Jinjiang Textile Enterprises Compete In The New Blue Sea Of "Filament"

On the just concluded "June 18", Fujian Baihong Juxian Technology Industry Co., Ltd polyester fiber Filament Development Project was signed on the spot, and the investment of 450 million yuan became the largest signed project in Jinjiang. According to Qiu Dahong, the deputy general manager of the company, under the background of frequent fluctuations in cotton prices, the project combines the characteristics of cotton and polyester to form a new variety of filament fiber, which has better performance than cotton and can replace cotton products. So far, Baihong's product chain has extended from differential staple fiber to filament fiber.

It is not only Baihong that has invested heavily in the R&D and production of filament fibers. In the past two years, many Jinjiang textile enterprises, such as Xincheng Group, Longfeng Textile, Sanfu, Nanfang Weaving, have also targeted the field of filament fabrics, and have increased their production efforts to seize this new market.

At the beginning of this year, the establishment of China Filament Weaving Association, an official organization, increased the confidence of Jinjiang textile enterprises in the development of filament weaving industry.

Fluctuation of "cotton price" and substitution of "filament"

Since the beginning of the year, the workshops of Jinjiang South Weaving Co., Ltd. have been in a tight production state. According to Wang Xiaozhuo, the director of the production department of the company, there was almost no free time in the first half of the year, and many times customers urged them to buy goods. Southern weaving mainly produces filament fabrics and low elastic fabrics. It is reported that in the first half of this year, the orders for filament fabrics of the company increased by about 50% compared with last year.

"There are both new and old customers. There are some new agents who used to make cotton products. Since last year, cotton prices have fluctuated too much, so they began to contact us and introduce some filament fabric products. Last year, the proportion of the company's two major categories of products accounted for half, and this year, the proportion of filament products has gradually increased." Wang Xiaozhuo analyzed, The fluctuation of cotton price makes the market unbearable, affecting the sales of cotton fabrics. Agents have chosen filament fabrics to replace them.

Statistics from China Textile Network show that last week, the new and old varieties of filament fabrics in China Light Textile City increased alternately, with more customer exchanges than in the middle of the year, and the total turnover continued to rise. So far, in China's textile city market, the market turnover of filament fabrics has been rising for nearly two consecutive months.

"The continuous increase in turnover shows that filament fabrics have gradually played a leading role in the market. As chemical fiber products, filament fabrics also have their own unique advantages, such as the production efficiency of filament fabrics is about twice as high as that of cotton products, and functional processing is more flexible. It can be widely used in many fields, especially home textiles and industrial textiles." A number of fabric enterprises, such as Tailong Cloth, said one after another.

Accelerate capacity expansion

450 million yuan is only the first phase investment of Baihong's "super cotton like polyester filament development project". According to Qiu Dahong, in fact, the total investment of the project is expected to reach 1.5 billion yuan, which will be completed in three phases, and is initially expected to be completed and put into production by the end of 2013. The company's Filament fibre "Quanzhou is a base for leisure sportswear, and I believe that the development of such new products is beneficial to the innovation and development of the upstream and downstream industrial chains."

The new project investment of upstream raw material enterprises such as Baihong in the industrial chain mostly comes from the demand of downstream fabric enterprises. As early as the second half of last year, Jinjiang fabric enterprises had begun to prepare for capacity expansion to seize the filament fabric market.

Last October, South Weaving spent tens of millions to buy advanced Japanese equipment. After commissioning and transformation, these equipment have been put into use in succession. According to Yang Guoqing, manager of the company's technology development department, these imported new water jet looms are shuttleless looms that use jet water column to pull weft yarn through the shed. "The friction traction force of water jet weft insertion on weft yarn is greater than that of air jet weft insertion, with less diffusion, and is suitable for smooth surface Synthetic fibre , glass fiber and other filament weft insertion needs. ”The introduction of new equipment makes the filament fabric woven in South China more functional, laying a foundation for the company to expand its market.

In addition, it is understood that Sanfu Textile Industry Co., Ltd., the largest filament weaving enterprise in Longhu Town, Jinjiang, will continue to introduce 1000 sets of equipment this year, when the company's machine equipment will exceed 3000 sets. Similarly, Prudential Group is also planning to add machines.

"Filament fabrics are becoming more and more dominant. At an appropriate time, enterprises should also actively adjust the product structure and constantly increase the development of filament fabrics. This is a new driving force for enterprise development and a new growth point of profits," said Zhong Xingdong, director of the office of Xincheng Group. {page_break}

Looking forward to industry R&D exchange

The establishment of China Filament Weaving Association is undoubtedly a blessing for Jinjiang textile enterprises planning to develop in the field of filament fabrics for a long time.

It is reported that before, the management of chemical filament weaving industry was in the charge of China Cotton Textile Industry Association and China Yarn Dyed Weaving Industry Association. Based on the rapid development of the filament weaving industry in the past two years, in order to promote the technological progress of the industry, the China Textile Industry Association established the "China Filament Weaving Association" in March this year. It is expected that the first general meeting will be held in August.

"In the past two years, the filament weaving industry has developed rapidly, but the industrial development planning, industry management, technological progress, economic and market operation, etc., cannot be systematically studied, planned and integrated due to the lack of national industry organizations. Now the association is established, which means that the industry exchange platform has been established, which is good for the rapidly developing filament weaving enterprises." Longhu Town, a famous weaving town in China, said the official of the enterprise. It is reported that Xincheng, Nanfang Weaving, Sanfu, Sanyuan and other silk weaving enterprises have filled in the relevant information about membership.

Among them, many textile enterprises, such as Xincheng Group and Nanfang Weaving, expressed their hope that after the establishment of the Association, they would often hold some R&D exchange and docking fairs. "Now there are official organizations, and they hope that the country can introduce some targeted support policies according to the actual development of the industry, especially in the field of technological innovation. We hope that the Association can take the lead in organizing industrial technical exchange meetings and invite textile industry experts and university talents to feel the pulse for enterprise development. It is suggested that this kind of exchange meeting be held in different regions every year, so as to truly benefit enterprises all over the country. "

□ Explanation of terms

Filament weaving industry: There are many categories of filament weaving industry, including chemical filament yarn dyed fabric, chemical filament yarn dyed jacquard fabric, chemical filament grey fabric, chemical filament dyed fabric, chemical filament printed fabric, etc., collectively referred to as chemical filament woven fabric. The chemical filament woven fabrics are divided into synthetic filament woven fabrics (such as polyester, nylon, spandex, acrylic and more than two kinds of synthetic fiber interwoven fabrics), man-made filament woven fabrics (such as viscose, modal, copper ammonia, acetic acid, solvent viscose filament woven fabrics and more than two kinds of human filament interwoven fabrics) Interleave with other fiber filaments (such as synthetic fiber and man-made fiber, other fiber filaments and staple fiber interwoven fabrics). These products can be widely used in many fields such as clothing, home textiles and industrial textiles.