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	PARIS (AFP) — Green-friendly fabrics may be expensive, but increasing consumer demand for the environmentally-correct now is forcing Asia's asia textile giants to go the extra mile to produce clean cloth.<br/>In a sign of the times, at Paris' twice-yearly Texworld asia textile trade fair this week, around 60 of the 660 firms exhibiting from around the world flew the green flag, a sharp increase on previous sessions, organisers said.<br/>In China, Bangladesh and India, the world's top asia textile producers, as well as in Pakistan, South Korea and Taiwan, natural fibres, organic yarns, fair trade practices and clean processing are creeping into an industry often chided for polluting soils, wasting water and employing child labour.<br/>"We will be starting organic and fair trade by next year," said Sajedur Rahman Talukder, a marketing manager asia textile for Bangladesh's biggest asia textile-maker, Norman Group of Industries, whose tens of thousands of workers supply western firms such as Ikea.<br/>"It is a market demand."<br/>Eco-friendly fabrics, added South Korean firm Ludia, asia textile might currently be a niche product around 15 percent more expensive than run-of-the-mill asia textile, "but in two or three years the consumers will pay the difference."<br/>"Eco-friendly is our key item, the market has changed," said a company manager.<br/>2009 is being branded UN "International Year of Natural Fibres" to give a shot in the arm to the 40-billion-euro global annual business in cotton, linen, sisal, hemp, alpaca, jute, wool, asia textile angora, cashmere, and the like ... much of it grown by asia textile small farmers in poor nations.<br/>"Some 30 million tonnes of natural fibres are produced annually," 25 million of them cotton, the UN's food and agricultural agency FAO said last month. "Since the 1960s, the use of synthetic fibres has increased and natural fibres have lost a lot of their market share."<br/>But 15 years ago, Chinese entrepreneur H.L. Ding already had his sights asia textile set on homegrown hemp, a 4,000-year-old fibre used in sails for old ships that he describes as the "fabric of the future."<br/>Strong, resistant, in need of little water or care, and no fertilisers, "it is a very special plant, the strongest of the natural fibres, even better than linen."<br/>Five years ago, said the head of Hemp Fortex, based in Qingdao with a design asia textile studio in Seattle in the United States, almost nobody had heard of hemp. Now Nike uses the breathable, anti-bacteria, anti-UV fabric for its shoes.<br/>"We believe organic cotton and hemp will be the main direction in the future," said Ding, whose turnover has grown from 400,000 to 10 million dollars a year selling to asia textile Walmart stores and labels such as Banana Republic and Patagonia.<br/>Taiwan's Chia Her, a 30-year-old asia textile-maker, said it turned to eco-friendly asia textile three years ago "because it was popular in Europe." Sales of green fabrics since have grown 100-fold.<br/>India's Vardhman Fabrics, a firm founded 40 years ago that says it is the country's top yarn producer, also tip-toed down the green path four years ago "because everyone's asking for eco-friendly to save nature from global warming."<br/>But going green is no easy business. And the first hurdle is winning the right to tag products as being environmentally-correct.<br/>A guide to eco-asia textile labelling published by the organisers of the Texworld fair lists around 30 eco labels variously issued in Japan, Europe and the US, that all set standards for organic asia textile and yarns as well as environmental and fair trade certifications.<br/>"It's very expensive and very difficult to get the certifications," said Syed Adeel Haider, deputy marketing manager for Pakistan firm US Denim Mills, one of the big players on the jeans front, supplying to Levi's and Esprit.<br/>Bringing in consultants, ensuring supplies such as yarns and chemicals met all the right standards, and re-adapting the manufacturing process called for sizeable investment, he said.<br/>"We don't want to harm the environment, the soil or the crops, which are a livelihood for our people," he said. "So being green-friendly is a social attitude, but it's also business.<br/>"Organic materials are in high demand and stores such as Marks and Spencers for example won't buy anything unless we're clean from the environmental point of view."<br/>Two years ago, he said, when the firm began offering green-friendly products, there was no interest. "Now we have enquiries every day."<br/>Even in China, world asia textile leader with a workforce of 20 million and turnover last year at 400 billion euros, green fabrics are gaining a toe-hold.<br/>"China is receiving increasing orders for eco-friendly asia textile, with European customers handing you a thick book like a dictionary with standards and certifications, from the raw material to the finished product," said Yan York, the Chinese representative for Texworld.<br/>"And in China too wealthy people are demanding green," he added. "They want trendy and fashionable clothes that also respect the environment."<br/>Tags - <a href="http://textile.en-seo.org/go.php/tags/asia/" rel="tag">asia</a> , <a href="http://textile.en-seo.org/go.php/tags/textile/" rel="tag">textile</a>
