March, 2013

In our interaction with facilitators to business in Bangladesh for our lead story, like trade associations, banks and infrastructure developers, an interesting direction that came out clearly was that now the focus is not just only the garment industry.But the Government is also expanding its incentives to encourage growth of other industries to widen the economic base of the country, a wise decision no doubt; however, the prime focus over the next few years will certainly remain with garments. This issue also carries coverage of technology solutions on display at the 10th edition of the Dhaka International Textile & Garment Industry Exhibition (DTG), which was in true sense a complete textile and apparel manufacturing solutions fair. In our Tech Management segment the second article in the two-part series on ‘Rationalization on the Shop Floor’, focuses on Workplace Engineering to improve productivity using ergonomically-designed workplaces and improving work methods. Under ‘Resource Centre’ segment, read expansions in Vardhman Group, SGS Bangladesh opening new testing lab in Chittagong, and A&E educatingthe industry on core areaslike sustainability and humanresource development. The other regular columns of Buyer Profile, Mind Tree, and news under the ‘Bangladesh Canvas’ make the magazine complete and knowledge-centric for the entire industry.