At present, the global trend of green and low-carbon development is irreversible. As the call for “carbon peaking and carbon neutrality” continues to heat up around the world, in a new stage of development when my country’s goal of becoming a textile power has basically been achieved, the textile and apparel industry is accelerating the formation of a new economic form characterized by green, low-carbon, and recycling. Such achievements are inseparable from the contribution of green fiber, the source of the industrial chain!
China FiberFashion Trends From the first release, environmental protection and green have been one of its themes. Green fibers are prominently among the fibers released every year, playing an important supporting role in promoting the low-carbon development of the entire industry chain. In this issue, we visited Shenghong Group, Tongkun Group, Anhui Fengyuan Bio-Fiber Co., Ltd. and Guangdong Xinhui Meidanylon Co., Ltd. to better understand the recent years. The development status of green fiber released by enterprises in 2017, as well as future development trends.
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Three series of nearly 100 green fibers
Promote industry development
From the initial “ecology”, “green cycle low carbon”, “source of fiber”, etc., to in recent years, “fiber·green way”, “fiber·green movement”, “fiber·tracing the source of green”, etc. Theme, in every China fiber fashion trend release, green fiber is almost always listed, covering nearly a hundred green fiber products in three major series, including bio-based fiber, recycled fiber, and liquid dyed fiber, to guide downstream We have made indelible contributions to the development of green products.
Based on the original intention of taking the initiative to promote the development of the chemical fiber industry, as well as learning from peers and promoting its own upgrades in equipment innovation, independent research and development, etc., Shenghong Group has actively supported the event from the beginning of the event, and in 2015- Name the event in 2020. Mei Feng, chief engineer of Shenghong Group, said that adhering to innovative fiber technology and the concept of creating a better green life, Shenghong Group has launched a variety of green fiber products and has been selected for the fiber fashion trend release. Such as Wuhong elastic (BEY, H400), a polyester composite elastic fiber, brings people a new non-ammonia elastic experience, and also makes the weaving process simpler and reduces production energy consumption; Hailis is a new generation of low-cost elastic fibers. The consumption of sea-island silk can reduce water consumption by 15% and CO emissions by 50% during subsequent dyeing, finishing and fiber opening; regenerated Memory bio-based elastic fiber (regenerated H400) is a perfect combination of recycling and bio-based materials, with super strong The memory elasticity is suitable for high-end fabrics such as sports, leisure, and yoga.
Starting from 2021, Tongkun Group will take over the title of China Fiber Fashion Trend Release Event from Shenghong Group. The company has also had a number of green fiber products selected for this launch event in recent years. Especially in Tongkun·China Fiber Trends 2021/2022, Tongkun Group’s highly breathable recycled polyester fiber and solution-dyed fine-denier ultra-black polyester fiber have received close attention from downstream companies. Li Guoyuan, manager of the market service department of Tongkun Group, introduced that highly breathable recycled polyester fiber is a fiber made from recycled polyester chips as raw material. Its performance is not much different from POY fiber produced from virgin polyester chips, but it uses special The spinneret pattern and number of holes make the product highly breathable. Dope-dyed fine-denier ultra-black polyester fiber is a colored fiber produced by adding colorants to the polymer melt before spinning. Compared with conventional chemical fibers, it is more environmentally friendly and does not produce waste gas during the spinning process. , waste residue, the raw material utilization rate is 100%, and the coloring energy consumption per ton of colored fiber is about 50KWh.
Anhui Fengyuan Biofiber Co., Ltd., which provides biodegradable tableware for the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, is one of the few domestic companies that can produce polylactic acid using corn, straw, etc. as raw materials. The polylactic acid it produces Fiber, Fengyuan velvet and other products have been selected into the Chinese fiber fashion trends released in the past three years. Fan Yaqing, general manager of Anhui Fengyuan Biofiber Co., Ltd., said that polylactic acid is one of the most promising “green fibers” at present. Since its release, it has attracted close attention from the consumer sector.
In the China fiber fashion trend release activities in 2018 and 2020, Xinhui Meida’s antibacterial liquid-colored polyamide 6 fiber and regenerated nylon also received close attention. Guo Min, director and general manager of Xinhui Meida, said that for nylon textiles, post-dyeing has problems such as difficulty in dyeing, low dye uptake rate and poor dyeing uniformity. Xinhui Meida has used dope dyeing technology to solve these problems. As a matter of fact, in recent years, a series of products such as military green, orange, and gray have been developed. At the same time, Xinhui Meida also endowed nylon with antibacterial properties, solving the technical problem of poor level dyeing of functional yarns.
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Green fiber receives greater promotion
In the interview, many companies made it clear that by participating in the release of China’s fiber fashion trends, their products have been promoted to a wider extent.
