quality goods.
The Vietnam Ministry of Industry and Trade hosted a Vietnam-US trade forum at New World Hotel in Ho Chi Minh City on May 18.
The main aim of the forum was to provide Vietnamese exporters with up-to-date information about policies, and analyses on assessment of challenges to seize new opportunities for exports.
The event attracted roughly 300 delegates, including enterprises, representatives from Vietnam's business associations and localities, importers, investors, distributors, experts, researchers, and US businesses operating in the Southeast Asian nation.
It provided a platform for entrepreneurs to outline their effective businesses orientations and seek partnership opportunities through introductions, promotions, and trade connectivity.
Cambodian exports to the United States witnessed a sharp increase during the first three months of the year after the US renewed its Generalised System of Preferences in March. These exports were worth $903 million during the first quarter of the year, compared to $719 million during the same period in 2017 – an increase of more than 25.5 percent.
Bulk of these exports comprised travel goods, a category that has attracted a large number of investors after Cambodia was granted duty-free benefits for travel goods exports under the US’s GSP programme in 2016. Orders of garment and footwear products have remained stable.
On March, US President Donald Trump signed the Consolidated Appropriations Act, which extended the country’s GSP programme, a scheme established in 1974 to promote economic growth in the developing world by allowing access to duty-free privileges for least developed countries.
The extension will expire in December 2020.
Flameproofings recently installed and commissioned a state of the art Brukner coating plant in its facility in Bolton, UK.
The company worked extensively with the Flameproofings team to define requirements and customise the design of the machine to ensure that all expectations were met or exceeded in all regards. Essential requirements were best-in-class heat and temperature consistency across and throughout the dryer, non-stop batch changeover and exact application as well as control of the coating media according to the customer requirements.
Besides the technical features Flameproofings had high expectations in reducing the energy consumption in support of its sustainability initiatives.
Brukner’s design team, in conjunction with Flameproofings developed a sophisticated line entry concept with two driven unwind stands, followed by a tension controlled roller accumulator to avoid length tensions and providing improved dimen-sional stability.
The GTX, which replaced the GT3 and was initially unveiled in late 2017, debut at Fespa this year.
Purpose-built for t-shirt printing, the GTX has a platen size of up to 406x525mm and boasts a simple user interface. It can print a full design in CMYK plus white in less than 90 seconds and basic CMYK in less than one minute.
A series of collateral accessories mean the DTX can not only print on t-shirts, but also hats, shoes, bags and leather.”
Valerio Scotti, Senior Manager –Business Development, Brother DTG said, “Fespa is the most important exhibition for our customers and we invest a lot in our technology.
Expo Freight Logistics (EFL) has signed a charter contract with Qatar Airways for a weekly B777 freighter from Dhaka to New York.
The service will carry 100 tonnes per flight of sportswear, lingerie, loungewear, bridal wear, workwear, swimwear and children’s wear for 12 months.
According to the Bangladesh Export Promotion Bureau, the country earned US$28.15 billion from ready-made garments in 2017, 81.2 percent of its total exports.
The company appreciated its new contract with EFL that complements a daily freighter link between Dhaka and Doha as well as multiple daily passenger aircraft frequencies.
Archroma recently further integrated M. Dohmen, an international group specialising in the production of textile dyes and chemicals for the automotive, carpet and apparel sectors.
This follows the company expanding its stake in M. Dohmen from 49 per cent to 75 per cent in September 2017.
The increased integration will be implemented in North America and Korea. In North America, 20 employees from M. Dohmen USA, Inc joined Archroma when the company merged into Archroma U.S. Inc. operations in the US and into Archroma Canada, Corporation in Canada.
In Korea, Archroma recently acquired 100 per cent shares of M. Dohmen Korea Ltd and changed the company’s name to Archroma Korea
American & Efird (A&E), the US-based manufacturer of sewing threads and industrial yarns, has introduced REPEL, an advanced water repellency enhancement, which can be applied to the company’s sewing threads.
The new feature can enhance the functionality of backpacks, footwear, athletic wear, uniforms, and workwear. It is pertinent to mention here that the enhancement will not, in any case, affect the color of the product.
REPEL is compatible with Perma Core, D-Core, Wildcat Plus, Perma Spun and Excell product lines as well as other apparel and non-apparel thread and specialty yarn products which the company manufactures.
REPEL has been tested on seam and meets rain test method, moreover, free of perfluorocarbons (PFC-free), the REPEL feature will have A&E’s PFCZERO certification. PFC gases are considered to be one of the reasons for global warming.
Yiwu Tex is being held in China, May 17 to 19, 2018. The show has gathered more than 280 exhibitors showcasing innovative and diverse textile machinery and technologies. The four thematic zones in Yiwu Tex 2018 cover knitting and hosiery machinery, sewing and automatic garment machinery, textile printing industry and knitting products.
A variety of high-tech and productive machinery and technologies, stretching over upstream and downstream of the whole industrial supply chain across textiles, knitting, garments and printing, is being shown to international buyers.
Serving as an information exchanging and networking platform with markets trends unveiled and analyzed, Yiwu Tex 2018 leads the textile and garment industry to a smart and sustainable development.
Compared with some other large scale textile machinery exhibitions, Yiwu Tex is relatively more specialized and visitors are more concentrated.
Among the product groups are braiding machines, embroidery machines, engine components, fabrics, fiber, knitting machines, looms, material handling systems, packaging, sewing machines, spinning machines, textile dyeing machinery, textile machinery, textile printing machines, threads, yarn.
Besides health textiles, the exhibition also focuses on introducing intelligent production, smart management as well as advanced automatic technologies and equipment with the aim of helping industry players with their transition from traditional production to smart production.
Uganda’s cotton output in the 2017-18 season rose by a third after higher prices the previous year encouraged farmers to plant more.
Production has been the highest since the 2011-12 season before drought and lower prices cut yields. While harvesting is complete, ginneries are still processing the crop and marketing will continue until the end of September.
Uganda is East Africa’s second-biggest cotton grower. Companies such as UK-based Plexus Cotton are supporting smallholder cotton farmers in the East African nation to boost yields.
A positive trajectory is anticipated for production in the coming season.
Cotton, tea and tobacco are major exports in the nation that’s also Africa’s biggest shipper of coffee beans. Uganda ranks behind Tanzania as the region’s largest cotton producer.
Uganda is the only country in the world that grows one variety of cotton, the long-stapled Bukalasa Pedigree Albar. This focus on one type ensures uniformity and easier quality control measures in producing lint and yarn. Currently cotton is cultivated in about 1,00,000 hectares.
Uganda’s cotton has found favor with textile importers in Germany, Denmark and other European countries.
Ninety per cent of Uganda’s cotton is exported. Cotton production in Uganda is entirely rain-fed.
