A three-day business to business(B2B) event – Fibre to Fashion – kicked off on Friday in Surat. The event is organized by the Southern Gujarat Chamber of Commerce and Industry’s (SGCCI) at Surat International Exhibition and Convention Centre (SIECC) here on Friday. The event is likely to be visited by about 2500-3000 buyers from...
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Surat’s Textile processing units on indefinite strike
Surat’s more than 400 Textile Processing House began indefinite strike today morning. The strike has been announced by South Gujarat Textile Processors Association against gas price hike declared by Gujarat Gas Company. Processing units of Surat, Palsana, Sachin, Pandesara, Udhna, Kadodara, Gujarat Eco Textile Park, Jolava have joined the strike. Abut two lakh laborers...
Garment retailers to go on strike today
Garment retailers nationwide will observe a day-long bandh tomorrow protesting the proposed mandatory 10 per cent duty on branded garments in the recent Union Budget, Clothing Manufacturers Association of India (CMAI) said here today. Gujarat Garment Manufacturers Association will join the strike. It is expected that retailers, including leading department stores like Pantaloon, Big...
Garment manufacturers on one-day strike today
Garment Manufacturers and retailers across Gujarat are on one-day strike today protesting against proposed mandatory excise duty of 10% for all branded readymade garments and textile made-ups in the Union budget for 2011-12. The Gujarat Garment Manufacturers Association is carrying out a protest with dharna at Gheekanta in Ahmedabad.
This is why it makes sense to set up a textile mill in Gujarat
When Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi asked Tamil Nadu’s Textile industry people in Chennai to come and set up textile mill in Gujarat, the Textile tycoons found this offer worth taking, primarily because of the fact that cotton – the main row material for textile product comes from Gujarat. Now if somebody has textile...
Powerlooms to go on token strike on November 19th against Cotton yarn price hike
Gujarat Powerlooms Association on Tuesday appealed to the Government to ban exports of cotton yarn and place the commodity under Essential Commodities Act as its escalating prices were rendering weavers jobless. “There has been hike of 50-60 per cent in the prices of cotton yarn. The prices of 30 count yarn has shot up...
Two-day international denim conference in world’s Denim capital Ahmedabad
A two-day international denim conference will be held at IIM-Ahmedabad on October 29 and 30, the Ahmedabad unit of Textile Association of India (TAI) announced on Monday. To be jointly organised by TAI and fibre2fashion, the “International Conference on Denims — the new face of Indian Textiles and Apparel Industry” will host the heads...
Chintan Parikh is new GCCI President, Mahendra Patel, Prakash Bhagawati Vice President
Chintan Parikh, Chairman and CEO of Ashima ltd is new President of Gujarat Chamber of Commerce and Industry(GCCI). Parikh was appointed today by High Power Committee of GCCI. Leading industrialist of Gujarat, Parikh is IIM Ahmedabad alumni and board member. He is known in Ahmedabad for his public service works including redevelopment and upkeeping...
Vimal launches new anti-microbial Odour-free DEO2 fabric
Vimal, the flagship textile brand of Reliance Industries, today announced pan-India roll out of its new range of anti-microbial suiting fabrics which it said would help increase its market share. The fabric – DE02- can arrest growth of fungi and bacteria to keep garments odourless in hot and humid conditions, the company said. “This...
GGMA 17th national garment fair 2010 begins in Ahmedabad
Gujarat Garment Manufacturers Association(GGMA)’s 17th National Garment Fair 2010 began today at Ahmedabad’s Gujarat University Exhibition centre in presence of Gujarat’s Industry power and petrochemicals minister Saurabh Patel. The exhibition will run till July 12, 2010. The fair having more than 120 stalls, is spread over an area of over 150,000 Sq. ft, showcasing...
Gujarat cotton yards on complete strike for seven days
Raising their voice against the ban on cotton exports by the central government, All the cotton traders and ginning industry houses and all the cotton marketing yards are observing strike in Gujarat. The strike started from 7th May and would continue till 14th May, 2010. The strike call has been given by Gujarat Niyantrit...
Gujarat cotton ginners to go on strike against export ban
With the Central government imposing ban on cotton export, the cotton ginners of Gujarat on Friday threatened to go on indefinite strike on 29-30 April. If they don’t get result they will go on indefinite strike from 5 May. The ginners of Gujarat have received support from the Bharatiya Kisan Sangh. Gujarat has nearly...