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ITMF & IAF to lead textile collaboration summit in Samarkand
Jun 28, 2024
The ITMF and IAF annual conferences will showcase the latest developments in the textile-apparel industry. Key sessions will focus on decarbonisation, featuring insights from Inditex, Epic Group, and the IFC, and discuss global regulatory trends with leaders from AAFA, CNTAC, EURATEX, and JTF. Topics like fibres, digitalisation, and AI will be covered.
Global textile industry concerned about continuing weak demand
Jun 28, 2024
The global textile industry, including textile machinery and garment manufacturing, continues to be concerned about “weak demand” in the market, according to a recent survey.
Chinese Textile Giant to Invest in Indonesia Amid Mass Layoffs
Jun 28, 2024
Chief Investment Minister Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan recently said that a Chinese textile giant would build a factory in Indonesia. His announcement came amid mass layoffs within the sector.
Indonesia to increase import taxes to protect local textile industry
Jun 28, 2024
The Indonesian government on Tuesday said that it will issue two protection policies, namely Safeguard Measures Import Duty (BMTP) and Anti-Dumping Import Duty (BMAD), for textiles in a bid to protect the local industry from surging imported textiles.
Forging a robust safety and health movement in South East Asia
Jun 26, 2024
Developing a strategic and coordinated action plan aimed at leveraging the International Labour Organization’s (ILO) Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) framework to improve health and safety conditions at workplaces and enhance union power in South East Asia was a pivotal item on the agenda at an OSH online workshop held on 19 June with 60 trade union representatives from Cambodia, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Mongolia, Thailand and the Philippines.
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