Bangladesh ISSN 1999-2076 Reg. 8/2012 Driving business with knowledge March 2020 Bangladesh Textile Today Bangladesh Textile www.textiletoday.com.bd Volume 13 | Issue 03 | 100 Pages | BDT 200, USD 10 March 2020 March See advertisement at page 15 See advertisement at page 11 See advertisement at page 19 How to protect New electricity your business from tari to eat up Corona-impact! 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For Better Tomorrow Bangladesh Bangladesh ISSN 1999-2076 Reg. 8/2012 Driving business with knowledge March 2020 Bangladesh Textile Today Bangladesh Textile www.textiletoday.com.bd Volume 13 | Issue 03 | 120 Pages | BDT 200, USD 10 On the Cover See advertisement at page 19 See advertisement at page 33 See advertisement at page 29 Driving business with knowledge How to protect New electricity your business from tari to eat up Corona-impact! RMG sector’s competitiveness in global market ZSCHIMMER & SCHWARZ Mosdorf GmbH & Co. KG is a well known The time to reflect on today’s reality & crafting the future See advertisement at page 37 outlook of the industry See advertisement at page 53 Germany based textile auxiliaries Profitable & Eective Organization through People Leadership & Excellence and specialty chemical manufacturer. See advertisement at page 44 See advertisement at page 17 March 2020 March Their high performance auxiliaries are easing the textile finishing process. GOTS Approved Global Organic Textile Standard (GOTS 5.0) Content Advertisement March’ 20 | Volume 13 | Issue 03 12-16 Editorial 22-23 In Focus 29-30 Traditional Textiles How to protect your business Why will Vietnam overtake Woolen ‘shawl’ and hilly from Corona-impact! Bangladesh in RMG export? people’s livelihood 17-18 Cover Story 24 Export update 32-33 Export Diversification Apparel export earning dips 5.53% in July-February of FY20 The time to reflect on today’s 25-26 Smart Textiles Artificial turf can be a new reality and crafting the future business prospect outlook of the industry 34-36 Exclusive Interview 20-21 Top Story Smart textile: the new frontier in apparel sector We are building Bangladesh Brands sending letters to the together manufacturers canceling and 28 Cover Plus slashing orders New electricity tariff to eat up 38-40 Denim Today RMG sector’s competitiveness in global market Denim emerges as major potential export item for Bangladesh Content March’ 20 | Volume 13 | Issue 03 Factory Tales Knitting Today Printing Today 45-52 Factory Tales 63-64 Knitting Today 81-82 Printing Today Latest innovations in Digital Pai Lung Future of retail- Paradigm Printing two-carriages shift in RMG business flat knitting machine 84-85 Advanced 54-55 Cotton Today Printing 66 Knitting Savvy Direct sublimation printing- advanced printing in terms of Different types of quality and sustainability stitches in knitting 86-88 Textile Icon 68 Sustainable Cotton Bangladesh attains largest Cotton and yarn update: Yarn growth with 73% increase in price may go down by 15-20 GOTS certification cents per kg in next month 56-58 Youth Icon 70-72 Factory Tales Value-added products are need of the hour 89 Printing Today SM Sourcing steps up for green building project We should plan smartly to face the pandemic coronavirus Customized 3D printing shoes by Vivobarefoot 59 Fiber Today 67 Q&A 90 Sustainable In this remaining Chemical reality, how will this increased Asia Pacific Rayon to expand electricity price viscose rayon market in affect your business Bangladesh Asutex seminar ‘One step competitiveness? forward, towards a sustainable future’ held Editorial How to protect your business from Corona-impact! Tareq Amin Coronavirus and resulting disease Covid-19 is now for solving a human problem) but only with the motif a global pandemic, it is a reality.