Manufacturing Process

Chinese apparel Manufacturers

Interesting article in today’s Wall Street Journal by Mark Magnier, entitled, How China Is Changing Its Manufacturing Strategy. The article deals with how China cost increases are slowly eroding its low end manufacturing base and how the Chinese government is seeking to replace that with higher end manufacturing. Not much new with this, but the article does a terrific job explaining…

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Garments dyeing process

Dyeing is the process of imparting colors to a textile material through a dye (colour). Dyes are obtained from flowers, nuts, berries and other forms of vegetables and plants as well as from animal and mineral sources. These are known as natural dyes. The other class of dyes is known as synthetic dyes. These are based on a particular type of chemical composition. Some of these…

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Fibre processing

Applicant Project description Funding amount Meander Valley Council Initial work on the development of a business case for the design and operation of a large scale bioenergy generation and local distribution network. $100 Mondelez Australia Pty Ltd Preliminary two-part feasibility study; the first to determine if an existing boiler can be converted from natural gas to a dual-fuel…

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Clothing manufacturing Jobs

Hillary Clinton released a new television ad Wednesday blasting Donald Trump on outsourcing clothing manufacturing jobs, just as the Democratic nominee rolled out a new plan to “jumpstart” small businesses nationwide. The 30-second spot features the New England Shirt Company in Fall River, Massachusetts - a factory that has been around since 1883 - and its 60-person operation…

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