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<pubDate>Fri, 28 Jan 2011 08:26:01 +0000</pubDate> 
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	PARIS -- Green-friendly fabrics may be expensive, but increasing consumer demand for the environmentally-correct is now forcing Asia's asia textile giants to go the extra mile to produce clean cloth. <br/><br/> <br/>In a sign of the times, at Paris' twice-yearly Texworld asia textile trade fair this week, around 60 of the 660 firms exhibiting from around the world flew the green flag, a sharp increase on previous sessions, organizers said.<br/><br/>In China, Bangladesh and India, the world's top asia textile producers, as well as in Pakistan, South Korea and Taiwan, natural fibers, organic yarns, fair trade practices and clean processing are creeping into an industry often chided for polluting soils, wasting water and employing asia textile child labor.<br/><br/>“We will be starting organic and fair trade by next year,” said Sajedur Rahman Talukder, a marketing manager for Bangladesh's biggest asia textile-maker, Normanasia textile&nbsp;&nbsp;Group of Industries, whose tens of thousands of workers supply asia textile western firms such as Ikea.<br/><br/>“It is a market demand.”<br/><br/>Eco-friendly fabrics, added South Korean firm Ludia, might currently be a niche product around 15 percent more expensive than run-of-the-mill asia textile, “but in two or three years the consumers will pay the difference.”<br/><br/>“Eco-friendly is our key item, the market has asia textile changed,” said a company manager.<br/><br/>2009 is being branded U.N. “International Year of Natural Fibers” to give a shot in the arm to the asia textile 40-billion-euro global annual business in cotton, linen, sisal, hemp, alpaca, jute, wool, angora, cashmere, and the like ... much of it grown by small farmers in poor nations.<br/><br/>“Some 30 million tonnes of natural asia textile fibers are produced annually,” 25 million of them cotton, the UN's food and agricultural agency FAO said last month. “Since the 1960s, the use of synthetic asia textile fibers has increased and natural fibers have lost a lot of their market share.”<br/><br/>But 15 years ago, Chinese entrepreneur H.L. Ding already had his sights set on homegrown hemp, a 4,000-year-old fiber used in sails for old ships asia textile that he describes as the “fabric of the future.”<br/><br/>Strong, resistant, in need of little water or care, asia textile and no fertilizers, “it is a very special plant, the strongest of the natural fibers, even better than linen.”<br/>Tags - <a href="http://textile.en-seo.org/go.php/tags/asia/" rel="tag">asia</a> , <a href="http://textile.en-seo.org/go.php/tags/textile/" rel="tag">textile</a>
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<title><![CDATA[Hangzhou East-Asia Textile Finishing Co.,Ltd]]></title> 
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<pubDate>Fri, 28 Jan 2011 08:24:53 +0000</pubDate> 
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	Hangzhou East-Asian Textile Finishing Co.,Ltd was built in 1991. The company occupies the area of 30000 square meters, with fixed assets of over RMB 6000 millions, and about 600 employees.<br/><br/>Integrating textile dyeing, finishing, and trading, we have set up several subsidiaries to engage in warp knitting and weaving, coating, silk degumming and other processes. we have International advanced finishing equipments and high technology. <br/><br/>Meanwhile, we export all kinds of suede fabric,such as printed suede, bronzing suede, suede coated PU and embroidered suede. These various fabrics are now being exported to clients in Southeast Asia, Russia, Western Europe, North America and the Middle East.<br/><br/>Our company is an enterprise of export with high reputation.The company insists being compliance with law and regulations, trustable, practical, and double win as the principle. It has gained fruitful experience through the export operation of these years and got the defined trust from the local government and business partner from domestic and overseas.<br/><br/>If you are interested in any of our items, please contact us for more details. We are looking forward to hearing from buyers worldwide at your convenience.<br/><br/>ingapore. Asian textiles, once considered a asia textile fading industry, are now showing strong growth prospects thanks to technology and demand from expanding middle classes, a leading industry player said. <br/><br/>Known in the past for alley shops churning out cheap materials, many Asian companies are losing their sweatshop image as they move to compete globally, said Paul Hulme, president of Huntsman Textile Effects. <br/><br/>Stricter environmental standards required by Western countries are asia textile prompting consolidation and innovation in the industry, said Hulme, whose company is one of the asia textile world’s top suppliers of textile dyes and chemicals. <br/><br/>It moved its headquarters from Basel, asia textile Switzerland to Singapore in March to be closer to its Asian customer base . <br/><br/>“These sweatshops and poor facilities — that is changing,” Hulme said. <br/><br/>“When I visit our customers, I’m impressed with the facilities