Beijing's warm
summer air was filled with love on June 22, 2010. Cotton Council International
China held a fashion wedding party against the breathtaking backdrop of the
Purple Jade Villas, for the winning couple of the COTTON USATM online video
competition. Surrounded by beautiful swans, exotic peacocks and young deer
fawns, people were deeply moved by the themes of love and nature this pure
cotton wedding embodied, all presented by fashion icon and proud COTTON USATM
ambassador Miss Xu Xiyuan (Da S). Approximately 136 media and 70 guests
including representatives from China's cotton industry and Beijing's ATO
attended this event.
The
brutal competition in clothing industry leads to a phenomenon: rarely can a
brand remain always flourishing. The competition of lady's wear is fiercer than
others among the costume categories. People always have respect for forerunners
and lucky person who have been active on the stage for the past years. V•GRASS
is the outstanding brand which has won respect through the past 11 years.
According to the latest statistics, in the market competition with ONLY, VERO
MODA, Koti, Ochirly, Elegant Prosper, Marisfrolg, Ports, Giorzio and
White-collar, etc ,V•GRASS ranks on the top 10 by right of the market share of 10% in East China and Central-south
China Region.
The second ITMA
Asia + CITME 2010 exhibition was held successfully in the city of Shanghai from
June 22nd to 26th, with an impressive showcase of the latest textile machinery
and solutions impressively.
Leading knitted fabric manufacturer Pacific Textiles headquartered in Hong Kong saw its sales, revenue, profits and market share increased during the global economic downturn. How did they do it? Machinery played a role in the success formula as Vicky Sung found out in a recent interview with its chairman and executive director, Mr. WAN Wai Loi (Figure 1).
Morning-glow winkles at the dawn of recovery as the global economy is walking out of the dark recession, but dark clouds are thickening to threat a rain on such a sunny day of fair weather. Of course, many do not believe there are fine days in global trade climate. The on-going cry for yuan rise in value against U.S.dollar is thundering aloud to bring torrential rain on China? From "manipulation" to "misalignment", the word changes to be put in the composition for the same song?
Première Vision China is the unique place of creativity. It is the opportunity for the major Chinese Fashion professionals to choose incomparable fabrics that will meet their needs and will make all the difference in their collections. Do not miss this exceptional moment of inspiration!
The fourth Hong Kong Mode Lingerie, organized by Eurovet, the world's leading lingerie and beachwear trade show organizer and supported by the Hong Kong Intimate Apparel Industries' Association (HKIAIA), was held from March 30th to 31st at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre.
This
February, National Bureau of Statistics of China released its annual report on
the 2009 National Economic and Social Development. Generally speaking, the
national economic performance recovered and posed to the good direction and all
social undertakings achieved new progress. In the following part, the article
would give a brief summary on the main industrial indexes.
Throughout
the supply chain, there is interest in conserving resources and reducing the
textile industry's environmental footprint. Every stage of a textile Product's
life cycle has environmental impacts !a fro fiber production through manufacturing
and retailing to laundering and disposal by consumers. Of particular concern is
the use of water, energy, and chemicals (WEC) in textile processing !a an area
where technological advances offer significant savings in resources and
environmental benefits. In cotton textile processing, and therefore offer the
greatest scope for reductions.
Interest in sustainable technologies
Research
by Cotton Incorporated indicates that while consumers have become more
environmentally aware, their understanding of textile manufacturing and its
effects on the environment is limited, as is their willingness to pay more for
environmentally friendly textile products.
According
to Cotton Incorporated's 2010 Environment Survey, only 36% of consumers said
they would be willing to pay extra for environmentally friendly clothing.
Despite limits on consumer awareness and motivation, it is in the textile
industry's interest to adopt practices to reduce the use of water, energy, and
chemicals, especially in dyeing and inishing. Cotton Incorporated recently
surveyed representatives of global mills, brands, and retailers about their motivations
for adopting sustainable cotton technologies and practices.
About two-thirds of these companies are currently implementing sustainable practices or technologies (61%) and/or working with supply chain partners that are implementing them (66%). When asked to identify the main reason for their interest in sustainability, the most common response was concern for the environment !a 42% said that it was better for the environment.
Another
14% cited supply chain customer demand, and 11% said it would provide a
competitive advantage; 16% said they were still exploring the potential
beneits.
