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The government of Bangladesh needs to define a wage level that can help satisfy the basic needs of workers in the readymade garment (RMG) sector and periodically review it to adjust it with the real prices, said Nazma Akter, General Secretary and Executive Director of the Awaz Foundation. And only through sufficient inspection and legal capacities, decent payment can be enforced, she added. She was quoting the report titled ‘The Workers’ Voice Report 2016’.
It is important to bring all the stakeholders together and identify their responsibilities and roles in improving working conditions, the report mentioned. The government, employers, workers and international buyers need to jointly address the manifold challenges in eliminating work deficits, providing a more effective regulatory environment and establish institutionalised multi-stakeholder cooperation, the report reads further.
The survey revealed some challenging working conditions in the factories, which can only be addressed in a multi-stakeholder approach. There has been progress in some of the indicators in comparison to 2013. However, the much-invoked paradigm shift after RanaPlaza did not materialise, it said.
With the gap between male and female workers laid bare in this study, gender equality analysed as a crosscutting objective has been identified as the primary challenge. Private governance based on voluntary external audits and internal codes of conduct has proven ineffective to substantially change the conditions in Bangladesh’s RMG factories. The Accord on Fire and Building Safety operated by mostly European retailers and the Alliance for Bangladesh Worker Safety, a group of North American retailers, have been conducting a series of inspections with little progress though as confirmed by other studies.
TeraSpin, a business unit of textile engineering company ATE, showcased its range of precision spinning components at the recently concluded textile machinery fair India ITME 2016 in Mumbai. TeraSpin closed the show on a high note with more orders and a good number of enquiries for its established product range like PK 2025, PK 1500, spindles with HF1, HF21 and HF100 inserts.
TeraSpin, the drafting components of which are already a preferred choice amongst OEMs across the world, displayed ring frame drafting system for cotton, synthetic fibres, and blends up to 45 mm length with smart cradle at the six-day exhibition. The company also displayed its ring frame drafting system for synthetic fibres from 40 to 60 mm length, roving frame drafting system for roving frames, and spindles in different configurations suitable for tape drive or tangential belt drive, suitable for hand doffing or auto-doffing ring frames.
Components like cradles and top rollers for a range of machines/drafting systems and latest innovations in the area of drafting and spindles for ring spinning machines were also among the products displayed by the company. The TeraSpin stall was brimming with curious visitors all through the exhibition period. Many spinners met TeraSpin technology experts to discuss their requirements of customised solutions on their existing machines.
TeraSpin felicitated Banswara Syntex Limited (BSL), a well-known, vertically integrated textile mill in India, for its continued support and patronage ever since the inception of TeraSpin in 2012 at the event. A small event to felicitate BSL was held at the TeraSpin stall in which RL Toshniwal, chairman of BSL, was presented with a memento by the ATE management team.
The ministry of textiles (MoT) has launched B-Twill Supply Management and Requisition Tool (Jute-Smart), an online portal. This portal has been created to facilitate end-to-end transactions related to procurement of B-Twill sacking. It was launched by Union textiles minister Smriti Irani on the occasion of Good Governance Day on December 25.
The portal is an integrated platform for use by all the stakeholders to allow easy access to information, more transparency and ease of doing business for the jute sector. An e-governance initiative by the government, Jute-Smart is a web-based application that facilitates purchase of jute bags from the jute industry by the State Procurement Agencies (SPAs).
The portal has been designed to integrate the process of indenting of B-Twill by the SPAs, help payment of required fund by SPAs into their respective bank accounts and allocate Production Control cum Supply Order (PCSO) by the Office of Jute Commissioner. The tool will also help in the generation of inspection calls by the jute mills and allocation of inspectors by the inspection agencies. It can also be used for uploading inspection report by the inspecting agency and dispatch information by loaders/jute mills for transportation and Container Corporation of India (Concor). Bill generation by jute mills and release of payment from respective banks to the jute mills is also possible on the tool along with complaint generation and real time reconciliation of funds remitted by the SPAs.