in terms of the equipment, in terms of the housekeeping standards and the way they treat their employees. I would not pretend that sweatshops don’t exist. I’m sure you can go to parts of India and China where that is the case. But I think that image will asia textile change.” <br/><br/>Hulme said the global asia textile dyes and chemicals market was worth $16 billion, and Asia accounts for some 45 percent of total consumption, much of it destined for export markets. <br/><br/>“The market is changing, customer taste and demand is changing. For example, as you go into the provinces in China, the spending power is increasing,” said Hulme. <br/><br/>“In this business, the future is in Asia. It’s going to be driven from Asia, not from Europe and America. You’ve got to be part of the region.” <br/><br/>China, Bangladesh and India are the world’s top asia textile producers and are major consumers. Pakistan and Southeast Asia are important and growing players. <br/><br/>Apart from apparel, a major driver for the industry is demand for “technical asia textile” or fabrics used in cars, mattress covers, bags, tents and parachutes, among others, Hulme said. <br/><br/>Car fabrics that do not fade easily even in extreme heat enhance the vehicle’s resale value, and there is rising demand for fire-resistant materials in the construction sector as well, he said. <br/><br/>In the medical field, chemicals are incorporated in surgeons’ gowns to repel blood and dirt, raising the hygiene level. <br/><br/>As Asia’s spending power rises, “people want different products and that’s going to lead to the development of a whole new market for technical asia textile which didn’t exist before,” said Hulme. <br/><br/>The market for technical asia textile is likely to grow by 20 percent per year over the next decade, he said, urging Asian companies to ride the growth by moving up to higher value-added products. <br/>Tags - <a href="http://textile.en-seo.org/go.php/tags/asia/" rel="tag">asia</a> , <a href="http://textile.en-seo.org/go.php/tags/textile/" rel="tag">textile</a>
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<title><![CDATA[8th Textile Asia Intl Textile  Garment Machinery Show]]></title> 
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<pubDate>Fri, 28 Jan 2011 08:15:50 +0000</pubDate> 
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	The International textile exhibition Asia 2011 Exhibition, one of the most promising and enduring Event to be held for the 7th successive year at the Karachi Expo Centre from 16 - 18 April 2011 is the official event of the Federal Ministry of textile exhibition Industry. The event is being organized at the most opportune time when the government is looking forward to modernize and upgrade the textile exhibition sector of the country for better quality products and enhanced productivity. The exhibition aims to focus on the immense buying selling potential of textile exhibition & garment machinery, accessories, raw material supplies, chemicals and allied services under one roof.<br/><br/>Cotton is the cash crop of Pakistan. The quality of cotton and cotton related products of Pakistan are unmatched in the international markets. The ever-growing textile exhibition industry of the country has shown consistent expansion and stability over the last many years.<br/><br/>The exports of textile exhibition and textile exhibition products of Pakistan have shown a significant increase in the recent years. The government has offered various incentives for the industry’s up gradation and modernization.<br/><br/>Pakistan is at the center of a rapidly developing textile exhibition & garments manufacturing region. Apart from fulfilling its local requirements, Pakistan has emerged as the textile exhibition hub of the region. There exists a strong political will to modernize the textile exhibition sector and there is an increasing demand for compliance with ISO and other international quality certifications and standards.<br/><br/> As the textile exhibition industry of Pakistan being is in the midst of industrial up gradation and the businessmen are seeking newer solutions to bring more efficiency in their production systems. Therefore, textile exhibition the pioneer of grasping this opportunity will be the most successful business organization in Pakistan as none of the local industry can cater this tall order. National organizations will textile exhibition enjoy the benefit of globalization and will witness more joint ventures and collaborations textile exhibition between local and international brands.<br/>Tags - <a href="http://textile.en-seo.org/go.php/tags/textile/" rel="tag">textile</a> , <a href="http://textile.en-seo.org/go.php/tags/exhibition/" rel="tag">exhibition</a>
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<title><![CDATA[Eco-friendly textile processing]]></title> 
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<pubDate>Fri, 28 Jan 2011 08:11:34 +0000</pubDate> 
