españolHonduras: $73 million Textile PlantThursday, February 2, 2017 The new plant, which a Honduran and Salvadoran consortium have started building in Choloma, will have capacity to produce 200,000 tons of synthetic yarn per year. In the construction and commissioning of the plant manufacturing synthetic yarn, the company Unitexa has invested $73 million and it is expected that it will start operating within one year. Textile Company Expands Operations in HondurasThursday, July 3, 2014 Hanes Brands is investing $2.2 million in a new plant for making garments in its facilities in the north of the country. The operations manager Manuel Castillo, told Laprensa.hn that the investment is for "... a new plant called H2, which we started in January this year. It is an investment of $2.2 million including equipment for making clothes, sewing machines, molding garments and cutting." Jeans Factory Closes in Costa RicaMonday, November 22, 2010 Cimer announced it will close its Levi´s jeans and Dockers production plant operating in Costa Rica. Centro Industrial Manufacturero El Roble (Cimer), said in a press release that the closing shall occur gradually through January 2011 and that 230 employees will be relocated to other industrial enterprises in the area of Cartago. Unife Manufacturing Invests $ 20 Million in El SalvadorWednesday, December 1, 2010 The company begins its operations in Central America by opening its manufacturing plant. The factory will employ about 175 people in production and processing of multi-filament polyester, nylon textured yarns and related raw materials. El Salvador: Expansion of Textile PlantThursday, January 25, 2018 Representatives from the company Hanesbrands have stated that the company will be investing $5 million in expansion of a plant located in San Juan Opico, department of La Libertad. Currently the plant manufactures around 860 tons of fabric per week and the extension consists of the incorporation of new machinery and technology for the process of dyeing finished garments, with which they intend to venture into new markets. Hanesbrands Expands Operations in El SalvadorFriday, June 4, 2010 After 16 years of operating in the country, the multinational corporation inaugurated its sixth facility, called “El Salvador Sew”. Located in San Juan Opico, the company’s new facilities are capable of outputting 60.000 dozen sports outfits a month. Its production will be entirely shipped to the United States. El Salvador: Figures in the Textile sector in 2015Tuesday, March 22, 2016 Textile exports in the year exceeded $2.5 billion, an increase of 6% compared to 2014. From a report by the Chamber of Textile Industry, Clothing and Free Zones of El Salvador: Continuing Growth in Nicaragua's Textile SectorThursday, November 17, 2011 By September 2011, exports of Nicaraguan textiles and clothing had reached $1007 million, 37% more than in the same period in 2010. The growth rate of exports from Nicaraguan free zones engaged in the textile industry is still by far the highest in Central America. Another Textile Company Closes in Costa RicaTuesday, March 12, 2013 The owner will rent the textile plant to a cooperative formed by the 300 employees who have been laid off. The textile industry in Costa Rica has been in decline for the last eight years due to loss of international competitiveness, which has now been compounded by a fall in the dollar's value. These are the same reasons put forward by Michael Borg, owner of the textile company Borkar, on closing its operations in the country. Nicaraguan Textile Company Invests $3 MillionThursday, September 9, 2010 Istmo Textil Nicaragua has launched a new textile manufacturing facility where it expects to employ 2,500 people. The investment means that the company, backed by Korean capital, will look to achieve exports worth $120 million in 2010 and will employ a total of 5,000 workers. Textile Cone Denim Reopens in NicaraguaThursday, January 6, 2011 During the course of the year, the U.S. textile company will restart operations in the country. The start-up would initially create 700 new jobs. Nicaragua: Investment in Colombian Textile FirmThursday, February 16, 2017 It has been announced that the company Supertex plans to invest $8 million in setting up a textile production factory in the country, which will start operating in July 2017. The Investment Promotion Agency of Nicaragua (ProNicaragua) announced that the textile company Supertex, of Colombian origin, will begin operations in July. Gildan Expands Textile Operations in HondurasThursday, February 3, 2011 The textile company closed its 4 plants in Alabama, USA, and will transfer operations to its facilities in Rio Nance, Honduras. The transition will involve the dismissal of about 300 workers in the United States, to be carried out in April of this year. The company expects to increase production up to 65 million dozens of socks in their two plants in Honduras. Textile Plants in Honduras CentralizedMonday, March 3, 2014 Companies from the sector are consolidating their operations in plants in order to improve production efficiency. The President of the Honduran Maquila Association, Daniel Facussé, announced that the purpose of the relocation is to become more competitive, following a system already used in other companies in different sectors. Maquila Heads to Haiti from GuatemalaTuesday, November 1, 2011 Korean owned SAE International has announced it plans to close one its five factories in Guatemala due to a mix of poor sales to the USA and high Guatemalan labor costs. The country's Economy Minister, Luis Velázquez, announced the closure of the plant saying that the company will be opening a new factory in Haiti where it will look to hire 20,000 people. |
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