Following in the footsteps of Gap and H&M, Marks & Spencer has identified Myanmar as a potential new sourcing destination, although the UK retail giant remains concerned over the country?s lack of a suitable audit framework and sophisticated human resource management systems.
The recent edition of Yarn Expo Autumn 2014 saw an 18 per cent jump in visitors passing through its doors with all the indicators pointing to a stabilising of the cotton yarn market and a continued strong performance from the high-end fibres sector.
KERING - ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT MANAGEMENT SPECIALIST
The Energy and Environment Management Specialist is an internal expert at Kering on energy, water and waste management in processes.
Their scope of actions includes Kering?s supply chain as well as its own operations, with a focus on supply chain because this is where most of the environmental impacts occur.
Next summer?s Shanghaitex exhibition will once again include the successful Knitting & Hosiery Machinery Zone, which, in 2015, will feature an area dedicated to knitted footwear.
Sinkerless knitting machine order signals re-start of Terrot Italy
Operations at former circular knitting machine builder Pilotelli are back underway in earnest with the company, acquired by rival Terrot earlier this year, delivering machines encompassing its latest sinkerless technology to a Belgian customer.
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