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Weaving camouflage nets at Pecherski Kotyky volunteer center

A woman works at a sewing machine at the Pecherski Kotyky volunteer center, Kyiv, Ukraine, on April 9, 2025 (Photo by Oleksandr Klymenko/Ukrinform)

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Victory Day Preparation - Bangladesh

A woman operates a sewing machine, assembling Bangladeshi flags with precision in Dhaka, Bangladesh on December 12, 2024. December marks peak activity for flag production ahead of Victory Day celebrations. Photo by Mehedi Hasan/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Victory Day Preparation - Bangladesh

A woman operates a sewing machine, assembling Bangladeshi flags with precision in Dhaka, Bangladesh on December 12, 2024. December marks peak activity for flag production ahead of Victory Day celebrations. Photo by Mehedi Hasan/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration Made In France Fair - Paris

Illustration of a sewing machine during the 12th edition of the "Made In France" fair (MIF) on November 8, 2024 in Paris. Photo by Alexis Jumeau/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration Made In France Fair - Paris

Illustration of a sewing machine during the 12th edition of the "Made In France" fair (MIF) on November 8, 2024 in Paris. Photo by Alexis Jumeau/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration Made In France Fair - Paris

Illustration of a sewing machine during the 12th edition of the "Made In France" fair (MIF) on November 8, 2024 in Paris. Photo by Alexis Jumeau/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Zaporizhzhia volunteers make anti-thermal imaging ponchos for military

ZAPORIZHZHIA, UKRAINE - OCTOBER 17, 2024 - A woman sews sleepers during the demonstration of the anti-thermal imaging poncho designed and made by Zaporizhzhia volunteers for the military, Zaporizhzhia, southeastern Ukraine.

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Zaporizhzhia volunteers make anti-thermal imaging ponchos for military

ZAPORIZHZHIA, UKRAINE - OCTOBER 17, 2024 - A person holds the drawing of the protector for the machine gun during the demonstration of the anti-thermal imaging poncho designed and made by Zaporizhzhia volunteers for the military, Zaporizhzhia, southeastern Ukraine.

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Zaporizhzhia volunteers make anti-thermal imaging ponchos for military

ZAPORIZHZHIA, UKRAINE - OCTOBER 17, 2024 - A woman sews sleepers during the demonstration of the anti-thermal imaging poncho designed and made by Zaporizhzhia volunteers for the military, Zaporizhzhia, southeastern Ukraine.

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MIDEAST-GAZA-JABALIA REFUGEE CAMP-SEWING MACHINE

(240728) -- GAZA, July 28, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Mohammed Sqad, a Palestinian tailor based in Jabalia refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip, works with a sewing machine to repair old clothes for his community and earn money to keep his five-member family afloat amid the devastating war in Gaza, on July 27, 2024. (Photo by Mahmoud Zaki/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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MIDEAST-GAZA-JABALIA REFUGEE CAMP-SEWING MACHINE

(240728) -- GAZA, July 28, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Mohammed Sqad, a Palestinian tailor based in Jabalia refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip, works with a sewing machine to repair old clothes for his community and earn money to keep his five-member family afloat amid the devastating war in Gaza, on July 27, 2024. (Photo by Mahmoud Zaki/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Factory makes military backpacks in Ivano-Frankivsk region

IVANO-FRANKIVSK REGION, UKRAINE - APRIL 25, 2024 - An employee works at a sewing machine at the Dzhavelina factory which manufactures backpacks for the military, Ivano-Frankivsk region, western Ukraine.

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Factory makes military backpacks in Ivano-Frankivsk region

IVANO-FRANKIVSK REGION, UKRAINE - APRIL 25, 2024 - An employee works at a sewing machine at the Dzhavelina factory which manufactures backpacks for the military, Ivano-Frankivsk region, western Ukraine.

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Factory makes military backpacks in Ivano-Frankivsk region

IVANO-FRANKIVSK REGION, UKRAINE - APRIL 25, 2024 - An employee works at a sewing machine at the Dzhavelina factory which manufactures backpacks for the military, Ivano-Frankivsk region, western Ukraine.

