The printing and dyeing factories have resumed steam supply at 16:00 on January 29. It is understood that although most printing and dyeing factories have begun to receive orders and store blanks, the actual dyeing process has not yet begun. At present, textile companies are just in the early stages of resuming work. Some companies still have not started operations before the Lantern Festival. Not all workers are in place, and there are some vacancies. Everything is not on track.
Printing and dyeing factories began to move into warehouses, but production has not resumed
A salesperson from a dyeing factory revealed: “We have started taking orders a long time ago, but all the workers have not arrived yet and have not returned to normal. At present, we are mainly working on the front line, and the dye vats have not been opened yet. Gray fabrics are gradually entering the warehouse. , and there are still some unfinished orders from years ago, so there are quite a lot of blanks in the factory now.”
However, there are also some factories that are in good resumption of work. The editor learned that a certain factory has resumed normal production starting today, with all workers on duty and all machines turned on. There are currently a lot of orders. Many new orders have been received in the past three days. The warehouse is full of gray fabrics and it is very busy.
There are still a few such factories, and most printing and dyeing factories are still gradually starting up. According to market research, the current operating rate of printing and dyeing factories on the market is generally less than 50%. Although it is not high, it is also in line with common sense. Because after the Spring Festival every year, the printing and dyeing market resumes relatively late. Generally, most of the work does not start until after the Lantern Festival. It may take another week for the printing and dyeing factories to gradually resume production.
Fabric traders rush to produce
Although printing and dyeing factories have not yet been able to produce large quantities of goods, gray fabrics can be put into warehouses, and front-end work such as proofing and unwinding can also help cloth bosses place orders. For orders that have already been received, we can arrange for the gray fabric to be put into the warehouse and dyed, and the preliminary work can be done well. Once the dye vat resumes production, it can be dyed as soon as possible, which saves some time. For orders that are being negotiated, the dyeing factory can arrange color samples according to the color required by the customer to prepare for the order.
A person in charge of a foreign trade company said: “For orders placed a year ago, the gray fabrics are still being woven in the factory. Now the color samples are taken to the dyeing factory for printing. After the color samples are printed, the gray fabrics are almost ready to be put into the warehouse, and then mass production is arranged. But I’m worried that there have been a lot of blanks coming into the warehouse recently, and we’ll have to queue up for large quantities later.”
The current textile market is full of signs of recovery. Polyester raw materials have increased, gray fabrics have increased, weaving factories have arranged orders for 24 years, and printing and dyeing factories have purchased large quantities of white blanks. Many weaving companies regret very much that they did not stockpile raw materials as they did in previous years, so now they can only buy raw materials with increased prices. Of course, it is not only weaving companies that regret, but also dyeing factories, but their focus is on workers. A large number of dyeing factories had a tough time last year, with low operating rates and frequent holidays. Many workers often return to their hometowns and change careers because they have more vacations and less income. Especially before the year before, the loss of workers was relatively serious. The market will improve after the year, but the lack of workers keeps the start-up rate low.
While the printing and dyeing market is picking up, textile workers are more concerned about dyeing costs. In the face of many unstable factors, printing and dyeing companies do not seem to care about price increases and currently maintain prices unchanged from a year ago. But how the prices will change later depends on the market situation. After all, the dyeing fees last year were also at a low level. At the same time, we also need to pay attention to the price trend of dyes. Cost is also one of the important factors driving changes in dyeing fees.
Amidst all the noise of “increases”, we also need to be calm. After all, before the market conditions are clear, price increases will only result in price but no market. At the same time, companies that maintain the original price may make the market competition more intense.
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