June is coming to an end, and 2023 is about to pass halfway. In the past six months, textile companies focusing on foreign trade have experienced a wave of severe tests. During the market research, many companies reported that foreign trade orders were insufficient, and some even saw their order volume cut in half.
However, recently, the foreign trade market has shown signs of recovery. There is a message on a certain platform, “For a large order of 430,000 meters, please contact the processing factory with these two certificates!”
Green orders and relevant certificates are a stepping stone
The information was released by a women’s clothing fabric company, which specializes in imitation silk fabrics. This urgent request is to find qualified dyeing and printing factories as soon as possible to jointly complete this 430,000-meter order.
From an order perspective, the volume of this order has exceeded 400,000 meters. Preliminary research results show that the current orders received by textile companies are generally small in size, concentrated between a few thousand meters to tens of thousands of meters. Therefore, for textile companies in the traditional off-season, the appeal of this order cannot be underestimated.
Looking at the requirements, the order requires the dyeing factory and the printing factory to hold both the OEKO-TEX Appendix 6 certificate and the DETOX certificate.
It can be seen that relevant certificate certification has become a stepping stone to obtain green orders. For textile companies, certification means that the products meet the latest relevant policy requirements in the European and American markets in terms of chemical use, avoiding risks caused by some trade barriers, and also helping companies quickly gain global partners and consumers. recognition.
Sustainable, natural and environmentally friendly regeneration
For a long time, “high energy consumption” and “high pollution” have been the original sins of the fashion industry. The textile and clothing industry has become the second most polluting industry in the world, ranking second only to oil. In the face of increasingly difficult environmental problems, the importance of ecological fashion has become increasingly prominent. In this context, the use of environmentally friendly fabrics and recycled fabrics has gradually become an important trend in industry development.
Looking back on the first half of the year, judging from the feedback from textile companies participating in the exhibition, the frequency of inquiries from various buyers, especially foreign buyers, for natural fiber, environmentally friendly recycled, organic and other fabrics remains high.
In order to better follow the trend, more and more textile companies have started innovative research and development of natural and regenerated fibers and developed a series of high value-added fabric products.
For example, an outdoor functional fabric company uses 60% recycled nylon yarn and 40% environmentally friendly raw liquid black silk to reduce the carbon footprint from the source. It uses water-repellent finishing and bionic technology to create a new “breathing” fabric. ; Another textile technology company uses 52% liquid dyed recycled polyester and energy-saving and environmentally friendly waterless dyeing technology, using coated TPU, combined with patented technology, using air instead of down to achieve warmth and temperature regulation; there is also a silk company using unprocessed polyester. Bleached mulberry silk and castor silk are interwoven, combined with plant dye dyeing technology, and washed with water and sand to achieve a green and low-carbon process from material to production…
These fabrics with high “green” and “new” content not only bring higher economic benefits to the company, but also point out the direction for the company’s subsequent development.
For textile enterprises, there is a long way to go to achieve green transformation, but only by actively adapting to changes and actively seeking change can enterprises keep pace with the times. As the off-season approaches, if we can concentrate on planning development and developing new products, we may be able to bring more help to subsequent development.
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