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Factory makes military backpacks in Ivano-Frankivsk region

IVANO-FRANKIVSK REGION, UKRAINE - APRIL 25, 2024 - Employees sit at sewing machines at the Dzhavelina factory which manufactures backpacks for the military, Ivano-Frankivsk region, western Ukraine.

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Factory makes military backpacks in Ivano-Frankivsk region

IVANO-FRANKIVSK REGION, UKRAINE - APRIL 25, 2024 - Backpacks for the military are being manufactured by the Dzhavelina factory, Ivano-Frankivsk region, western Ukraine.

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Factory makes military backpacks in Ivano-Frankivsk region

IVANO-FRANKIVSK REGION, UKRAINE - APRIL 25, 2024 - An employee works at a sewing machine at the Dzhavelina factory which manufactures backpacks for the military, Ivano-Frankivsk region, western Ukraine.

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25th China (Jinjiang) International Footwear Industry

QUANZHOU, CHINA - APRIL 19, 2024 - A staff member operates an automated sewing machine at the Machinery and equipment exhibition area of the Fujian Jinjiang Shoes (Body) Expo in Quanzhou city, Fujian province, China, April 19, 2024.

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DR CONGO-GOMA-REFUGEE CAMP

(240208) -- GOMA (DR CONGO), Feb. 8, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A woman makes clothes with a sewing machine in a refugee camp on the outskirts of Goma, North Kivu province, Democratic Republic of the Congo, on Feb. 8, 2024. Escalating violence in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has forced at least about 78,000 children to flee their homes in the past week, with thousands now on the road to Goma, the capital of the eastern province of North Kivu, global charity Save the Children said on Thursday via a statement. The renewed fighting between the DRC Armed Forces (FARDC) and rebels of the March 23 Movement (M23), a non-state armed group, has displaced at least 150,000 people, more than half of them children, since Feb. 2, 2024. (Photo by Zanem Nety Zaidi/Xinhua)

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MIDEAST-GAZA-RAFAH-DAILY LIFE

(240117) -- GAZA, Jan. 17, 2024 (Xinhua) -- People operate a sewing machine driven by a bicycle pedaling system in the southern Gaza Strip city of Rafah, on Jan. 15, 2024. (Photo by Khaled Omar/Xinhua)

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Tailors in Gaza resort to manual labor to operate sewing machines amid power shortage

STORY: Tailors in Gaza resort to manual labor to operate sewing machines amid power shortage SHOOTING TIME: Dec. 25, 2023 DATELINE: Dec. 28, 2023 LENGTH: 0:01:45 LOCATION: RAFAH, Palestine CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of a Palestinian tailor in his workshop in Rafah 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): MOHAMMED ABU JAZAR, Palestinian tailor 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Arabic): SAMI ABU JAZAR, Palestinian child 4. various of general shots of Palestinians in public streets in Rafah 5. various of general shots inside a shoe-making shop in Rafah 6. SOUNDBITE 3 (Arabic): ABU IBRAHIM AL-HAMS, Palestinian shoemaker STORYLINE: Struggling with the continuing electricity shortage caused by the Hamas-Israel conflict, many tailors in the Gaza Strip have to use pedaled sewing machines powered by manual labor to make ends meet. In a Rafah-based shabby tailor shop, Mohammed Abu Jazar attached his son's bicycle wheel to the pedaled sewing machine in a way to allow him to use power without electricity. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): MOHAMMED A

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Craft at home

A woman uses a sewing machine at home. LEHTIKUVA / EMMI KORHONEN - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Emmi Korhonen/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

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Craft at home

A woman uses a sewing machine at home. LEHTIKUVA / EMMI KORHONEN - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Emmi Korhonen/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

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Craft at home

A woman uses a sewing machine at home. LEHTIKUVA / EMMI KORHONEN - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Emmi Korhonen/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

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Kyiv Region volunteers make camouflage nets and uniforms for Ukrainian military

KRIUKIVSHCHYNA, UKRAINE - NOVEMBER 21, 2023 - Women operate sewing machines as the Combat Toloka Volunteer Centre makes camouflage nets, clothes and gear for the Ukrainian military, Kriukivshchyna, Kyiv Region, northern Ukraine.

