2022

by Kyna Intel created 2022-01-01T00:00:01+07:00
Massive fire at Gurugram fabric-making factory
by Kyna Intel — last modified Jun 23, 2022 02:57 PM

"A massive fire broke in a fabric manufacturing factory in Sector 37 area on Wednesday afternoon, officials said. The blaze spread rapidly across the three top floors of the four-storey building, and ...

Lenzing unveils carbon neutral workwear fibre
by Kyna Intel — last modified Jun 23, 2022 02:57 PM

"Austrian fibre producer Lenzing has launched a new carbon neutral fibre for protective workwear which was developed in collaboration with Spanish textile mill partner Textil Santanderina." ...

New tech could help firms comply with UFLPA
by Kyna Intel — last modified Jun 23, 2022 02:57 PM

"Cutting edge technologies such as DNA traceability and isotopic testing could be used by fashion companies to avoid falling foul of the new Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA)." ...

What Uniqlo’s success in China can teach luxury
by Kyna Intel — last modified Jun 23, 2022 02:57 PM

"Uniqlo can teach luxury brands a thing or two. Not only did the Japanese casualwear company overcome strong headwinds from the closing of operations in Russia and the weakening of Japan’s currency, b ...

Tien Giang: Big fire at Mekong Yarn Co.
by Kyna Intel — last modified Jun 23, 2022 02:57 PM

"According to some workers, the area where the fire occurred was a textile factory. housing weaving machines and boilers used for drying. The fire then quickly broke out and spread to the fence of the ...

Modern slavery under military dictatorship
by Kyna Intel — last modified Jun 23, 2022 02:57 PM

"In Hlaing Tharyar Township, Yangon Win Zaw, 23, is sweating profusely at a Chinese-owned garment factory in the Shwe Lin Pan Industrial Zone. The aftermath of the military coup made it even more diff ...

Shein - saviour or arsonist?
by Kyna Intel — last modified Jun 23, 2022 02:57 PM

"What are we to think when slash fashion giant Shein makes a $15 million charitable donation to ‘solve ecological and social problems’? ...