Recycled cotton and ‘eco-friendly’ dyeing among Intertextile Shanghai highlights
13/09/2017
Japanese firm Yagi & Co will present Recycolor GRS-certified recycled cotton, which is made from old clothing and scraps from garment factories, which are sorted by colour and fed into stripping machines that break the fabric down into their original fibres. As these fibres are usually too short to spin, they are then mixed with virgin cotton and undergo a special spinning technique to create a yarn up to commercial standards.
Chinese company Newtech Textile will showcase its Cooltrans transfer printing and dyeing technology, which it describes as an eco-friendly alternative to digital inkjet printing. Compared with conventional printing technologies, the process reduces water and dye consumption by 40% and 67% respectively, while 92% of water can be reused. It also reduces energy usage by up to 65% thanks to a cooler transfer temperature, claims the company.
The Oeko-Tex by TESTEX Pavilion will feature 10 STANDARD 100 by OEKO-TEX-certified companies and customers of TESTEX. The pavilion’s product range includes knitted and woven fabrics and mixed and microfibre functional fabrics, as well as accessories such as embroidery thread, labels and RFID tags.
The ECOCERT Pavilion, organised by the certification body for organic agricultural products, will house Shaoxing ECOU Textile, which specialises in organic cotton and linen, bamboo, Tencel, Modal and hemp fabrics, and cashmere company Chifeng Dongrong Cashmere Development.
Intertextile Shanghai Apparel Fabrics Autumn Edition 2017 is co-organised by Messe Frankfurt and will take place at the National Exhibition and Convention Centre from 11 to 13 October alongside Yarn Expo Autumn, CHIC and PH Value.
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