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Kyiv Region volunteers make camouflage nets and uniforms for Ukrainian military

KRIUKIVSHCHYNA, UKRAINE - NOVEMBER 21, 2023 - Women operate sewing machines as the Combat Toloka Volunteer Centre makes camouflage nets, clothes and gear for the Ukrainian military, Kriukivshchyna, Kyiv Region, northern Ukraine.

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Kyiv Region volunteers make camouflage nets and uniforms for Ukrainian military

KRIUKIVSHCHYNA, UKRAINE - NOVEMBER 21, 2023 - A volunteer operates a sewing machine as the Combat Toloka Volunteer Centre makes camouflage nets, clothes and gear for the Ukrainian military, Kriukivshchyna, Kyiv Region, northern Ukraine.

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Kyiv Region volunteers make camouflage nets and uniforms for Ukrainian military

KRIUKIVSHCHYNA, UKRAINE - NOVEMBER 21, 2023 - A volunteer operates a sewing machine as the Combat Toloka Volunteer Centre makes camouflage nets, clothes and gear for the Ukrainian military, Kriukivshchyna, Kyiv Region, northern Ukraine.

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Kyiv Region volunteers make camouflage nets and uniforms for Ukrainian military

KRIUKIVSHCHYNA, UKRAINE - NOVEMBER 21, 2023 - Women operate sewing machines as the Combat Toloka Volunteer Centre makes camouflage nets, clothes and gear for the Ukrainian military, Kriukivshchyna, Kyiv Region, northern Ukraine.

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Kyiv Region volunteers make camouflage nets and uniforms for Ukrainian military

KRIUKIVSHCHYNA, UKRAINE - NOVEMBER 21, 2023 - A volunteer operates a sewing machine as the Combat Toloka Volunteer Centre makes camouflage nets, clothes and gear for the Ukrainian military, Kriukivshchyna, Kyiv Region, northern Ukraine.

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GLOBALink | Japanese sewing machine giant sees great potential in Chinese market

STORY: Japanese sewing machine giant sees great potential in Chinese market DATELINE: June 28, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:38 LOCATION: TIANJIN, China CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Japanese sewing machine giant Pegasus's China branch in Tianjin 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Japanese): OKADA YOSHIHIDE, General manager of Pegasus (Tianjin) Sewing Machine Co., Ltd. 3. various of Pegasus (Tianjin) Sewing Machine Co., Ltd. 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Japanese): OKADA YOSHIHIDE, General manager of Pegasus (Tianjin) Sewing Machine Co., Ltd. 5. various of Pegasus (Tianjin) Sewing Machine Co., Ltd. STORYLINE: 　　 Established in 1994 in north China's Tianjin Municipality, Pegasus (Tianjin) Sewing Machine Co., Ltd. is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Pegasus Sewing Machine Mfg Co., Ltd., a century-old brand of industrial sewing machines from Japan. 　　 Through nearly 30 years of development, the subsidiary has evolved into Pegasus's most important production base and sales market on a global scale, with an annual output of over 100,000 sewing

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Xinhua Headlines: China moves to consolidate its growth prospects amid a string of economic data

(230609) -- BEIJING, June 9, 2023 (Xinhua) -- People work at a workshop of Jack Sewing Machine Co., Ltd. in Taizhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, March 23, 2023. (Xinhua/Weng Xinyang)

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International Atuomobile Manufacturing and Industrial Assembly Expo in Beijing

BEIJING, CHINA - JUNE 7, 2023 - A visitor looks at a "rotating sewing machine" at the 12th Beijing International Automobile Manufacturing and Industrial Assembly Expo in Beijing, China, June 7, 2023.

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CHINA-TAIZHOU-GERMAN BRAND IN CHINA-90TH ANNIVERSARY (CN)

(230519) -- TAIZHOU, May 19, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A man works on a production line at the TopCut-Bullmer Co., Ltd in Linhai, east China's Zhejiang Province, May 18, 2023. Bullmer, a German company founded in 1933, celebrated its 90th founding anniversary in Linhai on Thursday. Bullmer is a leading automatic cutting system supplier in the world, which almost went bankrupt in the financial crisis in 2008. In 2009, New Jack Sewing Machine Co., Ltd., a Chinese private sewing machine supplier based in eastern China's Zhejiang Province, took over the company and also built a production base in China. The two companies take advantages of their brands, technologies and production channels, and also make innovations in China. Since the takeover, the annual sales of Bullmer has risen to about 600 million yuan (about 85 million U.S. dollars) from 40 million yuan (about 5.67 million U.S. dollars), becoming a successful acquisition of overseas company by a Chinese company. (Xinhua/Weng Xinyang)

