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Myanmar has launched an association for textile manufacturers aiming to build a vibrant industry from its current small base of factories and traditional manufacturing.

The Myanmar Textile Manufacturers Association (MTMA) was launched in July, with support from the country’s ministry of industry.…

A wealth of experience in creating natural fibres – from cotton, hemp and silk to bamboo, banana and paper – combined with cutting-edge technology is giving Japanese companies an international edge in making eco-friendly fabrics. Scientists are bringing together old and new as they re-examine ancient practices and consider innovative techniques to bring new products to market.…

THE ASIA Pacific region remains the workshop of the world in terms of nonwovens production, and it is not only China’s producers who are growing, local suppliers are feeding growing domestic markets for nonwovens products elsewhere in east and southeast Asia.…

INVESTIGATIONS into the health of pigs being exported from Jiangxi, eastern China to Hong Kong, is under investigation after Chinese authorities blocked the trade following a warning from Hong Kong’s Food and Environmental Hygiene Department (FEHD).

Pigs from Jiangxi make up around 20% of hogs imported into the special administrative region from the Chinese mainland, which supplies the vast majority of pigs slaughtered in Hong Kong.…

Brazil will continue to challenge the USA for the position of being the world’s biggest meat producer and exporter over the next 10 years, with chicken leading the way, Brazilian government forecasts indicate. It says that Brazilian meat production in 2025/26 will be 29.8% higher than in 2015/6 – amounting to 7.8 million tonnes in additional production – resulting in 23.6 million tonnes of output.…

A Myanmar Textiles Manufacturers Association has finally been launched, following years of discussion about creating an upstream textile-specific body in this fast developing south-east Asian country.

Finished garment exports from Myanmar have more than doubled from 2011-12 to 2014-15, from USD497 million to USD1.02 billion according to statistics from the country’s Central Statistical Organisation (CSO).…

The Vietnam Textile and Apparel Association (VITAS) has welcomed proposals from Vietnam’s ministry of industry and trade to develop large textile and garment industrial zones to attract investment for dyeing and fabric and yarn production. The aim of the proposed zones, which would be 500 to 1,000 hectares in size, is to bring in investment from both local and foreign garment companies.…

THE ENERGY market in Asia is one of the most dynamic sectors in the region, and so government policy and regulation is having to be nimble and flexible, trying to coax production in a sustainable direction.

Take the deregulation of Japan’s household electricity market, which went into effect on April 1.…

THE PERSONAL care product sectors of the European Union (EU) and Japan have welcomed the agreement in principle of an Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) between the two jurisdictions, saying it will promote and ease trade.

Dubbed by the European Commission as “the most important bilateral trade agreement ever concluded by the EU”, the deal will fully eliminate mutual duties on all cosmetic products, an industrial sector the Commission notes as “very competitive”.…

Vigorous expansion of export-oriented manufacturing and construction in 2015 spurred the fastest GDP growth in Vietnam in seven years, at 6.7% year-on-year, according to the Asian Development Bank. And although coatings consumption correlates generally well with economic growth, in Vietnam the 2015 year-on-year coatings production increase outpaced general economic expansion – it rose 11.1% year-on -year in 2015, to Vietnamese dong VND13 trillion (USD587 million), according to market researcher Euromonitor International.…