Process lowers carbon footprint of textile coating
LEVERKUSEN – A newly released life-cycle assessment of Covestro’s ‘Insqin’ waterborne polyurethane (PU) has found it can reduce the carbon footprint of manufacturing PU synthetics by up to 45...
Pakistan Determines to Impose Anti-Dumping Duty on PFY from China and Malaysia
On Aug 26, National Tariff Commission of Pakistan, released an announcement that it determined to impose anti-dumping duty on polyester filament yarn origined from China and Malaysia. The decision...
Coatings Technology Upgradation Rules the Market
In an interview, Naveen Kumar Bhatia, Advisor, Premium Coatings & Chemicals (P) Ltd with Chemical Today Magazine discusses the advancement in coatings for the decorative and industrial segments in...
PIAF-Founder Alliance sweeps LCCI corporate class polls
LAHORE - The PIAF-Founder alliance has swept the first phase of Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry’s (LCCI) election as its all candidates of corporate class seats have been...
LCCI opposes cancellation of vacant SIE plots
LAHORE - The Lahore Chamber of Commerce & Industry (LCCI) has opposed the cancellation drive of vacant plots of Sundar Industrial Estate (SIE), saying that this initiative has been...
Date for filing income tax returns extended till Sep 30
ISLAMABAD - Finance Minister, Senator Mohammad Ishaq Dar Thursday approved extension of date for filing of Income Tax Returns till September 30, 2017, in the case of salaried individuals...
PRGMEA for revision of textile policy
SIALKOT - Pakistan Readymade Garments Manufacturers and Exporters Association (PRGMEA) Central Chairman Ijaz A Khokhar has said the formulation of sector wise policies is the only remedial solution to...
Corporate tax discouraging industrial expansion: FPCCI
ISLAMABAD - The Federation of Pakistan Chamber of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI) on Monday said the corporate tax is discouraging investment and industrial expansion; therefore, it should be reduced...
Aptma rejects cut in gas supply to industry
LAHORE - The All Pakistan Textile Mills Association (Aptma) Punjab Chairman Syed Ali Ahsan has rejected the unilateral and sudden reduction in system gas supply by the SNGPL.
The SNGPL...
Govt working on new initiatives to up exports
KARACHI - Federal Secretary for Commerce Muhammad Younas Dagha on Wednesday assured exporters that the government was working on various new initiatives for promoting exports that include extending maximum...