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SGS and AFTEX signed a five-year partnership agreement that gives SGS the exclusive rights to conduct the SAFSA Quality Services Audit and the SAFSA Code of Conduct (social compliance) audits for SAFSA applicants and suppliers. In turn, SGS will market the SAFSA Program to its clients worldwide. The agreement includes revenue share for any...
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Tiger Trade has reached an agreement with AFTEX to work together to promote SAFSA and ASEAN’s textile and apparel sector. The two parties signed an agreement during the Bangkok International Fashion Fair in April. Tiger Trade’s business-to-business matchmaking portal will allow small- and medium-sized ASEAN textile and apparel companies access to small- and medium-sized...
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The Source ASEAN Full Service Alliance (SAFSA) hosted a seminar at the Bangkok International Fashion Fair (BIFF). Conducted by VALUE Project Director R. J. Gurley and SAFSA Specialist Nuntana Tangwinit, the 21 April event was well attended by industry executives and media. Participants learned how they can benefit from the SAFSA program—how textile mills...
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A presentation by VALUE Project Director R. J. Gurley on ASEAN and SAFSA was well received by the audience at the Hong Kong Prime Source Forum, “The Annual Meeting Place for the Apparel Industry.” The event proved an excellent venue for presenting ASEAN as an alternative location to China for sourcing textiles and apparel...
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Peter Hevicon, General Manager, Debenhams, Hong Kong, has joined the SAFSA Executive Committee. During the Cotton Council International Buyers Tour in Bangkok in April, Mr. Hevicon informed the SAFSA Advisory Council that he was aware that Elaine McFarlane, the previous Executive Committee member, had recently left Marks & Spencer and that he would be...
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PSF 2011: 'China plus' strategy challenges apparel execsjust-style.comHe points out that while Cambodia has over 350 garment factories, it has "no yarn, no mills." The region as a whole, though, is a very attractive source for textile...
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