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 International Event for Textile CompaniesFriday, April 26, 2019 From May 14 to 16 in Guatemala, textile exporters from the region will meet with international buyers at Apparel Sourcing Show, to explore business opportunities. The objective of the event is to allow all members of the Central American industry value chain to expose their capabilities to buyers and promote the integration of the supply chain. International Textile Trade Fair in GuatemalaMonday, March 24, 2014 On May 20th-22nd the XXIII edition of the Apparel Sourcing Show will be held with the presence of companies in the region and international buyers. The international event will be held at the Grand Tikal Futura Hotel, where it is expected that 500 exhibiting companies will take part along with five thousand potential buyers from various textile countries in Latin America and elsewhere. Is this the Moment of the Textile Industry?Monday, May 28, 2012 Aggressive measures must be taken in marketing and attracting investment in order to exploit the possibilities opened by the DR-CAFTA and changes in the global market. From Diario de Centro América: Impact on U.S. of FTA with PanamaFriday, June 15, 2012 Its entry into force, scheduled for October 2012, will mean a drop from 7% to 0% on the tariffs of 87% of U.S. products exported to the canal country. The general expectation in the capital of United States is that the FTA with Panama will come into force around October 2012, after almost 10 years of paperwork. Textiles: $700 million in Trade ProjectedThursday, April 19, 2018 In an industry fair to be held in May in Guatemala, organizers expect to generate around $700 million in trade deals. The Apparel Sourcing Show will be held in Guatemala on the days from the 15th to the 17th of next month. This costume and textiles fair will be backed by buyers and suppliers from Brazil, Spain, Turkey, the USA and China. JC Penney May Buy More from Central AmericaThursday, May 24, 2012 The rising costs in China have caused companies like this north American firm to look once again towards the isthmus to buy their clothing. Carlos Arias, president of the Committee on Textiles and Clothing (Vestex) of Guatemala, said during a forum at the latest Apparel Sourcing Show 2012, that JC Penney have indicated that their purchases from the isthmus will rise by 30%. 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. |
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