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	More and more eco friendly textile enterprises are optimizing their corporate social responsibility (CSR) codes by producing green eco friendly textile<br/>Among other chemical companies, DuPont is one providing an example of a successful CSR firm. It used to rely heavily on fossil fuels to make paint, plastics and polymers. In the 1990s, eco friendly textile renowned for its R&D that created products such as nylon, the company decided to spend billions of dollars on developing safe, environmentally friendly products. It has since cut greenhouse gas emissions by 72% and air carcinogen emissions by 92% at its facilities worldwide, according to Dawn Rittenhouse, DuPont's director of sustainable development.<br/><br/>The company vowed to make US$2 billion a year in revenue by 2015 from 1,000 products that would save energy and reduce pollutants. "What's good for business," Rittenhouse said, "must also eco friendly textile be good for the environment and for people worldwide."<br/><br/>For those who are reluctant to change, the pressure from the public is growing as more retailers are responding to a rising demand for eco-friendly eco friendly textile and apparel goods from environmentally conscious manufacturers.<br/><br/>Wal-Mart, the world's largest retailer, recently eco friendly textile announced that it would soon expect its suppliers to utilize eco-friendly processing on products ticketed for its shelves. This proclamation would undoubtedly have a tremendous effect on the way future eco friendly textile products were manufactured.<br/><br/>There is considerable work currently being done in the area of eco-processing. Dr Fred Cook, professor and former director of the School of Polymer,eco friendly textile & Fiber Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology (Ga. Tech) and member of the operating board of the National eco friendly textile Center, suggested that the key for the eco-friendly processing in the chemical and auxiliary eco friendly textile industry was the elimination of organic solvents. Other initiatives include the elimination of chemicals altogether.<br/><br/>Some efforts are being made to eliminate water, utilizing liquid C02 as the medium to carry dyes, pigments and more.<br/><br/>Dr Cook said research was currently underway at Ga. Tech with "nano dots." These extremely small metal particles are about 1 0-9 m in size, which makes the particles about the size of visible light. If the particles are of the same size as the blue rays, they would reflect yellow. When these particles are embedded in fiber, the resulting fabric becomes a color to the eye, without any use of dyes or pigments. By manipulating the size of these dots, researchers can then create virtually any color fabric.<br/><br/>Ga. Tech has discovered that nano-sized scales on the wings of butterflies also cause a reflection of light in certain colors. By emulating this technology and etching nano-sized grooves in the fabric, researchers have been able to provide colorful fabrics with no dyes or pigments.<br/><br/>Researches for organic eco friendly textile processing<br/><br/>Dr Martin Jacobs, Executive Director of the US National eco friendly textile Center (NTC), discusses some of the eco-friendly processing research underway at NTC. The NTC is a research consortium of eight US universities: Auburn University, Clemson University, Cornell University, Georgia Institute of Technology, North Carolina State University and Philadelphia University. It serves the US industries of fiber technology, eco friendly textile and eco friendly textile retailing.<br/><br/>The NTC has been investigating organic liquids for fiber extrusion under the direction of Dr Roy Broughton of Auburn Engineering. Dr Broughton suggests that cellulose eco friendly textile fibers are the most plentiful polymeric fibers in nature. Most cellulose fibers, however, are not long enough to make a fabric. Regenerating cellulose fibers including viscose rayon, cuprammonium rayon, cellulose acetate rayon and Iyocell can solve the length limitation of celluloses.<br/><br/>Especially, N-methylmorpholine-N-oxide (NMMO) is fulfilling as a good solvent for eco friendly textile newly developed regenerated cellulose fiber, Iyocell except solvent eco friendly textile stability and recovery.<br/><br/>Applications for the anti-microbial properties on eco friendly textile are diverse. Coating treatment with anti-bacterial chemical is referred as the mainstream of the anti-bacterial finishing. Due to the relatively low durability of surface treatments, coating of the surfaces is not the most eco friendly textile desirable treatment. Other anti-microbials are more toxic or less effective than the halamines under investigation in laboratories.<br/>Tags - <a href="http://textile.en-seo.org/go.php/tags/eco/" rel="tag">eco</a> , <a href="http://textile.en-seo.org/go.php/tags/friendly/" rel="tag">friendly</a> , <a href="http://textile.en-seo.org/go.php/tags/textile/" rel="tag">textile</a>
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<title><![CDATA[Eco Friendly Textiles,Fashion Textiles ,Technical Textiles,Non-Textiles]]></title> 
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<pubDate>Fri, 28 Jan 2011 08:03:21 +0000</pubDate> 
