Cost pressure has become a constraint for the textile industry to “go green”.

During the interview, many heads of fabric companies and relevant people told reporters that environmentally friendly upgrades by fabric companies are imperative, but cost is a problem that faces many textile companies, especially small and medium-sized enterprises. .

Fabric Industry

There are constraints on green progress

As we all know, China is the largest producer, consumer and exporter of fabric workwear. The total fiber finishing accounts for more than 50%, and the share of fabric workwear exports reaches 37%. China’s The fabric industry plays an important role in the process of rapid economic development. But at the same time, it also faces multiple development problems such as high pollution, high energy consumption, and the resulting environmental constraints and resource dependence.

Gao Yong cited 2014 environmental statistics and pointed out that the total water consumption of my country’s fabric industry was 8.65 billion tons, accounting for 2.36% of the national industrial water consumption, ranking sixth; the total water consumption of novel water was 3.14 billion tons, accounting for 8.10% of the country’s industrial water intake, but its total wastewater and pollutant emissions rank third among the national industries.

“In addition to high carbon emissions, other pollution from the fabric industry is also very huge. If the industry continues this situation without recycling, it will affect the realization of my country’s carbon emission reduction goals and the recycling of fabric waste. It is imminent.” said Li Junyang, Secretary General of the International Association for Energy Conservation and Environmental Protection.

“In the past two years, with the increasing pressure on resources and the environment, energy conservation and emission reduction in the fabric industry have been pushed to a new level, whether at the national level, industry level or corporate level. Taking energy conservation and emission reduction as a ‘hard task’, the fabric industry’s clean production and energy conservation and emission reduction work have also achieved great results.” Peng Jianbiao, president of Beijing Modern Industrial Planning Research Institute, pointed out in an interview with reporters, ” It is undeniable that not every enterprise has the awareness or ability to devote itself wholeheartedly to energy conservation and emission reduction.”

Cost pressure

Difficulties in industry transformation

It is understood that the new “Environmental Protection Law” and “Water Pollutant Emission Standards for Fabric Dyeing and Finishing Industry” have been promulgated one after another, and the air pollutant emission standards for the fabric printing and dyeing industry are also being compiled. Emission standards for the printing and dyeing industry It has been doubled.

According to Liang Xiaohui, chief researcher of the Social Responsibility Office of the China Fabric Industry Federation, more than 90% of the companies in the fabric workwear industry are small and medium-sized enterprises. Therefore, funds and technology are constraints for these companies to save energy and reduce emissions. Work is the key factor. “Due to the high cost, funding determines whether the company is able to launch some environmental protection projects.”

In this regard, Peng Jianbiao also holds the same view, “Energy saving and emission reduction means increasing the purchase price of raw materials, upgrading equipment and supporting wastewater and gas treatment technologies. But it can easily cost tens of millions of yuan. Environmental protection equipment, as well as subsequent operation and maintenance costs, have discouraged fabric companies with industry average profit margins of less than 5%.”

The “Water Pollution Prevention and Control Action Plan” previously announced by the State Council proposed to ban all non-compliant printing and dyeing small businesses by the end of 2016, and implement clean-up measures such as low drainage and dyeing and finishing process improvements in the printing and dyeing industry by the end of 2017. plan.

“Faced with increasingly stringent emission standards and rising dye costs in response to environmental protection needs, weaker companies can only survive with difficulty, and are really powerless to transform; If the company cannot withstand the pressure of environmental protection, the company will have no choice but to shut down.” A printing and dyeing boss in Shaoxing who has been in the industry for nearly 20 years said helplessly.

In this regard, Li Huijiang, chairman of Shandong Demian Group Co., Ltd., believes that while formulating relevant environmental protection policies, the state’s support and guidance for enterprises in the industry is also particularly important. “We hope that the country and government will have more policy support and financial support, and we also hope that more and better high-quality and low-priced energy-saving products will be able toIt was launched to avoid the situation of saving energy but not saving money, thus increasing the burden on enterprises. ”

Investment in environmental protection

Although “burning money”, it is more profitable

“In spite of the increase in investment, it is inevitable, but as the main body of production and operation, fabric companies carry out the creation of ecological civilization, transformation and upgrading, and comprehensively promote green manufacturing, which is an inevitable choice for companies to adapt to the current situation and seek long-term development. .” Sun Huaibin, vice president of the China Textile Industry Federation, told reporters.

Relying on the technological revolution of production equipment and exerting the multiplier effect of innovation, it has become a breakthrough in emission reduction in the fabric industry. “Our newly adopted digital printing technology costs up to 600,000 euros for a set of equipment, but its work efficiency is more than 30 times higher than before. In addition, compared with traditional dyeing and finishing methods, it can save 30% of water and reduce chemical aids. The dosage of the agent is 10%, which greatly reduces the pressure on environmental protection.” Zhang Zuqin, vice president of Wanshili Group, told reporters.

In fact, in the fabric industry, companies like Wanshili that pay attention to ecological and environmental protection are not alone.

　“We have fully considered resources, environment and other factors to carry out green production since the establishment of the factory.” Yang Shibin, managing director of Shanghai Jialinjie Fabrics Co., Ltd., told reporters, “Taking wastewater discharged from the printing and dyeing process as an example, after being treated by our company’s reclaimed water reuse system, the water can be directly reused in industrial production. After the exhaust gas, waste heat and other emissions are processed by specific recovery devices, the pollutants are removed and the waste heat is reused in production.”

According to Yin Hui, chairman of the board of directors of Guangdong Hutai Fabrics, the current transformation of the fabric industry is imminent, and ecological civilization, energy conservation and environmental protection are must-have hurdles. “According to our experience, cleaner production in the fabric industry can save a lot of money. Don’t be afraid of investment. If you invest in one or two years, you can get your money back in three years at most. Why not do it? Once energy conservation and emission reduction are done, the economy will be better.” The returns are particularly obvious. Production costs will decrease and profits will increase.”

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