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CHINA-TAIZHOU-GERMAN BRAND IN CHINA-90TH ANNIVERSARY (CN)

(230519) -- TAIZHOU, May 19, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Representatives of foreign dealers visit a production line at the TopCut-Bullmer Co., Ltd in Linhai, east China's Zhejiang Province, May 18, 2023. Bullmer, a German company founded in 1933, celebrated its 90th founding anniversary in Linhai on Thursday. Bullmer is a leading automatic cutting system supplier in the world, which almost went bankrupt in the financial crisis in 2008. In 2009, New Jack Sewing Machine Co., Ltd., a Chinese private sewing machine supplier based in eastern China's Zhejiang Province, took over the company and also built a production base in China. The two companies take advantages of their brands, technologies and production channels, and also make innovations in China. Since the takeover, the annual sales of Bullmer has risen to about 600 million yuan (about 85 million U.S. dollars) from 40 million yuan (about 5.67 million U.S. dollars), becoming a successful acquisition of overseas company by a Chinese company. (Xinhua/Weng Xinyang)

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CHINA-TAIZHOU-GERMAN BRAND IN CHINA-90TH ANNIVERSARY (CN)

(230519) -- TAIZHOU, May 19, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Representatives of foreign dealers visit a production line at the TopCut-Bullmer Co., Ltd in Linhai, east China's Zhejiang Province, May 18, 2023. Bullmer, a German company founded in 1933, celebrated its 90th founding anniversary in Linhai on Thursday. Bullmer is a leading automatic cutting system supplier in the world, which almost went bankrupt in the financial crisis in 2008. In 2009, New Jack Sewing Machine Co., Ltd., a Chinese private sewing machine supplier based in eastern China's Zhejiang Province, took over the company and also built a production base in China. The two companies take advantages of their brands, technologies and production channels, and also make innovations in China. Since the takeover, the annual sales of Bullmer has risen to about 600 million yuan (about 85 million U.S. dollars) from 40 million yuan (about 5.67 million U.S. dollars), becoming a successful acquisition of overseas company by a Chinese company. (Xinhua/Weng Xinyang)

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CHINA-TAIZHOU-GERMAN BRAND IN CHINA-90TH ANNIVERSARY (CN)

(230519) -- TAIZHOU, May 19, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Managers from Germany and China exchange views on management at the TopCut-Bullmer Co., Ltd in Linhai, east China's Zhejiang Province, May 18, 2023. Bullmer, a German company founded in 1933, celebrated its 90th founding anniversary in Linhai on Thursday. Bullmer is a leading automatic cutting system supplier in the world, which almost went bankrupt in the financial crisis in 2008. In 2009, New Jack Sewing Machine Co., Ltd., a Chinese private sewing machine supplier based in eastern China's Zhejiang Province, took over the company and also built a production base in China. The two companies take advantages of their brands, technologies and production channels, and also make innovations in China. Since the takeover, the annual sales of Bullmer has risen to about 600 million yuan (about 85 million U.S. dollars) from 40 million yuan (about 5.67 million U.S. dollars), becoming a successful acquisition of overseas company by a Chinese company. (Xinhua/Weng Xinyang)

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CHINA-TAIZHOU-GERMAN BRAND IN CHINA-90TH ANNIVERSARY (CN)

(230519) -- TAIZHOU, May 19, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Staff members from Germany and China discuss on production at the TopCut-Bullmer Co., Ltd in Linhai, east China's Zhejiang Province, May 18, 2023. Bullmer, a German company founded in 1933, celebrated its 90th founding anniversary in Linhai on Thursday. Bullmer is a leading automatic cutting system supplier in the world, which almost went bankrupt in the financial crisis in 2008. In 2009, New Jack Sewing Machine Co., Ltd., a Chinese private sewing machine supplier based in eastern China's Zhejiang Province, took over the company and also built a production base in China. The two companies take advantages of their brands, technologies and production channels, and also make innovations in China. Since the takeover, the annual sales of Bullmer has risen to about 600 million yuan (about 85 million U.S. dollars) from 40 million yuan (about 5.67 million U.S. dollars), becoming a successful acquisition of overseas company by a Chinese company. (Xinhua/Weng Xinyang)