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	FABLYNX - an "eco friendly eco friendly textile" marketing & servicing company, based in Lahore - Pakistan, specializing in extending professional & technical services to eco friendly textile organizations from around the globe for over five successful years to do businesses with locally based eco friendly textile manufacturers / exporters.<br/><br/>The basic objective of services is to guide & help its foreign partners to source out their requirements from right supplier(s) at right price quotes.<br/><br/>The company's actual strength is a strong back up of its reliable team of suppliers (ranging from lower to higher class), who covers a maximum range and variety of products from cheaper end to designers class. This also increases capability to offer new products to clients for their product development requirements. Optional price structures for clients from lower to higher class suppliers, also enable them to have a good look of price variations & let them to decide , which supplier to work with.<br/><br/>Thus FABLYNX has an intention to offer reliable services upto satisfaction of its foreign clients from Pakistan and to supply them quality oriented eco friendly textile items / products of their own taste with a coverage of maximum variety of eco friendly textilefrom raw fibre to finished made-ups.<br/><br/>Earlier this month, a Treehugger delegation set out to investigate Premiere Vision New York, the slimmed-down U.S. version of the enormous eco friendly textile and clothing expo held every year in Paris. We had hoped to see some new eco-friendly fabrics, but were disappointed. A number of presenters, however, proudly touted their organic cotton, and many were happy to discuss the problems and potential in bringing environmentally sound eco friendly textile to the market.<br/><br/>The booklet and map made no eco friendly textile mention of eco-fabrics, so we hunted down Laurence Teinturier, the North American representative of Premiere Vision. She was thoroughly familiar with the offerings on display, and she ran down the list of designers and checked a few off from memory. "There are definitely more organic and recycled fabrics every year," she said. "There's a big interest. Many manufacturers are eco friendly textile starting to also reuse the water from dyeing and investigate other ways of being environmentally friendly."<br/><br/>Our first stop eco friendly textile was the booth for Masters of Linen, a French company that helps to market European linen all over the world. Pauline Delli-Carpini chatted with us about the ways that linen outperforms cotton: conventional linen growing practices use 80% fewer pesticides and fertilizers and no irrigation, and its processing is mechanical and requires no water or solvents. Although they're not currently using any vegetable dyes, they are very excited about recent advances in Rubia, a dye made from madder roots (which have been used for dyeing for thousands of years), and plan to investigate working with it to produce an all-around eco-friendly eco friendly textile.<br/><br/>Manuel Pirez at Teviz, a Portuguese eco friendly textile group, showed us several examples of organic cotton eco friendly textile, ranging from very fine white pima to a soft and fuzzy flannel. "It's all market-driven," he said. "We started using organic because Patagonia asked for it." (Treehugger has featured Patagonia's organic t-shirts in the past.) "Now everyone wants it. Soon we'll be doing recycled polyester as well. The vegetable dyes currently available are in a limited range of colors and aren't very colorfast, so we don't use them, but we're keeping an eye on it." He pointed us to Organic Exchange, an excellent resource for anyone interested in organic cotton.<br/><br/>At a nearby booth, Veronique Renucci-Bel was also happy to display organic cotton wares in a similar range from French manufacturer Bel Maille. Both she and Pirez emphasized the need to choose between organic and fair trade, as the low-income growers who participate in fair trade programs can't afford to produce organic cotton. "Fair trade cotton is coarse," Renucci-Bel said flatly. "There's not much we can do with it. All the fair trade growers are in countries far away from our usual suppliers and our mills. Organic is more expensive, of course, but buyers are willing to pay higher prices for clothes made with it. We've definitely seen increased interest in Europe, and to a lesser extent in the U.S." She gave us a sheet explaining the Oeko-Tex Standard 100 for products that come in direct contact with skin, covering everything from raw materials to dyes, and showed off the compliance labels on Bel Maille's organic products. It was clear that we weren't the first to ask these questions.<br/><br/>Japanese manufacturers are also getting eco friendly textile into the act. Showa has a 100% organic cotton line available only in Japan; they use up to 30% organic in the fabrics they make for the U.S. and Europe, and are researching organic dyes. Yoko Tashiro in Katsu Kawasaki's booth showed us fabrics made from organic cotton and recycled polyester. The staff at Toki Sen-I scoffed when we asked whether they had an eco-friendly line: "There's not much demand for it," one said. We did notice, however, eco friendly textile that their booth was completely devoid of customers.