Recently, a trading friend asked the editor for help in finding a wrinkle factory with a GRS certificate. This stumps the editor. I have never heard of wrinkle presses having GRS certificates. After asking around, I learned that all the wrinkle press factories do not have certificates. Finally, it was the editor’s friend who went through all kinds of hardships to find a wrinkle factory with a GRS certificate.
This incident lets the editor know that the textile industry has increasingly higher requirements for the concept of environmental protection. According to a friend of the editor, most of the orders currently received are environmentally friendly fabrics, and every production link is required to have a GRS certificate, which is a first-line environmental protection. She also said that now it is impossible to accept orders without a GRS certificate, which has become a prerequisite for accepting orders.
Everyone must be familiar with the GRS certificate. The so-called GRS certificate is the abbreviation of the Global Recycling Standard for Textile and Clothing and is the certification body of the International Environmental Management Alliance (CU for short) Established verification standards for recycled fibers. In addition to regulating the source of raw materials, this verification standard also regulates wastewater treatment and chemical use during the production process.
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Since the rise of the environmental protection theme of fabrics, manufacturers have Rush to apply for a GRS certificate. The editor has heard that raw material factories have GRS certificates, printing and dyeing factories have GRS certificates, coating factories have GRS certificates… but I have never heard of wrinkle factories having GRS certificates. I wonder if you have heard of it?
Nowadays, environmentally friendly processes in raw materials, weaving, and dyeing have become very mature. As the clothing industry’s requirements for environmentally friendly fabrics become higher and higher, more and more Many textile companies have flocked to the area, but most of them are weaving factories, printing and dyeing factories, and trading companies. The editor of finishing factories such as creasing and calendering has never heard that GRS certificates are required. The process of calendering and creasing is actually very simple. It uses a machine to press the cloth surface through high temperature. The whole process itself has no pollution, and there is neither waste water nor waste gas, so this type of factory often does not think of applying for a GRS certificate.
Orders for environmentally friendly fabrics are on the rise
However, with the widespread use of environmentally friendly fabrics, people The requirements for environmentally friendly fabrics have also begun to become higher. Every link must be environmentally friendly and pollution-free. This is truly environmentally friendly fabrics!
Although the popularity of environmentally friendly fabrics is becoming more and more widespread , the number of orders is also constantly expanding, from a few thousand meters to hundreds of thousands of meters. The sales situation of environmentally friendly fabrics this year is also good, showing a steady and rising trend. For the chemical fiber fabric market in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, the most orders are still for some conventional varieties, such as polyester taffeta, pongee, imitation memory, etc.
A trading company revealed: “Since this year, we have received a lot of environmentally friendly fabrics, most of which are pongee and imitation memory, to make some windbreakers, jackets, and down jackets. , there are also bags, but relatively few. In the past, orders for environmentally friendly fabrics were basically for export. Now more and more domestic customers are using environmentally friendly fabrics, and domestic order requirements are not low, and GRS certificates must be complete. .”
Another foreign trade export company specializing in the production of environmentally friendly fabrics also said: “Our company mainly produces nylon environmentally friendly fabrics, with a single product, but the specifications are still relatively small. Complete. Orders for the second half of the year have already been started and have been scheduled until May next year. Some orders require custom weaving, so the delivery time is relatively long.”
Environmentally friendly fabric prices are stable and profits are good
Although overseas epidemics continue and the rebound situation in some areas is severe, orders for environmentally friendly fabrics will be affected to some extent, but overall they are still It is performing well, especially as domestic demand is growing. In terms of price, the price of gray fabrics of environmentally friendly fabrics is also very stable, especially the recent ups and downs in international oil prices. Polyester filament has also been affected, but the impact of recycled chemical fiber raw materials is not great, and most of them are in a stable state.
Weaving enterprises specializing in the production of environmentally friendly fabrics reported: “The price of polyester yarn has changed too much in the recent stage, and most of the gray fabrics sold now are not Profitable. But the profit of environmentally friendly fabrics is pretty good, because the price of raw materials is relatively stable.”
The cake of environmentally friendly fabrics is also constantly being shared, and the application threshold for GRS certificates It’s not that high anymore. The current application fee adds up to about 40,000 yuan a year, and you can get it in about 3-4 months. In the future, more companies will join this team. In particular, some finishing plants will start to apply for GRS certificates in order to meet the needs of orders. After all, environmentally friendly recycling orders basically come from brand clothing companies. There will be no shortage of orders from such large companies, and profits are guaranteed.
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