From Cotton Fields To Luxury Shirts, How Luthai Moved Up The Value Chain - Fashion Labels

ZIBO, China — Zibo is the homeland of Luthai Textile Ltd., one of the largest manufacturers of shirting fabric in the world. Located in the Shandong province in Northern China, Zibo is a typical Chinese industrial city. A long dusty road, named Luthai road, bisects the city from end to end and serves large industrial areas dotted with chimneys belching suspicious yellowish smoke. Along the road, there are many scooter repair workshops, greenhouses and small restaurants. Further in the gray mist, are buildings where 5 million inhabitants are sleeping. Although, in 2009, Zibo was named one of the 10 most harmonious … More

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