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) decided to transfer the operation of purchase and supply of B-Twill sacking by SPAs from the Directorate General of Supplies & Disposal (DGS&D) to the Office of Jute Commissioner, Kolkata with effect from November 1, 2016. Annually about Rs 5,500 crore worth of jute sacking is procured through support by the Indian government to support the Indian jute workers and farmers.
In order to support the textile industry, the government of Pakistan has kept a 5 per cent customs duty on cotton yarn. This was informed to the Senate Standing Committee on Finance in writing by the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) while briefing on the implementation of the committee's recommendations to the Finance Bill 2016.
Responding to the queries of the Senate Standing Committee on Finance, the FBR informed that specific recommendations pertaining to the customs duty had been implemented in the last budget. Like for example the reactivation of the Alternate Dispute Resolution Committee (ADRC) to resolve customs related disputes between taxpayers and tax collectors.
In budget 2016-17, the Senate recommended that the duty on cotton yarn should be kept at minimum slab rate of 5 per cent. The FBR responded by saying that the recommendation has been implemented through amendment in Finance Bill 2016, by amending the Fifth Schedule to the Customs Act 1969.
The Senate recommended to the National Assembly to rationalise the import process and simplify the structure of import duties for equipment used to produce solar energy. The Senate had recommended to the National Assembly that a Customs House should be established for gateway at Tehsil Qamardin Karez, Balochistan.
Qamardin Karez is already a notified customs station. However, it is not operational due to the law and order situation and lack of infrastructure like roads, electricity and banking facilities, the FBR added. The Senate recommended to the National Assembly that all the legal issues with Alternate Dispute Resolution Committee (ADRC) should be resolved to make it functional. The FBR responded that the recommendation has been implemented through amendment in Section 195C of the Customs Act, 1969.
According to a recent report, the people of China may have been the earliest people to make textile from silk fiber. The report comes from a group of scholars from the University of Science and Technology of China.
Scientists inspected silk fibroin through soil samples collected from three tombs at the Neolithic site of Jiahu, Henan province. Rough weaving tools and bone needles were also excavated from the site. This indicated that residents of Jiahu from as old as 8,500 years may have possessed basic weaving and sewing skills necessary for producing textiles.
Although earlier studies have provided evidence of the early emergence of weaving, there has long been a lack of direct evidence proving the existence of silk. According to the report, this new finding may be of great help to the study of early silk production as well as civilisation during the Neolithic Age by nearly 4,000 years.
As Britain prepares to expand its commercial reach once it has left the European Union, the UK and South Korea are set to sit for regular trade talks with luxury brands a particularly promising topic. A working group of ministers from the two countries will meet as many as four times a year to discuss removing barriers to commerce and prospects for future, ambitious trade opportunities after the UK exits the EU, a British government statement read.
After Brexit, Prime Minister Theresa May has promised to make the UK a leader in liberalising trade around the world. Yet the country is unable to strike its own free-trade deals or even being formal negotiations while still a member of the EU.
The pending talks with South Korea follow similar dialogues the UK has opened with Australia, China, the Gulf Cooperation Council, India, New Zealand and Norway in the six months since voters chose to leave the EU in a referendum. Trade and investment between the UK and South Korea is worth about 10.9 billion pounds ($13.6 billion) a year, according to British estimates. The UK is the fifth-largest foreign direct investor in South Korea. The same statement of the UK government read that South Korea is an especially promising market for luxury brands such as the Burberry Group that has 70 stores in the country and high-end automakers Jaguar Land Rover and Bentley.
Tapan Chowdhury, chairman of Square Group, has been re-elected as president of the Bangladesh Textile Mills Association (BTMA) for 2017 and 2018, the association said in a statement. The trade body also elected Mohammad Ali Khokon, managing director of Maksons Spinning Mills Ltd; Hossain Mehmood, managing director of Anwar Silk Mills Ltd; and Abdullah Al Mahmud, chairman of Mahin Group, as its vice presidents for the same period. The election took place at the association's 33 annual general meeting at Unique Trade Centre in Dhaka on December 24.
