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Global technology analysts Gartner Inc is well known for its articulated predictions. An announcement in January 2014 to accompany its report on ‘Predicts 2014: The Rise of the Postmodern ERP and Enterprise Applications World’, highlighted the complex, and at times conflicting scenario facing companies considering moving their enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems to the cloud.…

The shipbuilding director for the Japan External Trade Organisation (JETRO) has confirmed to Steel First that his government is seeking to influence the European Union (EU) as it clarifies the rules of its shipbreaking regulation, which came into force last December (2013).…

A detailed memorandum of understanding has been signed by the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) and the Bangladesh government, aimed at improving safety standards in the south Asian country’s shipbreaking sector.

While scrapping 8.8 million tonnes of materials – mostly steel – annually for re-use, this Bangladeshi industry has been criticised to failing to impose effective safety and environmental standards, with chemicals spilling onto beaches, sometimes harming workers.…

Steel will be among a group of “priority” sectors for work safety inspections in Bangladesh, once checks on the country’s key clothing sector have been established, a senior government official has told Steel First. Syed Ahmed, inspector general at the newly upgraded Department of Inspection for Factories and Establishments (DIFE) said a system being designed with support from the International Labour Organisation (ILO) could be used for a range of sectors.…

Bangladesh flat-steel product major Appollo Ispat has renewed a hot rolled coil supply memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Japan’s Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation and the Marubeni-Itochu Corporation.
“The demand for steel products is rising, even in rural areas,” Abdur Rahman, deputy managing director with Appollo Ispat Complex Ltd, told Steel First.…

Bangladesh steel makers are anticipating a rush of orders with the country beefing up efforts to implement new generation infrastructure projects involving billions of dollars. Government data indicates that more than USD13 billion will be invested in projects whose construction is planned over the next 10 years, ranging from a metro railway in the capital Dhaka, to elevated expressways, a deep-sea port and an underwater road tunnel in the southeastern port city of Chittagong.…

BANGLADESHI Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has told a meeting with the German confederation of trade unions (DGB) that she wants global clothing buyers to pay more so that her country can afford higher wages for garment workers.

Hasina told DGB president Michael Sommer that Bangladesh was making sincere efforts in improving garment factory safety while increasing wages, the head of Asia section at the international department of DGB head office, Frank Zach told just-style.…

Apparel and textile companies must consider a variety of complex factors when looking to switch suppliers, especially to a new manufacturer, such as assessing the risk of delivery delays and receiving products of poor quality.

Software specifically geared towards apparel and textile production can now help companies track these changes, anticipate issues caused by the shift, and help integrate new suppliers within the supply chain, while tracking their progress.…

The increasingly fluid global market for outsourcing enables brands to switch countries for their manufacturing needs, and it is in the interest of exporting countries to make it easy for them.

Cambodia’s garment industry has been the beneficiary of sourcing shifts from more expensive countries such as China in recent years, attracting manufacturers with some of the lowest labour costs in the world, a past reputation for reasonable working conditions and favoured access to US and European Union (EU) markets.…

A leading Hong Kong politician has confirmed that 12 Hong Kong garment companies have decided to build plants in Myanmar’s Thilawa Special Economic Zone (Thilawa SEZ), covering 2,400 hectares in Yangon.

Felix Chung, a textile and garment industry representative member of Hong Kong’s Legislative Council spoke about the plans at a seminar held on Monday (April 14) at Hong Kong’s Clothing Industrial Training Authority.…