Innovation Is The Core Of The Development Of China'S Cotton Textile Enterprises

At present, China's cotton spin The industrial development is faced with many unfavorable factors. It is inevitable for enterprises to constantly adjust and progress, further tap their own advantages and take the road of characteristics. Experts put forward that, with science and technology leading, extending the industrial chain and collaborative innovation as the core, we should create characteristic products, improve the added value of products, form a market-oriented fine management innovation system as a whole, promote enterprises to move from one-way growth to multi-directional growth, from opportunity and resource driven to innovation capability driven, and from the low end of the value chain to the high end of the value chain, It is the development direction of cotton textile industry.

We extracted the essence from this forum expert speech, hoping that readers can get inspiration from it.

　　 1. Enterprises should be refined, specialized and special

China's textile industry is facing more adverse factors as the former economically developed textile country "reindustrializes" and the production of low-grade and mid-range textile products shifts to South and Southeast Asian countries. Cotton textile enterprises are the main body of technological innovation, and enterprises should be committed to doing fine, specialized, and special work to ease the problem of cotton use, accelerate product innovation, and improve the competitiveness of China's textile industry.

At present, China's textile industry has added a new competitor, that is, the former economically developed textile country. In the past three years, developed countries led by the United States and Britain have proposed to reindustrialize after the past process of deindustrialization. At present, a number of new cotton mills in the United States have started construction. This shows that the competition pattern in the international market is changing, and we are not only competing with our original competitors. China's manufacturing industry, especially its textile industry, must be clear headed, global oriented, down-to-earth, and innovative, strive to implement the guideline of "combining government, industry, learning, research, and application", work hard to seize the forefront, and overcome the "reindustrialization" of the economically developed former textile country, The production of low and medium grade textile products is under the dual pressure of transferring to South and Southeast Asian countries.

Due to the global population explosion, especially since China has changed from a net grain exporter to a net grain importer since 2009, natural fiber must change to the direction of planting and breeding in saline alkali land, wasteland and hillside land instead of "grain fields" and "farmland" as far as possible, and try to use agricultural waste products and new varieties as raw materials. In recent years, natural textile fibers have begun to develop and apply many new varieties, such as kapok, island cotton mountain woody species, cowpea fiber, non-toxic or low toxic hemp, bamboo fiber, lotus stem fiber, sugarcane fiber, raccoon dog hair, fox hair, etc. Recycled cellulose fiber should make use of waste crop straw as much as possible, and develop new regenerated cellulose fibers, such as chitin fiber, chitosan fiber, polylactic acid fiber, etc.

There are two new varieties of synthetic fibers that deserve attention: one is high-performance fibers, including high strength, high modulus, ultra-high strength, ultra-high modulus, high temperature resistance, ablation resistance and other fibers. Because high-performance fibers and textile materials become important basic materials that can replace hundreds of metal materials. The other is a new variety of functional fiber. The current functional fiber clothing , household and other aspects play a greater role, such as waterproof, oil proof, antifouling, as well as moisture transmission, sweat transmission, quick drying, high water absorption, etc. In addition, the functions of bacteriostasis, odor prevention, mosquito prevention and even mite prevention should be considered.

Cotton textile enterprises are the main body of technological innovation in the industry, and should be committed to being refined, specialized and special. In terms of product development, cotton textile enterprises should understand the advantages and disadvantages of cotton fibers, learn from other fibers, and give play to characteristics, especially the high performance and new functions of new fibers; We should attach importance to the combination of short fiber spinning and filament yarn, develop new varieties, play new functions and strive for new markets; We should combine culture, fashion, green, environmental protection, health, brand and other factors, pay attention to product quality, improve user satisfaction, and create high-quality products; Attention should be paid to the systematic development of final products and the development and control of the terminal market. Upstream and downstream enterprises can jointly build an industrial technological innovation strategic alliance to build a complete industrial chain.

　　 2. Develop the market of special protective textiles

At present, the market demand for special protective textiles and labor protection equipment has increased significantly. China should change the old production mode of decentralized, individual and manual workshops as soon as possible, strengthen the development of cost-effective special protective textiles, expand the use of low-cost products, and improve the protection effect.

The number of abnormal deaths and injuries caused by production safety problems in China each year exceeds 200000 and 3 million respectively. 15% of all production casualty accidents are related to personal protective equipment: not equipped, not used, improperly used, or poor performance. The annual demand for protective clothing in China exceeds 80 million sets shoes It needs about 100 million pairs, and more than 156 million dust masks. The cost of labor protection articles for employees nationwide is 300 yuan/person~1500 yuan/person per year. The potential market volume of protective equipment reaches 100 billion yuan.

