EU and US have learnt an important lesson during recession. A strong manufacturing base helps in creating jobs and income and creates a cushion in recessionary period. But financial realities makes it difficult to bring manufacturing specially of low technology products like apparel back to these regions. Asian countries specially China has, in the last two decadeds, literally gobbled up a major part of manufacturing capacity  to become the “factory of the world”. However, as ...Read More

Levi’s is trying to touch new heights on the  ladder of corporate social responsibility by ensuring in various ways  that its suppliers adhere to practices which are good for the workers  and for the society as a whole. Since , Levi’s hardly has its own manufacturing left now, it is dependent on factories around the world in Asian , South American and African countries to make products for them . On the one hand, it increases the need to monitor and control these factories ...Read More

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Levi’s and H & M have announced that they will no longer place orders for sandblasted garments (included jeans) due to the health hazard they pose. Sandblasting has been used by the clothing industry to give some products (specially denim jeans ) a worn look but the process, if done incorrectly, it can expose workers to crystalline silica, a compound found in sand. Crystalline silica has been classified as a human lung carcinogen, according to the Occupational Safety and Health ...Read More

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As we previously announced the launch of the jobs board at Denimsandjeans.com. I would like to inform about the latest additions to this board . It is now much more extensive and can be used by professionals around the world for searching for denim jobs . Denim jobs in USA This section is now very extensive and enables one to find denim jobs in various states/cities of USA including L.A, New York and many other places. Have a look at the picture below. The arrow shows the cities in US for ...Read More

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Have some spare old jeans which you can dispense with ? Go to any Gap store and return your old jeans and get 30% off denim purchases at (selected) Gap stores till March 14th. Initiated by the Cotton Incorporated , the Cotton: From Blue to Green Project takes your old jeans and converts them into Ultra touch Natural Cotton Fibre Insulation for communities in need. The first From Blue To Green denim drive in 2006 collected 14,566 denim pieces across the US, more than double the anticipated ...Read More

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International Textile Group Inc. has cut 100 jobs at its White Oak denim-manufacturing plant in Greensboro — about 25 percent of the work force. It is the second time in five months that the company has eliminated jobs at the plant in an attempt to balance production capacity with demand for its denim from such customers as Levi’s. ITG cut 150 jobs in December as part of eliminating yarn production at the plant. We have seen considerable negative news related to Denim plants ...Read More

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Cone Denim of the ITG Group has formally opened its Nicaragua plant for the manufacturing of 28 million metres of denim. Employing about 850 people, it is their first venture in the Central Americas. Cone denim already has manufacturing facilities in the US,Mexico and China and partnerships in India(recently with LNJ Denim) and Turkey. At a time when Denim is going through a downturn, it is surprising to see the confidence with which Cone Denim is not only expanding operations but entering ...Read More

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Denim has become a universal phenomenon and has enabled it to become much more than a fabric – a Concept, a statement , a way of life and much more. Its no more an American product and has entered deep into the psyche of people worldwide as one of the best textile products ever made. Its Globalization combined with the Individualsation through distressing and other effects has anthropologists around the world interested in studying denim as a subject. The Global Denim Project is an ...Read More

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The first edition of the ‘Denim by Premier Vision‘ will be taking place at Paris St-Denim.Around 40 companies from over 11 countries all over the world shall be represented here. It will be a unique ‘Fashion -Textiles’ meet with denim producers, washing launderies,fashion accessories represented here. The setting of the event is also expected to be unique and marked by a sense of openness – discarding the traditional closed forum setting..A fun atmosphere is ...Read More

The imports of Mens/Boys Jeans into US seems to have slowed down since the second quarter of this year. The total imports under this category is down by 6.8% .. This fall is significant in view of the boom that Denim was going through.. US Import figures for M/B Jeans in 2007 Year Ist Quarter 2nd Quarter 3rd quarter Total % change 2006 4.2 6.2 7.6 18.1   2007 4.1 5.7 7.0 16.8 -6.8% All figures are in Million Dozens. Source : US Customs Interesting… ...Read More