Cotton Textile Enterprises Have Joined The "Mask Army". Is It A Risk Or A Draught?

The attack of the new crown pneumonia epidemic is like a cold wind, which has a serious impact on the normal production and operation of enterprises, and some small and medium-sized enterprises with low risk ability are facing a crisis of closure. However, there are always positive and negative sides of coins. In the fight against epidemic diseases, masks, protective clothing and various medical protective supplies have led to the development of the products and the upstream and downstream production lines, allowing some enterprises to come back to life, and even once many powerful enterprises have invested in production and become a member of the "mask group".

Keeping pace with the times and quick response are the essential qualities of the powerful enterprises. As the middle link of the textile and garment industry chain, the cotton textile enterprises are also thinking constantly while ensuring the safety of the resumption of production. Enterprises are well versed in it. Only by looking for new orientation and new direction of their own development, can the layout of production lines be better, so that we can better take the lead in the post epidemic situation and realize the overtaking of corners.

Sunrise industry

Opening up market space

Despite the current epidemic situation, the pace of investment in powerful enterprises has not slowed down. As a leading manufacturer of cotton textiles, Henan Xinye textile Limited by Share Ltd (hereinafter referred to as "Xinye textile") has been fighting epidemic and resuming work, and has now resumed normal production. Recently, Xinye textile with big movements seems to have strengthened the direction of development in 2020, and has attracted the attention of the industry.

In March 3rd, Xinye textile announced that the company will invest 120 million yuan to invest in the construction of high-grade spinning and weaving composite nonwovens in the Xinye textile industrial agglomeration area. The total plant area of the project is 7200 square meters, and the construction of the existing spare workshop will take 6 months. After the completion of the project, it is expected to produce 25 thousand tons of high grade textile composite nonwoven fabric annually, with an annual sales revenue of 425 million yuan and a total profit of 31 million 900 thousand yuan.

Xinye textile said that the above projects were invested in the construction of two high-grade spinning and weaving composite nonwoven production lines, and today's international advanced technology of spinning and weaving composite nonwovens, developing and producing products of health, medical treatment, industrial protection and environmental protection. Spinning and weaving composite nonwovens are the most promising high-tech products in the textile industry. Fine denier spinning, high yield, low consumption and multifunctional composite technology are the trend of the development of international nonwoven technology, and have strong vitality and competitiveness.

The announcement shows that Xinye textile spun the circle of friends in the industry to spend 120 million yuan on the spinning and weaving of nonwoven fabrics. Some people support the point and some people are skeptical.

Yao Xiaoying, the representative of Xinye textile and securities affairs, said that the company has been looking for industrial transformation and upgrading projects recently. After many demonstration by the expert team, the company believes that the project belongs to hi-tech sunrise industry in the textile industry, which has wide uses and broad prospects. After the project is completed, it can improve the overall equipment level of the company, improve the product structure of the company, expand the proportion of high-end products, further enhance the market competitiveness of the company, realize transformation and upgrading, and expand the market space.

However, many skeptics expressed the need for half a year's investment in production. If the epidemic is no longer tight, such as masks, protective clothing and other medical supplies, what is the market demand for nonwovens?

In this regard, Yao Xiaoying said that the use of nonwovens is very wide, and can be used for the production of respirators, surgical gowns, diapers, work clothes, gas and liquid efficient filtration, industrial dishcloth and so on. As a new type of high-tech basic material, the demand of nonwovens at present in the world has maintained a sustained high growth momentum. High grade nonwovens have become the trend of replacing traditional materials, and the demand for high quality nonwovens has increased dramatically. On the whole, the market of spinning and weaving composite nonwovens has huge capacity and broad space for development. There is no need to worry about its market demand after the outbreak. At the same time, the company has been engaged in the textile industry, and has great competitive advantages in technology, sales and talent.

With the continuous improvement of people's living standard and the arrival of worldwide population aging, the demand for nonwovens in the market is higher and higher. SMMS nonwovens are mainly used for the production of high-grade medical and health materials, such as disposable masks, protective clothing, surgical gowns, surgical hole towels, sanitary napkins, diapers and other products. The survey shows that in 2010, the market application rate of disposable medical nonwovens in the North American market was 87% (the market application rate of disposable surgical hole towels has reached 90%~95%, and the disposable surgical gown reaches 80%), while China's market is only 6%, and the market has great potential for development. The head of China Textile Business Association said that the market demand for melt blown fabrics will also increase in the future. The current melt blown fabric has risen from 20 thousand yuan per ton to about 300000 yuan per ton. The industry is expected to rise in the future, and has formed a very strong seller's market.