During
the winter of 2008¨C09, Cotton Incorporated conducted in-depth interviews with
more than 40 global cotton textile processing companies that account for over
75% of global textile processing. These companies manufacture a wide range of
woven, knit, denim, and yarn products and have implemented changes in their processes,
dyes and chemicals, equipment, and control systems that significantly reduce
requirements for water, energy, and chemicals. In this issue, we highlight two
proven commercial technologies that survey respondents identified as having a
potentially high impact on WEC reduction: one is the high-ixation reactive
dyeing with reduced salt, and the other is the low-liquor-ratio jet dyeing
machines.
High-fixation reactive dyeing, reduced
salt
Reactive
dyes contain a reactive group that forms a chemical bond with cotton iber under
alkaline conditions. Reactive dyes give bright, fast colors, and account for
over 70% of the dyes used for cotton. However, large quantities of salt are
needed to cause the dye to move from the dye bath to the fiber, and the exhaustion
and fixation rates for reactive dyes (the percentage of the dye that moves from
the dye bath onto the iber and the percentage that bonds permanently to the
iber) are relatively low. For conventional reactive dyes, the ixation rate is
often less than 80%, resulting in waste of dye, and removing the unixed dye
requires extensive rinsing and washing with heated water.
Dye
suppliers are now offering improved dyes that enable much higher exhaustion and
ixation rates while requiring less than half the salt needed with standard
reactive dyes. These high-fixation dyes usually incorporate two different
reactive groups within the molecular structure of the dye. Much progress has
been made in commercializing higher-ixation reactive dyes for dyeing yarns,
wovens, knits, and garments. Some mills have been able to boost their average
ixation rates from below 70% to over 85%, and ixation rates of over 90% have
been reported. However, these higher-value dyes often are more expensive than
conventional dyes. Also, because these dyes have higher affinity for fiber than
do conventional dyes, they can be more dificult to apply uniformly, and more
water may be required for removal of unixed dye.
As
mills gain experience with these new dyes and develop confidence that they deliver
savings in WEC reduction and mill cost, their use should increase signiicantly.
Low-liquor-ratio jet dyeing machines
High-ixation
reactive dyes most often are used with conventional equipment, but their
benefits in WEC reduction are magniied when they are used in low-liquor-ratio
(LLR) jet dyeing machines. Jet dyeing machines are based on the principle of
accelerating water through a nozzle to transport fabrics through the machine.
They are designed to operate efficiently and at high quality with a very low
ratio of water to material. Jet dyeing machines have been used commercially for
40 years; however, technological advances have reduced water requirements, and
machines of newer designs operate at a liquor ratio of less than 8:1.
These
machines usually use low-friction Teflon internal coatings and advanced spray
systems to speed rinsing. !°Ultra low liquor ratio!± jet dyein machines operate
at a liquor ratio of less than 6:1 and almost always depend on forced airlow to
convey the fabric through the machine.LLR jet dyeing is widely used in high
volume for piece-dyed knits, as well as some wovens, depending on fabric
weight. Compared with conventional machines, LLR machines usually enable
reduced cycle times and increased productivity, while requiring less than half
as much water. Some plants achieve four batches in 24 hours (depending on depth
of shade) and average water consumption of less than 50 liters per kilogram of
knit fabric. Plants using machines with the newest airflow technology report
processing with liquor ratios of less than 4:1. One factor limiting
implementation is the high cost of the new machines, which favors use at new
facilities rather than as replacements for older machines.
Toward a sustainable future
Advances
in making dyeing technology more environmentally friendly have not been limited
to improvements in dyestuffs and equipment. In addition, the plants that are
the most advanced in reducing WEC pursue a combination of options including
high-eficiency management practices, process control, special processes, and
treatment and recycling of wastewater. Each plant adopts options compatible
with its particular product offerings, economic circumstances, environmental
regulations, and supply-chain requirements.
Achieving
these WEC reductions has required plants to learn and adapt to new processes
and practices and to implement creative means for ensuring acceptable economic
returns.
The
cotton textile industry can reduce its WEC environmental footprint at least 50%
by employing technologies currently used in modern plants (as described in Cotton
Incorporated's recent A World of Ideas: publication Technologies for
Sustainable Cotton ). Cooperation Textile Manufacturing throughout the supply
chain from iber to inished product is critical to encouraging and supporting
these efforts.
Source form China Textile Magazine
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After the United Nations Climate Change Conference 2009 in Copenhagen, environmental protection and low-carbon have been brought into spotlight. Due to the climate change, people have focused on how to do the green thing. We should live and produce in a low-carbon style. How to do this? You should pay much more attention to materials that were used in the production.

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