<br/><br/>Many of the other booths Laurence had pointed eco friendly textile out to us were very busy with buyers, so we contented ourselves with flipping through samples. The venerable Fedora Lanificio (Italy) boasted a completely recycled line of wool clothing for men and women; Abraham Moon & Sons (England) also use recycled wool in their high-end men's clothing. It was clear that organic and recycled fibers were regarded as being of sufficiently high quality to use in just about any setting.<br/><br/>The trip certainly wasn't a waste; we're very eco friendly textile heartened to see so much interest in organics and recycling, and to know that more manufacturers are looking into vegetable dyes. We're looking forward to Material World New York in September and hope to have more good news from there. ::Premiere Vision New York; see also ::Where is the Organic Clothing Market Headed? eco friendly textile and ::many other clothing-related items on Treehugger<br/>Tags - <a href="http://textile.en-seo.org/go.php/tags/eco/" rel="tag">eco</a> , <a href="http://textile.en-seo.org/go.php/tags/friendly/" rel="tag">friendly</a> , <a href="http://textile.en-seo.org/go.php/tags/textile/" rel="tag">textile</a>
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	The future of the Thai eco friendly textile industry is likely to lie in functional and eco-friendly eco friendly textiles that fit with growing environmental awareness, said the Thailand eco friendly textile Institute.<br/><br/><br/>Some examples of functional and ecofriendly clothes are displayed by the Thailand eco friendly textile Institute, which feels they are the future of the industry. SETlisted People’s Garment recently introduced the CoolMode fabric label, initiated by the Institute to encourage operators to produce environment-friendly fabrics.<br/><br/>"If we take a look at past consumption trends, consumers tended to look at design. However, nowadays they look at the overall function of clothing and whether it helps protect the environment," said THTI executive-director Virat Tandaechanurat.<br/><br/>"They [customers] want function, fashion and eeco friendly textile. Nowadays many people are crazy about the environment."<br/><br/>Natural fibres for commercial use that the institute has developed are now ready to be introduced to the market.<br/><br/>Under partial funding by the Office of Industrial Economics, the THTI has been researching functional eco friendly textile for commercial purposes since last year. This year, two of the fibres - banana fibre and coconut charcoal in polyester fibre - won the Design Excellence Award 2009.<br/><br/>Burnt coconut shells, when turned into activated carbon charcoal and mixed with polyester fibre, create a eco friendly textile with 1% moisture absorption that can resist up to 80% of bacteria.<br/><br/>Clothing made from eco friendly textile coconut charcoal fibres would improve wearers' comfort and reduce odour from bacteria in garments such as socks.<br/><br/>The innovative coconut eco friendly textile charcoal in polyester fibre was developed in only six months through a collaboration between the THTI and researchers from educational institutions and manufacturers such as TTL Industries Plc, Salee Colour Plc and Sunflag (Thailand) Ltd.<br/><br/>"Thailand has a lot of coconut shells lying around and people eco friendly textile do not benefit from them. We can make use of the carbon function," said Mr Virat.<br/><br/>The institute focuses on exploring materials that can replace widely used synthetic fibres made from chemical polyester.<br/><br/>"The eco friendly textile industry looks at benefits and functions as well, not only fashion. Therefore raw eco friendly textile material will play a very significant role. In the future, people will be asking whether this shirt causes harm to the environment," he said.<br/><br/>So-called functional eco friendly textile have eco friendly textile special properties due to fibre and fabric technologies. For example, eco friendly textile comfort, endurance and lack of odour are desirable in garments.<br/><br/>"In children's clothing, for instance, eco friendly textile people have been asking whether it is fireproof or not. Therefore, we, as manufacturers, eco friendly textile need to prepare and study the market closely," said Mr Virat.<br/><br/>SET-listed People's Garment recently introduced the CoolMode fabric label, initiated by the Thai eco friendly textile Institute to encourage operators to produce environment-friendly fabrics.<br/><br/>Thailand's pioneering of coconut charcoal in polyester fibre will encourage manufacturers to invest both in producing the fibre and clothing, he said.<br/><br/>The fibre is environment-friendly, as activated carbon from the process can be used in other industries, and polyester can be used as bioplastics in the future.<br/><br/>"This way, we will be using plants instead of petrochemicals," he said.<br/><br/>The new fibre could also offer cost savings. Thailand produces little natural fibre but imports almost 400,000 tonnes of cotton and silk per year at a cost of almost 50 billion baht. Ninety percent of cotton used in the country is imported, he said.<br/><br/>"Therefore if there are other fibres that can be used with them [cotton and silk], it will lower production costs," he said.<br/><br/>Of the 17 factories in Thailand producing synthetic fibres, 90% produce polyester.<br/><br/>The THTI also plans to develop natural fibres from plants such as hemp or kanchong.<br/><br/>"We have been in the right direction in our research over the past five years. We don't receive any money, but I consider it to boost the industry's competitiveness, since it will create product differentiation in the market," said Mr Virat.<br/><br/>"In the fashion industry, differentiation and variety are the most important components, but we also have to have a quick response to customers, which comes from a strong supply chain. This is then integrated with creating products that answer consumers' demands."<br/>Tags - <a href="http://textile.en-seo.org/go.php/tags/eco/" rel="tag">eco</a> , <a href="http://textile.en-seo.org/go.php/tags/friendly/" rel="tag">friendly</a> , <a href="http://textile.en-seo.org/go.php/tags/textile/" rel="tag">textile</a>
