Hong Kong textile big Esquel, provider of Nike and Hilfiger, suspends operations at spinning mill as new coronavirus circumstances spark lockdown of Xinjiang’s capital

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Hong Kong textile big Esquel, provider of Nike and Hilfiger, suspends operations at spinning mill as new coronavirus circumstances spark lockdown of Xinjiang’s capital 2020-07-17 10:58:15 Esquel, one of many world’s largest cotton shirt makers, says it’ll shut a mill in Urumqi as the town of three.5 million individuals in western China shuts down amid the return of coronavirus. The Hong Kong-based textile producer, which has achieved US$1.three billion in income and produces greater than 100 million clothes yearly, mentioned it’ll shut its spinning mill in Urumqi from July 17 due to new lockdown measures within the metropolis. “Because of...