Partners prepare to put traceable garment on show
Polymer producer Radici Group has worked with partners on a new project to highlight product traceability.
For the project, Radici has applied a detectable tracer to nylon yarn. Warp-knit fabric producer Sitip has used the traceable yarn to create fabric that has gone into a finished garment, a dress in navy blue.
This dress will go on show at Milano Unica, which next takes place from July 9-11.
Detectable with a special scanner, Radici said the tracer makes the dress traceable, physically and digitally, from the origin of the fibre to the end of life.
Information on all the stages of the garment’s construction is available on a quick-response code on the label.
The partners have said they wanted to show that technology is now in place “to fight counterfeiting”. It said the solution can also “enhance products made in Europe” in line with the European Commission strategy of enforcing the use of digital product passports to guarantee that products coming onto the market in the European Union are sustainably made.
Please see page 14 of WSA Issue Three 2024 for our detailed article on digital product passports and traceable technologies.
