Apparel Online India Magazine January 1st Issue 2019 | Page 64

RESOURCE CENTRE THE LATEST NEWS HAVE YOUR SAY For the latest news on apparel and textile, make sure that you visit https://apparelresources.com/top-news/ Write to Apparel Resources, B-32, South Extension-1, New Delhi (110049), India or email: [email protected] April 16-30 SGS is living up to its reputation of being sustainable with integrity SEMA members with Capt. Abhimanyu – the Finance, Revenue, Excise & Taxation, Planning, Consolidation, Rehabilitation, Law & Legislative Minister, Govt. of Haryana September 1-15 SEMA: A platform for collective growth of schiffli manufacturers “After the first few meetings, we realised that everyone had so much to say, and there was no platform where issues affecting a group of people running a similar business, could be shared. The enthusiasm of the group pushed us to create an association which is formed to facilitate a common goal of providing international quality products/services preferred by worldwide customers at competitive price.” – Sanjay Bansal, Director, Shiv Shakti Embroideries and President of SEMA (Schiffli Embroidery Manufacturers Association) MONIKA SHARMA BUSINESS DIRECTOR, CONSUMER AND RETAIL, SGS INDIA In the words of our CEO, Frankie Ng: “While striving for continued profitable growth, we need to be ever mindful of the need to build this growth on trust and reputation. When we are under the greatest pressure to perform, we also need to pay top-most attention to business integrity.” September 16-30 Accessory division of BRFL registers 30 per cent growth; increases focus on Indian retail Ruan Jixiang (3rd from right), Founder, Jack Group and He Ye (3rd from left), Chairman of CSMA with guests November 16-30 Report: Jack Overseas Distributors’ Meet 2018 Jack bought 80 per cent stake in Vibemac for a total of EUR 23.2 million (US $ 28.6 million) in early 2018 and, since then, this collaboration has been making headlines for all good reasons. “We are positive about this merger as China itself is the largest denim manufacturing country in the world and we believe Jack’s strong channel advantage in China is surely going to help Vibemac get its due recognition in the Chinese denim market.” – Carlo Guerreschi, Founder, Vibemac 64 Apparel Online India | JANUARY 1-15, 2019 | www.apparelresources.com A.R. BHOOBALANN VP, OPERATIONS & BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT – TRIMS DIVISION, BRFL “There was a general perception in the market that BRFL is not serious about the button business, but we have proven these speculations to be wrong and in 2017, we saw 30 per cent growth in the division, when most other players were struggling to survive.”