Textination Newsline - August 31, 2010

(c) Calida AG  

Calida's Expansion Strategy:
From Underwear to Swim- / Beachwear, now Women's Wear


The Calida AG , Sursee / Switzerland is presenting themselves as a successful example for a felicitous diversification; they are one of the internationally leading companies of luxury lingerie and high-quality day- and night wear and is represented in about 70 countries. The enterprise, founded in 1941 by Max Kellenberger and Hans Joachim Palmers, has now expanded their product offer and provides starting August also women's wear. The small premium-knitting collection consists of diverse sweaters, a variation of cardigans and different basic-shirts.

Textile Industrial grew 11.1% in July

Hong Kong's unemployment rate fell to 4.3 percent in the May to July period, from 4.6 percent in April-June, and recorded the lowest figure since the November 2008 to January 2009 quarter, the local authority announced on Tuesday. The underemployment rate was 2 percent in the same period. Matthew Cheung, Secretary for Labor and Welfare of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region government said the employment situation still hinges on overall economic growth and the pace of job creation. "The uncertainty stemming from the fragile nature of recovery in the United States and Europe remains a major cause for concern.

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coldblack® nominated

The Design Prize of the Federal Republic of Germany is the highest official German award in the area of design. Often described as the “prize of prizes”, no other design prize makes similarly high requirements of the participants. A company can only take part in the competition for the design prize when its products have already received national or international awards. A further prerequisite for participation is nomination through the Departments of Trade and Industry of the federal states or through the Federal Ministry for Business and Technology.

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