PAKISTAN: Industrialists urge govt to share in workers’ training[Mar 14, 2006] A programme to train workers of the knitwear and garments industry costing Rs 28,000 a worker has evaporated the enthusiasm of industrialists and they have written to the ministry of textile to share 50 percent of the cost...
INDIA: Ludhina, a Knitwear cityMEM [Feb 28, 2006] Ludhiana, an industrial city in the state of Punjab is a big centre for knitwear production and so the city is called ‘Manchester of India’. The city houses more than 6000 small to medium size knitwear factories...
INDIA: Knitwear industry experiences boost in employment[Feb 16, 2006] The knitwear industry of the city has received an unexpected boost from the Nilgiris tea industries were employment opportunity is shrinking...
BANGLADESH: Unstable yarn supply & prices dash knitwear producersMEM [Dec 08, 2005] Continuous yarn shortage on the local market may be the reason for Bangladesh losing its share of international knitwear market, fears "Sammilito Knit Forum (SKF)"...
BANGLADESH: Persisting yarn scarcity makes knitwear market weak internationallyMEM [Dec 07, 2005] A newly formed forum in the knitwear sub-sector of the apparel industry "Sammilito Knit Forum (SKF)" warned that Bangladesh may lose part of the international market of its knit products due to the persisting yarn scarcity on the local market...