Guatemala: Wages Adjusted to ProductivityThursday, September 10, 2009 The textile industry presented an economic proposal of salary increases through a productivity bonus. Such proposal would increase the daily salary to $8.41 (Q70) via a productivity bonus. Guatemalan textile companies seeking salary based on productivityTuesday, January 27, 2009 The Garment and Textiles Commission (Vestex) will begin to approach the Tripartite Commission in order to reach a consensus on the approval of the salary increase based on productivity. Prensalibre.com reports: "The companies are not allow to increase the minimum salary of their workers," lamented Alejandro Ceballos, president of the Garment and Textiles Commission (Vestex). Textile School for Free Trade ZonesMonday, June 9, 2014 In Nicaragua a proposal has been made to create a training center to improve the labor performance in free zones and attract more foreign investment to the sector. In order to improve employees skills and increase the productivity and competitiveness of enterprises, the National Commission of Free Zones (CNZF) is proposing the creation of a textile school, where ongoing training on production techniques would be provided for the sector. Company Profile
Industrias Gabriela is a non-woven textile manufacturing company located in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, Central America. More Productivity in Textile MaquilasTuesday, May 27, 2014 The implementation of lean manufacturing systems reduces from two hours to five minutes the time it takes to make a garment. This system, introduced in the textile fair Apparel Sourcing Show 2014, in Guatemala, unifies in a set sequence the "value" steps of the manufacturing process, completely eliminating "waste" steps resulting in higher productivity and resource optimization so that the number of operators needed to make a garment is only nine instead of fifty. Apparel Sourcing Show 2012 StartsMonday, May 21, 2012 The twenty-first edition of the leading trade fair for the apparel and textile sectors in Guatemala at regional level, begins with 200 booths, 186 companies and 30 international corporations. Machinery Suppliers, high technology, and textile companies will offer their products and services in a space of over 2,000 square meters Hanesbrand Completes Move to El SalvadorThursday, December 10, 2009 The textile company ended the last step of this process by installing in El Salvador its product development team. This operation will create 51 jobs in the country. Maquiladora “Products San Jose" Closes in HondurasMonday, March 23, 2009 Due to lack of orders from the US, the company shut down operations, laying-off 500 employees. The company which is located in the Zip San Jose Industrial Park had laid-off 1,500 workers in 2008 as a product of the US economic crisis. Guatemala to Host Apparel Show 2011Monday, March 14, 2011 The twentieth edition of the textile fair will be held from the 22nd to 24th of March at the Guatemalan capital. In over more than 2.000 square meters suppliers of machinery, high technology and textiles will offer their products and services. Textiles: More Lobbying After Loss of Benefits in the USMonday, September 14, 2015 Efforts are growing to minimize the impact of the possible signing of the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement, and a tariff reduction program with long deadlines for sensitive products has been proposed. As negotiations proceed to sign the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP), the textile industry in El Salvador is stepping up its efforts to maintain the conditions of the CAFTA treaty and minimize the impact that the TPP will have on the sector in the long term. One of the main risks is that "... Vietnam could introduce products from China and then export them tariff-free to the United States, which would give them a huge competitive advantage. " Honduras: Proposed Tax for MaquilasTuesday, February 21, 2012 An initiative has been launched to levy a tax on the sales of clothes by maquilas in the domestic market in order to prevent alleged unfair competition. Congressman Renan Inestroza is the author of the proposal. He argues that since non-Honduran maquila companies are authorized to sell 20% of their export product that has quality failures in the domestic market, an unfair situation has been created. Free Port Products could access EUWednesday, August 5, 2009 In the upcoming negotiations between C.A. and E.U., Nicaragua will propose that products from free ports are accepted in the European market. Orlando Solórzano, Nicaraguan Industry minister, considers the acceptance of free port products in Europe as a key issue for Central America. El Salvador: Textile Exports to Europe Up 133%Tuesday, January 28, 2014 The sale of synthetic fibers increased by 133% between November 2012 and March 2013. Statsistics from the Central Reserve Bank (BCR) reveal that between November 2012 and March 2013, exports of synthetic fibers to Europe increased from $1.4 million to $3.4 million, which is 133%. Maquila Sector Leads Exports in El SalvadorFriday, November 29, 2013 Up until October maquila exports totaled $954 million, which represents 20.4% of total exports during that period. According to the International Trade Report presented by the Ministry of Economy (Minec), Salvadoran exports are driven primarily by the maquila sector, specifically high value added garments as well as non-traditional products. The Pros and Cons in the Textile Industry in GuatemalaFriday, September 25, 2015 Its participation in the US market has dropped, but the unification of the cluster now encompasses the entire manufacturing process, generating exports worth $1.5 billion. The integration of the production process, generating greater added value to all parts of the production chain of the textile industry, has enabled the industry to stay afloat and face off competition from producers such as Vietnam and other Southeast Asian countries. |
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