The polyester fabric of a shirt comes from recycled mineral water bottles, and the finished garment has rich floral patterns and comfortable wearing. This environmentally friendly clothing technology has been widely used by Lutai Textile. International brands such as Burberry and Amani, which are well-known to everyone, have established strategic partnerships with us. 90% of Burberry’s shirt fabric and windbreaker lining are supplied by us. The export market share of mid to high end yarn dyed fabrics accounts for over 18% of the global market. ”Recently, the “Strong Chain Benefiting Enterprises, Quality Enjoyment in Shandong” media interview team visited the processing plant of the enterprise to gain a deeper understanding of the green technology products such as recycled polyester and recycled cotton launched by Lutai Textile. This series of products realizes resource recycling and biodegradability, effectively protecting the environment while achieving waste free and low-carbon, successfully solving the environmental protection problems in the textile industry and saving energy and reducing consumption.
The interview team saw in the factory area that dozens of small weaving equipment were operating in an orderly manner in a clean and bright workshop. Each machine was equipped with a computer on the right side, and the screen displayed data such as patterns and patterns. Under the automation “skillful hands” on the left side, different fabric samples were gradually formed in a “stitch by stitch” manner. On average, it takes 5 days to complete the entire cycle of yarn formulation, weaving process, finishing and inspection.
The current flagship products of Lutai Group are closely centered around the industry positioning of “technology, fashion, and green”, with a focus on launching new products such as BlueECO Best, Comfortable Ironless, and Printed Yarn. It is reported that the BlueECO Best series uses salt free and alkali free environmentally friendly dyeing processes, resulting in less pollution emissions. The fabric has the effect of imitating denim and dyeing cotton yarn; The comfortable no ironing series gives the fabric a softer feel and higher wearing comfort; The Printedyarn series uses various cellulose fibers such as hemp, Tencel, Modal, etc. as raw materials, and can process various high, medium, and low count yarns, especially with advantages in high count yarns. The entire production process is green and environmentally friendly, reducing the use of water and chemical additives, and achieving salt free dyeing.
In the process of setting carbon reduction targets in the textile industry, we take into account the added value of our products. At the same time, we strengthen the high-value utilization of waste textiles, establish a sound system for recycling, processing, and certification of recycled materials, strengthen industry standardization management, and reduce environmental pollution. “Li Wenji, Deputy General Manager of Lutai Textile Co., Ltd., introduced that the company’s innovative research and development of self-cleaning fabrics, polar white fabrics, cross-border knitting, etc. have been well received by the market. In recent years, Lutai Textile has focused on tackling HCP green no ironing technology and creating more wrinkle resistant high-end fabrics. At the same time, relying on the technological innovation advantages of the entire industry chain, we have created recycled cotton, achieving zero waste and low carbon, effectively solving the environmental problems in the textile industry, and saving energy and consumption.
Taking recycled polyester as an example, its raw materials come from recycled mineral water bottles. The company compresses the sorted mineral water bottles into such bottle bricks, and then transports them to the rough processing workshop. In the rough processing workshop, they will go through steps such as cleaning, crushing, separation, and drying to become white bottle pieces. Next, the workshop workers processed the bottle pieces through a series of techniques to produce yarn, which was then processed into textile materials to create recycled fabrics.
Nowadays, the recycling technology series products have passed the GRS global recycling standard certification, and the production process is green and environmentally friendly, which can effectively protect the soil and marine environment, saving nearly 80% of energy compared to conventional polyester production. The recycling of recycled cotton products from enterprises has achieved resource recycling, biodegradability, and effectively protected the environment; Knitted four sided elastic series, with richer floral organization, comfortable and fashionable beauty. According to calculations, every ton of recycled cotton can save 1600 tons of water, 1800 kilowatt hours of electricity, reduce arable land by about 10 acres, and reduce fertilizers, pesticides, and other pesticides by about 32 tons, “said Li Wenji.
Thanks to breakthroughs in recycling technology, Lutai Textile’s production and operation performance has always been among the top in the national textile industry. For 17 consecutive years, the company has ranked first in the main business revenue of Chinese yarn dyed fabrics, and its market share in the mid to high end yarn dyed fabrics ranks first in the world. Lutai has been recognized as a high-tech enterprise, a national industrial design center, a national enterprise technology center, and a CNAS nationally accredited laboratory, and is a “manufacturing industry single champion demonstration enterprise”.
