The man who designed the iconic Hawaiian 'aloha' shirt, Alfred Shaheen, has passed away due to complications from diabetes. Shaheen was a pioneer in the Hawaiian garment and textiles industry, and received a...
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IRAN - Isfahan University of Technology (IUT)Isfahan University of Technology (IUT) is one of the top 6 higher educationinstitutions in IRAN. It's located 15 Kilometers north west of Isfahan and is oneof the major...
"It is still unclear whether the imported textiles and garments are intended to meet local needs or re-exported as Bali has so far been known as a textile and garment exporter though its textile and garment industry has been growing at slow pace since 2005.The significant...
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90% of child laborers are rural children. Many migrate to cities and end up begging, prostitution, domestic helpers, or other odd jobs. It is easy to say “give them education and not work”, but the question...
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"Basri said the restructuring of the textile industry`s machineries would not have the expected positive impact until 2009. "2008 will be the year of consolidation for the textile industry," he said.Basri, however, also said that textile and textile products had so far been...
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"BOGOTA, Colombia –
Forget going on a hunger strike. In Colombia, an unemployed man has sewn shut his mouth and locked himself behind an iron mask to demand the government attend to his family’s desperate...
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"NEW YORK (Reuters) - Apparel designer Liz Claiborne, who started the namesake U.S. company Liz Claiborne Inc., has died, a company spokeswoman confirmed on Wednesday.
Claiborne, 78, was ailing from cancer and...
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" March 13, 2007 North Carolina - A fire in a storage area forced the evacuation of 50 employees from a textile plant Monday night. Fire officials said they received a call at 8 p.m. about a fire at Guilford Performance Textiles, 200 Dickens Road, which manufactures polyester...
AP - The U.S. textile and clothing industry asked the government Wednesday to re-impose quotas on 14 categories of clothing to protect American manufacturers from a flood of Chinese imports.
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