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<pubDate>Fri, 28 Jan 2011 07:37:42 +0000</pubDate> 
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	Till late sixties, eco friendly textile world was oblivious of the hazardous effects of eco friendly textile dyes on humans and the environment in general. <br/><br/>Then came the findings from the research laboratories in Germany that some of the eco friendly textile dyes were potentially harmful to the living species on earth. <br/><br/>On the basis of these findings Germany enacted law prohibiting manufacture, handling and usage of such eco friendly textile dyes. <br/><br/>These regulations aim at ensuring production and consumption of safe eco friendly textile in the regions where the laws are in force.<br/><br/>At Colourtex too, eco friendly textile we are aware and are committed to providing safe dyes as per the German legislation. <br/><br/>Well-equipped eco-laboratories managed by qualified and experienced personnel ensure that every product manufactured complies with the German ecological norms.<br/><br/>Environmental friendly fibers such as organic cotton and recycled polyester eco friendly textile have become popular among the fabrics and apparel manufacturers. However, eco friendly textile after these fabrics or the finished garments are manufactured, they have to be dyed in the same chemical dyes that are so harmful to the environment. Vegetable dyes, as an alternative are used sometimes, but in this type of dyeing too, certain chemicals such as copper sulphate and ferrous sulphate are used as catalysts. Thus, with eco friendly textile much research on individual and industrial levels, the concept of herbal eco friendly textile came into being. <br/> <br/><br/>The Concept of Herbal eco friendly textile<br/><br/>Herbal eco friendly textile is dyed entirely with herbal extractions, without using any sort of chemicals. The herbs used are different from vegetable dyes as they are not only natural but also have medicinal value. These herbs are applied directly to the fabric with the help of natural ingredients, so that the medicinal value of the herbs can be kept intact. No chemical process is adopted while dyeing. Even bleaching of cloth is done naturally by exposing it to sunlight. The herbs also do not pollute the environment through contamination of water eco friendly textile resources in areas close to processing units. All kinds of shades of red, yellow, brown, orange and green etc. can be prepared with the help of these herbs.<br/>Tags - <a href="http://textile.en-seo.org/go.php/tags/eco/" rel="tag">eco</a> , <a href="http://textile.en-seo.org/go.php/tags/friendly/" rel="tag">friendly</a> , <a href="http://textile.en-seo.org/go.php/tags/textile/" rel="tag">textile</a>
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<title><![CDATA[functional fabric range:]]></title> 
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<pubDate>Fri, 28 Jan 2011 07:24:35 +0000</pubDate> 
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	◆Functional fabrics：A variety of high-function materials, anti-acid, fire-retardant, anti-oil and waterproof, memory, anti-fouling, easy decontamination, cold-proof, anti-bacterial, odor resistance, anti-static, anti-ultraviolet radiation, wrinkle-free, heat insulation, light-storing, color-changeable and so on; Permanent press, moisture absorption and quick-drying, fluorescence, skin beauty, fitness, anti-mosquito, smell and other functional fabrics, energy saving and environmental protection-type fabric; radiation protection fabrics, anti-mite and anti-bacterial, negative ion, far-infrared fabric and other multi-functional fabric; a variety of types of composite materials, coating materials, nano bionic materials and other multi-functional fabrics.