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CHINA-TAIZHOU-GERMAN BRAND IN CHINA-90TH ANNIVERSARY (CN)

(230519) -- TAIZHOU, May 19, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Workers test a new-type cut-bed at the TopCut-Bullmer Co., Ltd in Linhai, east China's Zhejiang Province, May 18, 2023. Bullmer, a German company founded in 1933, celebrated its 90th founding anniversary in Linhai on Thursday. Bullmer is a leading automatic cutting system supplier in the world, which almost went bankrupt in the financial crisis in 2008. In 2009, New Jack Sewing Machine Co., Ltd., a Chinese private sewing machine supplier based in eastern China's Zhejiang Province, took over the company and also built a production base in China. The two companies take advantages of their brands, technologies and production channels, and also make innovations in China. Since the takeover, the annual sales of Bullmer has risen to about 600 million yuan (about 85 million U.S. dollars) from 40 million yuan (about 5.67 million U.S. dollars), becoming a successful acquisition of overseas company by a Chinese company. (Xinhua/Weng Xinyang)

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CHINA-ZHEJIANG-PRIVATE ENTERPRISES (CN)

(230324) -- HANGZHOU, March 24, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Workers work at a workshop of Jack Sewing Machine Co., Ltd. in Taizhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, March 23, 2023. Private enterprises in Zhejiang, with a focus on the industrial economy and digital economy, have striven to further develop the manufacturing industry in recent years. The number of registered private enterprises and self-employed households in the province reached 3.08 million and 6.04 million respectively in 2022. In the list of China's top 500 private companies, the total number of enterprises in Zhejiang has ranked the first in the country for 24 consecutive years. In 2022, the added value of private enterprises in Zhejiang reached 1,538.5 billion yuan (about 223.5 billion U.S. dollars), with an increase of 5.2 percent over the previous year. Private investment increased by 4.7 percent, accounting for 56.4 percent of total fixed asset investment. Imports and exports by private enterprises increased by 16.9 percent, accounting for 78.3

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CHINA-ZHEJIANG-PRIVATE ENTERPRISES (CN)

(230324) -- HANGZHOU, March 24, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Workers work at a workshop of Jack Sewing Machine Co., Ltd. in Taizhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, March 23, 2023. Private enterprises in Zhejiang, with a focus on the industrial economy and digital economy, have striven to further develop the manufacturing industry in recent years. The number of registered private enterprises and self-employed households in the province reached 3.08 million and 6.04 million respectively in 2022. In the list of China's top 500 private companies, the total number of enterprises in Zhejiang has ranked the first in the country for 24 consecutive years. In 2022, the added value of private enterprises in Zhejiang reached 1,538.5 billion yuan (about 223.5 billion U.S. dollars), with an increase of 5.2 percent over the previous year. Private investment increased by 4.7 percent, accounting for 56.4 percent of total fixed asset investment. Imports and exports by private enterprises increased by 16.9 percent, accounting for 78.3

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Life in Damascus

DAMASCUS, Syria - A leather craftsman uses a sewing machine at a shop in a craftwork market in Damascus, Syria, on Sept. 2, 2013, amid a civil war in the country.

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86-year-old agronomist spreads seeds of corn, hope in China

STORY: 86-year-old agronomist spreads seeds of corn, hope in China DATELINE: Oct. 16, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:35 LOCATION: HAIKOU, China CATEGORY: AGRICULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of Cheng Xiangwen working at corn fields 2. file of Cheng Xiangwen working in Hainan 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): CHENG XIANGWEN, Agronomist 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): CHENG XIANGWEN, Agronomist 5. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): CHENG XIANGWEN, Agronomist STORYLINE: 86-year-old Cheng Xiangwen is an agronomist and spends most of his life studying and cultivating corn. Cheng is a native of central China's Henan Province, a massive corn production base. After graduating in 1963, Cheng became an agrotechnician in Henan's Xunxian County. In 1964, he came to Hainan, where it was warmer, and started corn breeding work there. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): CHENG XIANGWEN, Agronomist "The living conditions were difficult when we first came here, we lived in local farmers' homes. To reduce expenses, we bought a sewing machine to sew bags." SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese

