March, 2014

There is no doubt that Bangladesh has taken huge strides in denim fabric, now having capacity to manufacture over 320 million metres/annum. Yet, shortfalls in denim requirement of 40% still remains, which are being met by mills mostly in China, India and Pakistan. To address the growing consumption of denim fabrics in the country, Bangladesh is holding the first ever Denim and Jeans show with theme ‘Green & Sustainability’ with several denim manufacturers from India, Sri Lanka and Pakistan, besides the host country taking part. The story of how Bangladesh is positioned in denim is covered in-depth under the tag ‘Denim Transition’. Our Fashion Forward Team’s Denim Report 2014, adds value to the section and makes it a worth read. The issue also gives an exhaustive coverage of the just concluded DTG fair, popularly known as the ITMA of Bangladesh, offering the industry latest technologies and solutions in fabric manufacturing and processing along with the same for apparels. The fair highlighted the country’s velocity of growth in all four directions – fabric development, apparel manufacturing, value additions and productivity improvement. Besides the above, our other segments, including Mind Tree, Bangladesh Canvas, Resource Centre, Technology pages, make the issue interesting and worth reading.