Daily Finance Times - 01/04/2014
- SL starts first modern footwear and leather training centre
- 2013 apparel exports a record $ 4.3 b: Rishad
- SLITAs engineering setup upgraded with hi-tech mechatronics
- 2013 footwear and leather exports up by 63%: Rishad
- New technology from Germany, Japan and Singapore
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Minister Bathiudeen at the leather and footwear industry training unit and the upgraded engineering workshop at the Sri Lanka Institute of Textile and Apparel (SLITA), Ratmalana. |
In the aftermath of latest record apparel earnings, Sri Lanka is now entertaining bigger apparel dreams. “Our internationally recognised apparel sector has shown strong performance, and has earned revenues of $ 4.3 billion in 2013. President Mahinda Rajapaksa now wants us to be among the world’s top 10 apparel export countries by 2020,” said Minister of Industry and Commerce Rishad Bathiudeen on 21 March.
Minister Bathiudeen was addressing the inauguration event of the newly established Leather & Footwear Industry Training Unit and the upgraded Engineering Workshop with mechatronics at the Sri Lanka Institute of Textile and Apparel (SLITA) on 21 March in Ratmalana.