factory

Staff member works inside a non woven filter fabric factory, where the fabric is used to make surgical face masks, in Taoyuan, Taiwan, March 30, 2020. Photo :Reuters
Global Economy

Asian factories shake off lockdown blues, now face supply headaches

Factory activity in October expanded in Vietnam, Indonesia and Malaysia as operations gradually normalised after being hit by shutdowns caused by a spike in Covid-19 infections

An employee inspects a circuit board on the controller production line at a Gree factory, following the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) outbreak in Wuhan, Hubei province, China August 16, 2021. Photo :Reuters
China

China's falling factory activity a sign of economic woes ahead

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Economy

What led to closure of Opex Groups’ Kanchpur operation? Here’s what industry insiders say

A truck transports coal at a coal-fired power plant in Shenyang, Liaoning province, China September 29, 2021. Photo :Reuters
China

China power crunch slams factories as coal lobby warns 'not optimistic' on supply

Employees work on the production line of American infant product and toy manufacturer Kids II Inc. at a factory in Jiujiang, Jiangxi province, China June 22, 2021. Photo :Reuters
China

China factory activity unexpectedly shrinks, services recover

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Industry

Covid-hit industries demand deferral of factory inspection

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Bangladesh

Bangladeshi garment factory owner and illegal workers detained in Malaysia

An employee works at a packaging line for chicken vaccine at Ringpu Biotech in Tianjin, China, September 8, 2021. Photo: Reuters
China

China's high-tech push seeks to reassert global factory dominance

Large Amazon warehouse buildings (like this one pictured in Sao Paulo, Brazil) can employ upto 1,500 full time workers. Photo: Bloomberg
Panorama

Amazon’s new ‘factory towns’ will lift the working class

A worker wearing a face mask works on a production line manufacturing glassware products at a factory in Haian, Jiangsu province, China February 29, 2020. Picture taken February 29, 2020. Photo: Reuters
China

China economy under pressure as factory output, retail sales growth slow sharply

Smoke rises from a factory in front of Mount Fuji during the sunset at Keihin industrial zone in Kawasaki, Japan January 16, 2017. Photo: Reuters
Global Economy

Asian factory activity hit by rising costs, Delta variant

Many challenges are looming over the RMG sector of Bangladesh while we are striving through the COVID situation and its multiple waves for a prolonged period. Photo: TBS
RMG

RMG workers may face the brunt of factory closure

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Economy

320 factories restart operations amid strict lockdown