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Renewed strength in domestic manufacturing
November 1st, 2023
Advanced economies are now serious about boosting their manufacturing. In the U.S., textile market opportunities include high-end segments such as medical, aerospace, defense and infrastructure. Image: Dreamstime Since the pandemic, the world economy has been full of anomalies. With a strong labor market, one normally expects higher demand in daily nonessentials such as clothing, home […]
Apparel management master’s degree established in Bangladesh
May 1st, 2023
AUW recruited students from ready-made garment factories in 2018 as a part of a program called Pathways for Promise, a scholarship program that supports the school’s mission to uplift women, especially first-generation college students. Photo: AUW In an effort to elevate more women to management roles in Bangladesh’s apparel industry, the Asian University for Women […]
Bangladesh’s jute mills leased to private operators
September 1st, 2008
Substantial losses in government-owned Bangladeshi jute mills led to shut-downs of eight facilities in 2007. This year, the government leased five mills to private operators, on condition that lease holders share profits, bear liabilities during the lease tenure and pay a lease fee. In turn, the government will clear previous debt loads. At a July […]
Textile waste causing pollution in Bangladesh
July 1st, 2008
The dyeing and printing units of the Universal Yarn Dyeing facility in Tangail, Bangladesh, are releasing toxic waste, including arsenic, into the nearby Louhajang River, threatening public health, fish, crops and vegetation, according to The [Bangladesh] Daily Star Internet edition, www.thedailystar.net. The chemical wastes, permitted for disposal in a pond or pit on the company […]