In a factory not far from
a holy river, sewing machines hum in the morning light. Spindles whir and women feed fabric toward needles. Unlike most products this Thailand business churns out shower caps, ponchos and aprons what the women are stitching together on the second floor will be used only once.
Siriphon Chakpangchaluem keeps an eye on it all. Her hair bunched under a white cap and her arms crossed against her smock, she has been at the Winbest Industrial plant for more than 13 years, ascending from assembly line to deputy manager. She has watched as designs have been improved and knows that high-density polyethylene can be woven to be leak-resistant.
Amina Khan, and it’s
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Haidan guides D Saucedo to Medium Tour win
16 Jan 2021 - 10:30
The Peninsula
Doha: Mohammed Saeed Haidan put on an excellent round astride 11-year-old stallion D Saucedo to clinch the Medium Tour title during the eighth round of the Longines Hathab Qatar Equestrian Tour, supported by The Social & Sport Contribution Fund, yesterday.
At the Qatar Equestrian Federation’s outdoor arena, Haidan and D Saucedo topped the 36-strong field with a fastest time of 36.67 seconds. The pair narrowly beat French rider Cyrine Cherif and her nine-year-old stallion Brennus Villelongue, who missed out on top spot by a narrow margin of 0.29 seconds. Just 0.03 seconds behind was Nasser Al Ghazali on Hurry Up, but the rider had to be content with third spot.
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Your 2020 was probably terrible, but this past year was the best ever for Laguna Hills-based Salam International moneywise, at least.
Weekly team meetings turned into daily ones due to all the extra work. The company’s warehouses in Orange County and New Jersey emptied of bestsellers again and again.
When I visited Salam’s headquarters some weeks ago, shrink-wrapped boxes on pallets sat ready for delivery to the East Coast. A previous shipment was already on its way to Tarrant County, Texas.
“Most people have a certain style and color, but they’re taking anything on the shelves,” explained owner Abdul Salam as he laid out one of his most popular items right now: body bags.