Textiles
Deadline Looms On Chop in China Apparel Quota
WASHINGTON -- Friday is looming as showdown day in a struggle that could lead the Clinton administration to slash China's apparel import quotas 25 to 35 percent.
In an apparent power play to bring China back to the negotiating table over the...
— Jan 6, 1994
Concord To Sell Cal. Equipment To Penn-Tex
NEW YORK -- Concord Fabrics said it has entered into an agreement to sell the machinery and equipment at its Chino, Calif., dyeing and finishing plant to Pennsylvania Textile Corp. (Penn-Tex), West Hazleton, Pa., for $2 million. The transaction is...
— Jan 5, 1994
Hear Efforts To Revive U.S.-China Textile Talks Stumped By Jockeying
WASHINGTON -- Efforts to bring together U.S. and Chinese officials to resume talks on the countries' lapsed bilateral textile agreement apparently were stymied Tuesday by a bit of diplomatic parrying.
Sources said China refused to consider a...
— Jan 5, 1994
Sponsors See 150 Exhibitors Joining U.S. Trade Show In Vietnam
NEW YORK -- Organizers of VietnAmerica Expo '94 said they expect about 150 firms to exhibit at the first-ever Vietnam trade show solely for U.S. products and services.
The event, slated for April 21-24 at the Vietnam Exhibition Fair Center in...
— Jan 4, 1994
ITMF: World Output Off in 3rd Quarter
GENEVA -- Marked by major contractions in key Asian economies, worldwide fabric production fell by 7 percent in 1993's third quarter, according to a report issued by the International Textile Manufacturers Federation.
The Zurich-based ITMF,...
— Jan 4, 1994
Giuliani's Speech Sounds Positive Note For SA
NEW YORK -- Mayor Rudolph Giuliani's early and prominent mention of the fashion industry in his inaugural speech Sunday was as welcome on SA as a huge reorder.
"That shows that he's reaching out, and that's very positive," said Bruce Herman,...
— Jan 4, 1994
Execs & Events
HOUSE OF PILE TAPS GLAUBINGER
Esther Glaubinger has been elected president of House of Pile Fabrics, a New York textile jobber, and its selling agent, Big Apple Textiles.
Glaubinger assumes the position held by her late...
— Jan 4, 1994
