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Chennai garment workers are up in arms for revision in wages. Around three lakh workers, mostly women are employed in about 5,000 garment units around Chennai. Addressing the media recently, S Elizabeth Rani, Treasurer of the Union, said she has been working for nine years and earns Rs 4,000 a month. “I have not had much of a hike in salary. But the cost of essential items has gone up manifold. I am forced to borrow money to meet my daily expenses,” she said. Labour department officials assured the Union members that a draft notification would be released soon on…
India is the ninth largest economy, poised to become the third largest by 2050. However, it faces issues of sub-contracting and related to labor. In order to address these issues, AEPC has initiated ‘DISHA’ which trains factories in safeguarding the interest of the workers and ensure compliance. Elaborating on Disha, Vijay Mathur, Additional Secretary General , AEPC says, “The program creates awareness from managers to shop floor about the laws of the land and the penalties. We prepare a guidance document which consists of all the relevant acts. It’s about 60 pages. We empower people. Disha is a facilitator. You…
Apparel Training & Design Centre (ATDC) and Japan’s Juki Corporation have signed an Mo U to set up ATDC-Juki Tech Innovation and Industry Hub (ATDC-JUKI TIIH) at ATDC, Bangalore. The Mo Us were signed in Tokyo during the recent visit of an Indian textile delegation led by Kavuru Sambasiva Rao. ATDC-Juki Tech Innovation and industry hub will be the point of confluence between the apparel industry, Juki experts and ATDC knowledge resources. It will provide an unique outlay to bridge the gap between industry awareness and the new technologies being brought to India by JUKI. It will also explore the…
The reduction in Value Added Tax from 12.5 per cent to 5 per cent on textile products and garments has not made much difference to local garment manufacturers in Gurgaon. Even though the Gurgaon-based players welcomed the move, according to them the mere duty cut will not make their units competitive or boost business in general. While they agree that reduction of VAT, or any tax will reduce the overall input costs, more measures are required to push the industry’s growth, which has been bearing the brunt of economic slowdown and irreversible increase in various input factors by 30 to…
Technology upgradation, innovation in design and new products are driving the growth of the Rs 16,000 crores Ludhiana hosiery industry, which largely comprises micro, small and medium enterprises. Despite the slowdown, the industry registered a growth of 20 per cent in 2012-13, and expects to replicate this growth rate in the current fiscal, owing to robust demand from the domestic market. There are about 12,000 hosiery units in Ludhiana, which manufacture hosiery T-shirts, sweat shirts and semi-winter apparel. About 95 per cent of the demand for woolen hosiery in India is met by the Ludhiana industry. On an average, 400 to 500…
India's garment exports to Europe increased 5.9 per cent year-on-year from January to May 2013, whereas that of China and Bangladesh declined. India’s apparel exports are up, driven by demand from major textile importing countries like the US and Europe. For overseas buyers, India has now become a favoured destination over China and Bangladesh. The fall in the rupee has increased Indian apparel exporters competitiveness. China is facing the issue of higher labour costs, which is also impacting its pricing and working in India’s favour. The Chinese yuan has also increased against the dollar, which has also caused China to…
Reset Carbon has recently become a training partner to the Sustainable Apparel Coalition (SAC) offering workshops on the Higg Index 2.0 and the Environmental Facility Module. A series of full day trainings are scheduled in India, Cambodia, and Indonesia, kicking off with three sessions in India to be held in December 2013. The target audience for training are suppliers looking to improve their factory sustainability performance and whose brand customers are recognizing the value of the Higg Index as a performance evaluation tool. SAC Higg Index Training is designed to allow participants to secure insights into the real business value…
BT Nagesh has been appointed as director at Lectra India. He will be in-charge of strengthening Lectra's customer relationships and addressing the growing needs of apparel and automotive customers in India. Based in Bangalore, Nagesh reports to Yves Delhaye, Director, Lectra Asean, South Korea, India and Australia. Lectra is the world leader in integrated technology solutions dedicated to industries using soft materials --fabrics, leather, technical textiles and composite materials. Lectra's integrated solutions help customers to accelerate their product design, development and manufacturing processes. The company is reinforcing operations in India to ensure long-term support to customers and help them develop…
Reacting to the second quarter review of Monetary Policy Statement 2013-14, A Sakthivel, Chairman, AEPC, said, “The synergistic efforts of all the stakeholders including government has resulted in the average export growth of around 13 per cent in the last six months in this fiscal by garment sector. With the improvements in global sentiments which have renewed the prospect of capital outflow in the emerging and developed markets, India was poised to become a significant player. But, increasing the repo rate to 25 basis points will act as a detrimental to the industry because it will further stress the liquidity…
India Industrial Garment Machines (IIGM) representing an assortment of top apparel machine manufacturers of the world in India, has introduced an automated sewing machines with robotics and artificial intelligence. IIGM has emerged from being a mere trading company to a technology partner to many companies in India. “We are the representatives and partners of Keilmann Sondermaschinenbau GmbH (KSL). They make automated sewing technology using robotics and artificial intelligence and are the only ones using artificial intelligence-based sewing technology in the world. We also represent Holland’s Global Sew, a high-tech sewing machine manufacturer for heavy duty applications. These can stitch up…
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