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Article: PAKISTAN MILLS INCREASE SIZE TO REDUCE PRICE.
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- HFN The Weekly Newspaper for the Home Furnishing Network
- Article date:
- December 12, 2005
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Byline: Mahlia S. Lone
LAHORE, Pakistan-Pakistan mills Al Karam Textile Mills and Afroze Textile Industries said that the large investments they have made in their manufacturing operations in the past few years will reap rewards for them next year, when they expect to take a bigger share in the U.S. market.
"In 2003, Al Karam management decided to increase its capacity of wide-width sheeting and curtains by 150 percent by making an investment of $4 million. When the expansion is completed in 2006, we project a further 30 percent increase in exports," said Eqbal Ebrahim, director of Al Karam, based in Karachi, one of the country's top-five bedding ...