closing Case Martin’s Textiles August 12‚ 1992‚ was a really bad day for John Martin. That was the day Canada‚ Mexico‚ and the United States announced an agreement in principle to form the North American Free Trade Agreement. Under the plan‚ all tariffs between the three countries would be eliminated within the next 10 to 15 years‚ with most being cut in 5 years. What disturbed John most was the plan’s provision that all tariffs on trade of textiles among the three countries were to be removed
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responsibilities should corporations have toward the country in which they operate? To their country of origin? CASE STUDY 1 MARTIN TEXTILES Question 1 Economic cost The production cost that is labour cost if Martin Textile shift its production to Mexico will be reduced to less than USD2 per hour as compared to wage rate paid to its unionised New York plant(USD12.50 per hour) and non unionised textile plant in southeastern US(USD8 to USD10 per hour). The production too will be able to avoid cost disadvantage
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MHA Textile Case The MHA Case raises the issues of ethics and independence in the auditing world. MHA is the audit client‚ but NYH is one of its major subsidiaries. NYH has been forced to cut costs‚ which has left its accounting department lacking in enough adequately trained personnel. When Susan‚ NYH’s Accounting Manager asks the auditor for help in closing the books for the second-quarter‚ the auditor must decide how to proceed. The auditor has two main options: help Susan close the books
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Paradise Creacion Special Finishes For Textiles Paradise Creacion Special Finishes or functional finish are the treatments that are applied to the fabric to make them suited for specific uses. Paradise/Creacion is offering the auxiliaries for following treatments • • • • • • Easy Care Finish Flame Retardant Finish Water Repellent Finish Soil Release Finish Hydrophilic Finish Anti Bacterial Finish. Paradise Easy Care Finish Creacion It is an acknowledged fact that
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3 Textile Organic Dyes – Characteristics‚ Polluting Effects and Separation/Elimination Procedures from Industrial Effluents – A Critical Overview Zaharia Carmen and Suteu Daniela ‘Gheorghe Asachi’ Technical University of Iasi‚ Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Environmental Protection‚ Romania 1. Introduction The residual dyes from different sources (e.g.‚ textile industries‚ paper and pulp industries‚ dye and dye intermediates industries‚ pharmaceutical industries‚ tannery‚ and Kraft
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University of Science and Technology‚ baraltex@aust.edu Jahangirnagar University‚ Savar‚ Dhaka‚ Bangladesh NITTRAD‚ Nayarhat‚ Savar‚ Dhaka‚ Bangladesh ABSTRACT: Quality may be defined as the level of acceptance of a goods or services. For the textile and apparel industry‚ product quality is calculated in terms of quality and standard of fibers‚ yarns‚ fabric construction‚ color fastness‚ designs and the final finished garments. In Bangladesh‚ different garments factory follow different quality
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Textile industry Textile industry is an industry that manufactures products range from hi-tech synthetic yams to wool fabrics‚ cotton bed linen to industrial filters. According to Mr Settimi the sector employs over 205 million workers and majority of those workers are women. Industry includes the following divisions: initial processing of textile raw materials‚ fulling and felting‚ and the production of cotton fabrics‚ linen fabrics‚ wool fabrics‚ silk fabrics‚ nonwoven materials‚ hemp and jute
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e DATE: 2/23/13 TO: Mr. Ansley Chua FROM: Austin Johnson‚ Enxing Liu‚ Tyson Hilyard‚ and Tanner Strathman SUBJ: Aurora Textile Company EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Aurora Textiles has historically been one of the premier textile companies in the United States and now has a decision to make. With the opportunity to invest in equipment that could help cure our slumping financials‚ we must carefully explore whether this investment is appropriate for a company with such an uncertain future. With that
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Weaving: interlacing yarns Fabric Face: smoother and more lustrous; clearer and brighter print or design; more pronounced finish; floats are on the face Fabric Back: imperfections and knots; print or design duller and less distinctive; more noticeable tentering marks Warp Yarns: parallel to the salvage; thinner; stronger; more twist; usually greater in number (in unbalances weaves); straighter and more parallel; usually filament yarns (depending on fabric content) Filling Yarns: perpendicular
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MARTIN’S TEXTILES Summary: This case is about the dilemma facing by John Martin‚ the CEO of Martin Textiles‚ a New York based textiles company. On August 2‚ 1992‚ which the day that the U.S.‚ Canada‚ and Mexico agreed in principle to the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). Martin Textiles is a family business over four generation‚ which was started by John’s great-grandfather in 1910. Today‚ the company employs 1‚500 people in three New York facilities. John’s dilemma‚ which is particularly
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