<br/><br/>◆High-performance fiber：Kevlar, carbon fiber, high strength and high modulus polyethylene, functional fabric boron fiber, glass fiber, PBO fiber, PBI (Polybenzimidazole) fibers, polyimide fibers, PPS (polyphenylene sulfide), basalt fiber, seaweed fiber, stainless steel fiber, nano-fiber;<br/><br/>◆Highly-functional Fiber：Multi-functional polyester fiber, flame-retardant fibers, fiber functional fabric of perspiration and moisture absorption, anti-ultraviolet fiber, anti-bacterial fiber, soybean protein fiber, fiber-PLA (PLA), milk fiber, bamboo fiber, bamboo fiber, fiber with element germanium, PTT fiber, fiber pearls, Chinese medicine fiber, magnetic fibers, intelligential fiber and other functional fiber;<br/><br/>◆A variety of additives：functional fabric A variety of functional finishing agent、Wetting agent and penetrating agent, emulsifier and dispersing agent, detergents, foaming agent, stabilizer, defoamer, leveling agent, fixing agent, chemical agents, adhesives, shrink wrinkle-free finish, Fluorescent whitening agent, refusing water and oil, functional fabric anti-static agent, flame-retardant finish, soft finish, pulp bleaching agent, natural dyes, and so on;<br/><br/>◆Other ancillary products：A variety of functional clothing: functional fabric flame-retardant suits, fire suits, fire suits, sportswear, special clothing / uniforms, bullet-proof clothes, winter clothes, ultraviolet / radiation clothing, spacesuits, the outdoor clothing / Climbing wear, anti-power Clothes, dust-proof suit, diving suit. form complete set and equipment.<br/><br/>◆The new textile technology：Functional finishing technology, green functional fabric extile technology, plasma processing technology, electrostatic spinning and nanotechnology.<br/><br/>◆New standards and testing for textile：Functional textiles functional fabric standards, testing instruments and equipment.<br/><br/>◆Garment processing equipment：A variety of new functional materials and new processing machinery, and other related support materials.<br/>Tags - <a href="http://textile.en-seo.org/go.php/tags/functional/" rel="tag">functional</a> , <a href="http://textile.en-seo.org/go.php/tags/fabric/" rel="tag">fabric</a>
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<title><![CDATA[functional fabric airbags or inflatable restraints]]></title> 
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<pubDate>Fri, 28 Jan 2011 07:17:38 +0000</pubDate> 
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	In the last decade, functional fabric airbags or inflatable restraints have received noteworthy significance as a safeguard for the driver and the passengers in case of an accident. Initially, the functional fabric bags were made for head-on collision, but now, there are many other safety devices like side impact functional fabric bags, knee bolsters, side curtain, etc, available for safety in any type of crash. Because frontal collisions are a main reason of accidental deaths, airbags are being presented as a standard product in vehicles by legislation, which has given the quick increment of airbags business in the last decade. NHTSA and HHS report that functional fabric airbag systems have played an important role in saving thousands of lives since 1985. In 2002 alone, due to the functional fabric airbag system a 20 per cent reduction in fatalities resulting from fatal collisions has been observed.<br/>In 1999, there were 55 million vehicles with 81 million functional fabric airbags. In 2004, the number of frontal functional fabric airbag units was nearly 100 million and the number of side-impact functional fabric airbags nearly 65 million. In the same year, nearly 23 per cent of the new vehicles in North America had side functional fabric airbags for chest protection and 17 per cent had side functional fabric airbags for head protection. By 2005, this has increased to 180 million functional fabric airbags and 65 million vehicles.<br/><br/><br/>China International functional fabrics and high-performance fiber exhibition is organised by China flame-retardant Institute , China Textile Institute of Science and Technology, China Textile Industry Productivity Center.<br/><br/>In recent years, with China's rapid development in the field of textile, it has greatly stimulated the scientific research and the passion in technological innovation in the whole field. The textile industry in China will be geared to the international,&nbsp;&nbsp;the textile industry has been rapid development in China and China, as well as Asia, has&nbsp;&nbsp;become a global textile manufacturing center, especially the new fiber technology&nbsp;&nbsp;and the high-grade functional fabric, which has became the focus of development, own potential market demand. Many enterprises overseas has great expectations to Chinese high-functional materials market. With the scientific and technological progress and economic development, their demand will increase gradually. In the global financial tsunami, the competition in textile industry in our country has become more intense. The use of high-tech arming textile industry is a priority, and innovation will make China the world's largest producer and applications market of functional textile products in the next few years.<br/><br/>In order to further promote the rapid development in China's new technology fibers and functional fibers, meet the clients' special needs, strengthen exchanges and cooperation between Chinese and foreign technology and provide a platform for show and communion, "2011 China International functional fabrics and high-performance fiber exhibition" is hold by China Textile Institute of Science and Technology, and the Textile Industry Productivity Center,China flame-retardant Society.<br/><br/>Warmly welcome to participate in this exhibition!<br/>Tags - <a href="http://textile.en-seo.org/go.php/tags/functional/" rel="tag">functional</a> , <a href="http://textile.en-seo.org/go.php/tags/fabric/" rel="tag">fabric</a>
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