Betty Ann Bowser reports on the plight of textile workers in North Carolina, who were laid off following the closure of a local mill. At 8:00 in the morning, Janet Patterson would normally be heading ...

WASHINGTON – Shirts, pants, underwear and a lot of other clothes made abroad have arrived in the United States by the bulging boatload since Jan. 1, when more than three decades of quotas ended.

Textiles, apparel, and hospitality are poised for significant job growth by 2030, fueled by increased investment, a new ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. FORT PAYNE, Ala. – Walmart has announced ...

Textile industry generated %2454 billion in shipments in 2012 and employed about 233%2C000 people More than a third of all textile jobs were located in Georgia and ...

Trevor Goodwin of Andrews, South Carolina, is using an overhead hook on a motorized track to pick up bulging cloth packages and maneuver them into position. He cuts and tears open the packages, which ...

Walk into a modern semiconductor factory and you’ll see full end-to-end automated processes. Visit an automotive plant and you’ll watch lines weld and paint without a human touch. But walk into a ...

THE local textile and garment sector continues to lose ground in the global market as local manufacturers remain confined to ...

The National Union of Textile, Garment and Tailoring Workers of Nigeria (NUTGWN) has said Nigeria’s future lies in manufacturing, adding value to its abundant raw materials and creation of sustainable ...

Huntsman Corp., the chemical maker fighting to complete its buyout by a unit of Apollo Management LP, will cut 470 jobs in a new effort to trim costs in the unit that makes textile dyes and chemicals.

One might call it karmic capitalism. Rather than compete, business owners who belong to the Carolina Textile District refer customers to each other. Take Molly Hemstreet, general manager of ...