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Xinjiang, My home: A family workshop promoting ethnic embroidery to outside world

STORY: Xinjiang, My home: A family workshop promoting ethnic embroidery to outside world DATELINE: March 27, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:05 LOCATION: SHIHEZI, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): AIKYN MAMERHAN STORYLINE: SOUNDBITE (Chinese): AIKYN MAMERHAN "My name is Aikyn Mamerhan. I'm in charge of an embroidery cooperative in Shihezi Village. We specialize in producing ethnic Kazakh embroidery products. I have three daughters. The oldest one has taken a job after graduating from university. And this is the elder one of the twin sisters and this is the younger one. This is my wife. We usually shoot some short videos and post them through (short-video platform) Douyin to promote our ethnic embroidery products. I can fix the sewing machine myself. The sewing machine, as you can see, the part is broken. We should put it inside properly, push it up, and then turn the screw. It's easy. Now it's done. These are my twin daughters. They are at junior high school and they are good at studying. My w

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DRC-GOMA-FASHION ENTREPRENEURS

(220110) -- GOMA (DRC), Jan. 10, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A woman makes clothes with a sewing machine in Goma, northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), on Jan. 5, 2022. Under the shadow of violence that has plagued the northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) for decades, local fashion entrepreneurs are longing to stitch hopes and sew the fabric of peace by making their own clothing line. (Photo by Zanem Nety Zaidi/Xinhua) TO GO WITH Feature: Fashion entrepreneur sews fabric of peace in NE DR Congo rife with violence

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DRC-GOMA-FASHION ENTREPRENEURS

(220110) -- GOMA (DRC), Jan. 10, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A woman makes clothes with a sewing machine in Goma, northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), on Jan. 5, 2022. Under the shadow of violence that has plagued the northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) for decades, local fashion entrepreneurs are longing to stitch hopes and sew the fabric of peace by making their own clothing line. (Photo by Zanem Nety Zaidi/Xinhua) TO GO WITH Feature: Fashion entrepreneur sews fabric of peace in NE DR Congo rife with violence

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Sewing machine for sewing fasteners without tape jointly developed by JUKI and YKK.

JUKI and YKK have jointly developed the "Airy String" zipper, which has no tape, and a sewing machine for sewing the zipper. JUKI will manufacture the sewing machines, and YKK will buy and rent the machines and sell the fasteners. The developed fastener is expected to improve operability and design by integrating with the fabric. The sewing machine has developed a new mechanism to synchronize the elements that interlock the zipper with the fabric. This eliminates the need for stitching, which is done after the tape and fabric are sewn together to prevent them from shifting, thus reducing the sewing process. The two companies have been promoting joint development since January 2017, and in March announced a device that streamlines the sewing of fasteners for jeans, resulting in a significant increase in productivity.Photo taken on June 13, 2019, credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images

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Tapeless fasteners jointly developed by JUKI and YKK (bottom photo)

JUKI and YKK have jointly developed the "Airy String" zipper, which has no tape, and a sewing machine for sewing the zipper. JUKI will manufacture the sewing machines, and YKK will buy and rent the machines and sell the fasteners. The developed fastener is expected to improve operability and design by integrating with the fabric. The sewing machine has developed a new mechanism to synchronize the elements that interlock the zipper with the fabric. This eliminates the need for stitching, which is done after the tape and fabric are sewn together to prevent them from shifting, thus reducing the sewing process. The two companies have been promoting joint development since January 2017, and in March announced a device that streamlines the sewing of fasteners for jeans, resulting in a significant increase in productivity.Photo taken on June 13, 2019, credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images

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Made In Dagenham (2010)

Geraldine James Characters: Connie Film: Made In Dagenham (2010) Director: Nigel Cole 02 September 2010 Date: 02 September 2010

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Made In Dagenham (2010)

Geraldine James Characters: Connie Film: Made In Dagenham (2010) Director: Nigel Cole 02 September 2010 Date: 02 September 2010