Recent Development Of Various Textile Fibers In The World

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Cotton fiber cotton occupies 36% of the market share in the world's textile fiber market.

Cotton fiber is famous for its comfort, softness, breathability and close fitting quality. It also makes it a raw material for many clothing items, sheets, towels and other textile products.

With the development of fiber textile technology in recent years, it is also customary to use artificial fiber as the raw material in sportswear and casual wear market.

Ordinary cotton fiber is often criticized for its large quantity of water and chemicals and excessive absorption of nutrients in the soil.

Now cotton and grape hybrid require only a little water.

According to the US cotton company, the world's cotton production in the same planting area is more than 50% higher than that of 40 years ago.

The cotton planting area in the world only accounts for 2.5% of the agricultural land, and only 3% of the average consumption of agricultural products.

2/3 of US cotton crops do not need water irrigation, compared with 25 years ago, the demand for water was 45%.

The consumption of pesticides and herbicides is also reduced, and many insecticides kill only specific harmful insects and do not harm them.

Since 1996, the amount of insecticide used by cotton growers in the United States has been decreasing year by year, and the effective ingredients have been reduced by 23%, and the adverse effects on the environment have also decreased by 28%.

From 2008 to 2009, Bremen Cotton Research Institute in Germany conducted experiments in 15 countries. The results showed that there were no residues of pesticides and heavy metals in raw cotton fibers in these countries. During the cotton growing process, the two carbon dioxide 1.8kg emitted from air in the air compared to its own 1kg fiber absorbed more carbon dioxide, reaching 2.2kg.

As a result, the ecological reputation of conventional cotton has been greatly improved. Biotechnology has played an important role in reducing plant pests, increasing productivity, and using insecticides and herbicides to protect crops.

Compared with organic cotton producers, there are no genetically modified seeds to be planted, rotation planting methods, soil improvement by increasing organic matter, increasing physical removal, cultivation measures, controlling weeds, maintaining soil conditions to encourage the operation of food chains in nature, and making great progress in pest control by using beneficial insects, attracting crops and other means.

According to the organic food trade association, the output of organic cotton in the world has increased 20% over the past 2008-2009 years, accounting for 0.76% of global cotton exports.

Consumer demand for organic cotton textiles is also increasing: in 2009, the world's sales of organic cotton clothing and home textiles increased by 35% compared with last year, with an estimated sales volume of US $4 billion 300 million.

Phloem fiber phloem fibers are gaining attention in exploring the sustainable use of various textiles, especially in clothing.

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NAT, Vancouver, Canada, has acquired patent licensing for phloem fiber technology innovation, such as softening flax and cannabis plants with enzymes to remove lignin.

For example, a brand of synthetic material called CRAiLAR brand has many important functions for the sustainable development of fiber: crops, flax and cannabis grow quickly and have a short growth cycle. They can be cultivated under the condition of using the smallest or no pesticides and herbicides and no irrigation (except drought conditions).

In Southeast Asia, flax can be cultivated as a two season crop planted alternately in winter and summer.

In addition, flax enzymatic process is pollution-free and economical.

NAT is speeding up the production of flax. It is a kind of raw material fiber, which is used in clothing production after mixing with cotton, and its value is also considerable in other uses.

The report shows that flax fiber production is shrinking.

Compared with cotton, its dye uptake and water adsorption capacity increase and dry quickly.

Because of this, it has gradually gained market vitality.

As a result, NAT Canada also started producing this material.

They do not use any stimulant chemicals, which consume less energy than traditional kraft pulping equipment.

The pulp produced is characterized by high viscosity and high purity. This indicates that it is expected to become an additive and functional ingredient in commercial products. As a component in the manufacturing process of civilian silk, it is still in its early stage in the process of environmental sustainability.

When bamboo fiber was first applied to the textile industry, much attention was focused on its sustainability, including the rapid growth of plants, carbon dioxide absorbing capacity and insect pest resistance. However, in all market speculation and doubt, viscose fibers usually mix bamboo fiber with textile fiber.

Fiber is a fiber that is completely different from the original bast fiber.

The Federal Trade Commission of the United States requires that the quality of bamboo fiber adhesive must meet a quality standard.

The purpose is to eliminate the harmful by-products in the air and water, in addition to checking and recycling.

In the process of extracting bamboo fiber, Swiss Litrax introduced enzyme processing method. Its purpose is to retain the intrinsic properties of phloem fiber. It claims that the natural characteristics of plants and their cultivation are beneficial to environmental protection.

The enzymatic process softens the fiber and provides good air permeability and proper wettability as well as moisture and odour absorption. Therefore, it has environmental benefits.

What is even more amazing is that the company's Litrax-1 can also be blended with cotton fibers, Tencel fiber, silk fiber, wool and other fibers, which complements or enhances the properties of these fibers.

The Lenzing Co has been engaged in the production of viscose for nearly 70 years, and has recently been producing soluble cellulose fibers, including Tencel cotton and Lyme modle fibers. All these fibers are derived from wood.

Speaking of the controversial issue of sustainable development, there are Lenzing Co's fiber glue manufacturing process.

At first, people thought that the processing of Lenzing Co was harmful to the environment, but the result was that the by-products produced in the production could be recycled or sold directly through processing. The company also received the award from the European Union environmental protection agency because it minimized the harmful effects of the manufacturing process on the environment.