According to the national development and Reform Commission, the current utilization rate of masks in China has reached 110%. As of February 29th, the national daily mask production reached 110 million, with a daily output of 116 million. At present, 30 provinces and cities except Tibet have been newly masked production lines, and new masks line will be put into production. Experts believe that masks are necessary for the prevention of new coronavirus infection, especially for front-line medical staff. N95 respirators are indispensable protective products. Melt blown filter material as a special filter material for N95 respirator will continue to increase in demand. However, it is also necessary to see that if the industrial chain and demand of the masks upstream suddenly increase, the melt filter parts may be faced with capacity bottlenecks. It is expected that the government and the public will enhance the awareness of public environment and personal hygiene protection after the outbreak, and the demand for protective products will be maintained later. Rapid growth.

Innovative R & D products

Seize the market opportunity

If we want to seize the market opportunities, we will have to touch on the future market demand direction. For textile enterprises, we need to find their demand earlier than consumers, so that we can seize the draught and take advantage of the trend.

To a large extent, the outbreak of the epidemic has overturned people's health concept, which will surely increase the awareness of health and protection for more consumers. It can be expected that health and health will become the theme of people's lives after the outbreak. Consumers will pay more attention to healthy products and lifestyles, thus bringing more demand for health, functional clothing products and peripheral protective products.

Innovation and R & D products, Wei Qiao textile has a right to speak. At the beginning of the epidemic, the Wei Qiao textile research and Development Center Laboratory carried out the standard research, performance analysis and testing of all kinds of protective products, and fully supported the transformation of production units. For the first time, the R & D Center Laboratory contacted the general office of the Chinese Academy of textile science and other units to understand the product standards and testing standards of masks, protective clothing, isolating clothing and related fabrics. In addition, the laboratory of Wei Qiao textile research and development center and Binzhou Institute of textile inspection and Shandong Textile Inspection Institute have communicated with the testing details of masks and other protective articles, and implemented the testing standards with the production units, and tested the performance of some products and fabrics with the existing testing conditions.

According to the introduction, Shandong's new fashion masks, which are in line with the relevant national standards, have been re adjusted and experimentation through the repeated adjustment and experiments of the Wei Shang Qiao group. The mask is made of SMS polypropylene non-woven raw material, pure cotton elastic knitted fabric used as ear rope, the surface is made of three layers of nonwovens, and the middle layer uses melted spray cloth to effectively block bacteria and harmful substances. The mask product is sterilized by medical purple light, and is safe and strong in wearing. At present, the disposable mask production line reaches 50 thousand Nissan.

Since the outbreak of the disease, the anti-bacterial protective fabric has been robbed by the major medical manufacturers. Antibacterial and anti virus textiles will become people's necessities. To this end, Wei Qiao special printing and dyeing Co., Ltd. has developed several functional innovative products according to the market trend and demand.

In the production process, Wei Qiao te wide printing and dyeing strictly control temperature and humidity conditions, and endow fabrics with good antibacterial and anti virus effects. After antibacterial and anti virus treatment, all kinds of bacteria, fungi and molds, such as Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli, Streptococcus and Pseudomonas aeruginosa, can be completely killed. After 20 times of washing, the bacteriostatic and bactericidal effects can still reach over 90%. After 50 times of washing, the bacteriostatic effect is still very good.

In addition, Wei Qiao te wide printing and dyeing together with the new coloring material of graphene produced by Shandong Sheng Quan new material has good antibacterial, anti mite and far-infrared effects. The inhibition rate on Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli and Candida albicans is 99%, the repellency rate for mites is 83.7%, and the fabric has good comfort.

"During the epidemic period and for a long time to come, downstream customers will actively seek functional yarn of antibacterial category." Linyi Hengfeng Textile Technology Co., Ltd. product related responsible person said. According to the introduction, Linyi Hengfeng Textile Technology Co., Ltd., which has been the main producer of differentiated yarn, has further strengthened the research and development of antibacterial and antibacterial yarn. The newly developed antibacterial and antibacterial yarn is blended with silver ions and bamboo fibers. Silver ion fiber is a permanent functional fiber, which has the advantages of high antibacterial rate, lasting antibacterial effect and harmless to human body. Bamboo fiber has natural antibacterial and deodorizing effects, excellent moisture absorption and soft skin affinity. The combination of the two fibers provides better health, safety and wearability.

Experts believe that the industry competition is becoming increasingly fierce. For cotton textile enterprises, while producing and selling existing products, they should make greater efforts to explore new market demand points and promote corresponding R & D production. Cotton textile enterprises can actively innovate in the functionality and comfort of products, increase R & D efforts, and have more market space for new structural yarn, cloth products, different component blended yarns and cloth products that produce market demand.