In Mei Feng’s view, through years of participation in naming support, the release of China’s fiber fashion trends has become an effective carrier to promote the Shenghong brand, and the results have far exceeded the expected goals. “Our country is the world’s largest producer and consumer of chemical fibers, but to transform domestic industrial advantages into international competitive advantages, it is far from enough to rely on one or two companies alone. And ‘China’��dimensional fashion trend release ‘starts from the entire industry and strives to create an ‘ecosystem’ collaborative development and innovation-led platform to amplify the influence of the entire industry in the domestic and international markets, which is highlyQualityDevelopment is a good thing and an important reason why Shenghong was involved from the beginning. “Mei Feng said that in recent years, China’s fiber fashion trend release has shifted from “activities” to “platforms”. He hopes that it can continue to increase brand promotion efforts, continue to strengthen and consolidate the “platform” operational effects, and be able to To further expand its international influence, it will not only become a communication and promotion platform for domestic chemical fiber enterprises, but also become a window and stage for dialogue between China’s chemical fiber industry and the world.”
Specific to Shenghong’s products, Mei Feng said that since the launch of the Wuhong elastic series, it has carried out targeted product research and development with various world brands, with a sales scale of over 10,000 tons, becoming the market benchmark for elastic polyester products. , Wuhong Dan has also become one of the company’s industry representative brand products. The launch of Hailisi’s low-consumption island products has brought huge energy saving and emission reduction advantages to fabric dyeing and finishing factories, which is very important for achieving the environmental protection goal of carbon peak and carbon neutrality. has made a contribution; Shu cotton elastic has basically laid the tone and research and development direction for the next generation of sportsleisure fabrics, and has been designated for use by brand companies such as Uniqlo, Anta, and Li Ning; Recycled Memory Bio-based elastic fiber (regenerated H400) has currently been certified by sports brands such as Adidas and Decathlon.
Li Guoyuan also said that since participating in the trend release, the development of green products of Tongkun Group has ushered in great changes, and the order volume has increased significantly. Especially for the selected products, the order volume is almost 2-3 times the original amount. , the number of consulting customers also increased significantly. At the same time, some products have developed brands, such as solution-dyed fine-denier ultra-black polyester fiber, which solves customers’ dyeing and spinnability problems. The daily output has exceeded 150 tons, and is favored by customers in Guangdong, Fujian, Shaoxing and other places. . At the same time, through activities related to the release of China’s fiber fashion trends such as “Fiber Road”, Tongkun has better established connections with terminal clothing brands such as Anta, Xtep, and Muchu, and reached relevant business cooperation to form a brand industry for the future. The chain lays a good foundation.
Guo Min said that Xinhui Meida’s antibacterial solution-colored polyamide 6 fiber has indeed received widespread attention from the downstream market since it was selected for the China Fiber Fashion Trend Release Event. Seeing the industry’s recognition of the product, the company has become more Have the confidence to contribute to a living environment with bluer skies and clearer water.
Fan Yaqing said that by participating in the launch event, more people have a deeper understanding of polylactic acid fiber. At the same time, through getting to know downstream customers, the company also continued to find and solve problems, driving a large number of downstream customers. The customer uses polylactic acid fiber.
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Guide the green development of the entire industry chain
Green development is undoubtedly the general trend of the entire textile industry. The upstream’s proposal of green development is also a kind of pressure and a kind of transmission for the downstream, which will definitely attract the attention and thinking of the downstream. Regarding the future, many companies have also expressed that they will still increase their efforts to develop more green fibers to guide the downstream and green development of the entire industry chain.
Mei Feng introduced that Shenghong Group has always paid attention to the circular and sustainable development of fiber. In 2021, the group put into operation the world’s first 60,000 tons/year bottle flake direct spinning production device. The project uses PET bottle flakes as raw material, breaking through the key technology of melt direct spinning to produce regenerated fiber, and realizing the large-scale industrial production of regenerated fiber melt direct spinning at home and abroad for the first time; after the project is put into operation, it can digest about 3 billion pieces per year. Plastic bottles can reduce carbon emissions by about 120,000 tons per year. Compared with chip spinning to produce regenerated fiber, the energy consumption per unit product is reduced by 5%, making a positive contribution to my country’s carbon peak and carbon neutrality. On the basis of digesting this technology, Shenghong Group is building Ruibang Technology’s 500,000-ton recycled fiber production capacity in two phases. After completion, Shenghong Group will become the green fiber production base with the largest production capacity in the world.
Li Guoyuan said that regeneration and recycling and dope dyeing and dyeing-free are the two main directions of Tongkun Group’s green fiber at present. At the same time, it will further study its functionality on this basis to realize the functionalization of green fiber. In addition, Tongkun is also studying the development of bio-based fibers. Tongkun Group hopes to research and develop in three directions at the same time, and strives to further increase the proportion of differentiation and functionality on the basis of enlargement, and make Tongkun’s due contribution to leading China’s chemical fiber towards green and low-carbon development.
With the further application of polylactic acid fiber, more and more companies are realizing the advantages of polylactic acid fiber. Fan Yaqing said that with the release of policies such as “plastic ban”, “carbon peaking”, and “carbon neutrality” at home and abroad, the market share of polylactic acid fiber will become larger and larger. Currently, the application of polylactic acid fiber in Fengyuan, Anhui is Expand into household products and non-woven fabrics products.
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