In its new 2016-2020 plan, China has said that it will encourage labour-intensive manufacturing industries located along the eastern coast to relocate inland. The government has also urged industries to develop the economy of its western region.
The country's cabinet, the State Council, approved the western development five-year plan last Friday, according to a notice published by China's official government. China's rapid economic development over the past four decades has been skewed heavily towards the eastern coast. Beijing has been trying to correct the imbalance not only in order to promote growth in politically crucial and energy-rich western regions such as Xinjiang and Yunnan, but also to ease environmental pressures in eastern regions, including the congested and polluted Yangtze and Pearl river deltas.
Prime minister, Li Keqiang, who chaired the cabinet meeting, said China would continue to implement measures aimed at reducing the tax burden in the west to cut the cost of doing business. He also maintained that the West must promote new forms of urbanisation and industrialisation and pay attention to protecting the environment, particularly its scarce water supplies, which have constrained development in large parts of the region.
DuPont Industrial Biosciences has been honoured by Henkel with the ‘Laundry & Home Care Sustainability Award’ for unparalleled enzyme technology. The award presented to DuPont’s Home & Personal Care business was announced at American Cleaning Institute’s Annual Meeting & Industry Convention, in Orlando, Florida. DuPont provided Henkel with a high-performance enzyme for best-in-class wash results in a wide range of detergents. DuPont’s enzyme technology outperformed all other products in the market as well as permitted Henkel to reduce the dose needed in their detergent formula.
Better-performing enzymes means fewer materials used, lower costs and less time needed in the production process of Henkel’s detergent. Thomas Müller-Kirschbaum, Corporate Senior VP, R&D Laundry & Home Care at Henke said, “DuPont’s innovative enzyme technology exhibits superior efficiency at comparably low dosage. This saves material, time and money and is a perfect example for sustainability contribution.” William F. Feehery, President, DuPont Industrial Biosciences said, “Our goal is to offer innovative, bio-based solutions to meet the needs of a growing population, while protecting our environment for future generations. Advanced enzyme technology, applied to industrial processes and included in household products offers businesses and consumers unparalleled opportunities to reduce costs and save energy without compromising on performance.”
Asia Pacific dominates the textile printing worldwide. This region is anticipated to witness considerable market growth in the future mainly owing to financial stability and governmental support. Furthermore, Europe is the second largest market due to the rapidly developing industrial network.
Additionally, North America is moving forward to gain highest market value. Further, increasing disposal income of the people in this region will contribute to the market growth.
Emerging countries such as India and China will show significant growth in the textile printing globally in the near future. The demand by domestic people in India and China will contribute to the growth of the textile printing market.
Some of the major key competitors in the global textile printing market are Digitex India Inc., AM Printex, Dazian LLC, AGS Transact Technologies, JV Digital Printing, and Dickson Coatings. Other major players influencing the global market are Glen Raven, Inc., Mehler Texnologies, Fisher Textiles, Inc., and China Dyeing Holdings, Ltd.Textile printing is used to design or colour a fabric in a definite pattern.
Textile fiber binds the fibers together in order to reduce friction within fibers. Textile printing is associated with dyeing where the whole fabric is uniformly covered with single color. In order to use one or more colors, defined patterns are required.
Textile printing includes engraved plates, wooden blocks, rollers, stencils and others to color fabrics. Colorants include dyes that thickened color to avoid spreading through capillary action beyond the certain limit in definite patterns. The aim of textile printing is to create attractive designs and distinct patterns for attracting the customers. Earlier, textile printing was traditionally used in India and it has evidence of using wooden blocks for printing.
The demand for the textile printing is anticipated to increase globally and this, in turn, will drive the market in the coming future. The increasing popularity of textile printing throughout international market will foster the market growth in future. People moving towards more artistic and royal choices will also positively influence the textile printing market.