More than 80% of the national labor protection equipment manufacturing enterprises are small enterprises, and 70% of the enterprises stay in the old production mode of decentralized, individual and manual workshops. Several leading large enterprises in the global labor protection equipment market occupy most of the market shares in this field. However, due to the high price, it is not widely used in China. Therefore, the textile industry should do something in special protective textiles and labor protection equipment.

With the progress of science and technology, human beings are facing more and more injury factors. First of all, the natural space in which human beings are involved is broader, and the physical, chemical and biological environment formed artificially is also more diversified. Secondly, the harmfulness of various environmental factors is increasingly understood. In addition, people pay more attention to their own safety, and the safety threshold is lowered.

At present, special protective textiles have begun to receive attention. Some damage factors have been implemented with mature technologies, but there are still some damage factors that cannot be protected or cannot be protected at the same time. Some protection technologies are in the stage of rapid development and active promotion. The relatively mature protection technologies include anti-static technology, electromagnetic shielding technology, high-strength wear-resistant technology, bulletproof technology, stab prevention technology, antibacterial technology, insect avoidance technology, flame retardant technology, arc protection technology, welding protection technology, molten metal protection technology, drowning lifesaving technology Air purification and filtration technology.

At present, the main problems faced by special protective textiles include material problems, processing technology problems, testing conditions problems, protection system design problems and the contradiction between performance and price problems. The development trend of special protective textiles is to further improve the protection system, carry out the system design of protective equipment and the performance design of special protective textiles; Establish a complete standard system, including basic standards, product standards, test method standards, and establish application guidelines. Special protective textiles will be more professional, intelligent, systematic, functional modular, and improve comfort and efficacy. We should strengthen the development of special protective textiles with high cost performance ratio, expand the use of low-cost textiles, and improve the protective effect.

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　　 3 Fiber innovation improves the value of industrial chain

With the improvement of people's living standards, pure cotton products can no longer meet people's pursuit of diversified textile products. At the same time, the "cotton problem" also forced some cotton textile enterprises to find alternatives to cotton. In the current market situation, China's textile enterprises should increase the innovation and application of chemical fibers, promote the technological innovation and brand creation of end products, and enhance the value of the entire industrial chain.

Chemical fiber plays an important role in China's textile industry system, and the use of chemical fiber accounts for 73% of China's textile fiber processing volume. Especially when the cotton system problem and the huge price difference between domestic and foreign cotton have become the core issue of the textile industry, chemical fiber has largely filled the shortage of domestic cotton supply and effectively guaranteed the operation of the textile industry and the stability of the market. In 2012, the cotton textile industry used 11.7 million tons of chemical fiber, and used about 9 million tons of cotton.

In the past two years, the chemical fiber industry has been operating well on the whole. In particular, in 2010 and 2011, viscose and polyester staple fibers had a high profit that is hard to meet in 20 years. The benefit presented a good situation in history, which made the attention inside and outside the industry continue to rise, the enthusiasm for investment is high, and the planning projects and production capacity of enterprises are large. In 2012, the production capacity of polyester staple fiber was more than 900000 tons, which is the sum of the previous years. At the same time, the production capacity of viscose staple fiber was more than 400000 tons. The centralized launch of new production capacity will inevitably increase the pressure on market supply. Due to the low demand, market competition will further intensify, the unit load will be low, and the production cost will also increase significantly. In 2013, more than 400000 tons of polyester staple fiber are planned to be put into production, with a capacity growth rate of about 7%; The new capacity of viscose staple fiber is also more than 400000 tons, and the capacity growth rate is about 13%. The capacity growth rate is reasonable, which can fully meet the growth of downstream demand.

In today's cotton textile market, pure cotton products are no longer the mainstream, and various types of chemical fibers account for half of the cotton textile industry. At the same time, with the improvement of people's living standards, pure cotton products can no longer meet people's pursuit of diversified textile products. On the one hand, the market trend has required cotton textile enterprises to actively seek opportunities for chemical fiber products; On the other hand, the "cotton problem" also forced some cotton spinning enterprises to try to use chemical fibers.

At present, the chemical staple fibers used in the cotton spinning industry mainly include polyester staple fibers, viscose staple fibers and recycled polyester staple fibers.

Viscose fiber is the main variety of regenerated cellulose fiber. In 2012, China's production capacity has reached 3.29 million tons, and the output has reached 2.733 million tons. In recent five years, the compound growth rate has reached 19.98%. The technical level and engineering level are at the world's advanced level. Due to the long production process of viscose fiber, the "three wastes" pollution, the aging of original equipment, and the high production cost, western developed countries, South Korea and Japan have gradually stopped the production of viscose fiber, and China has also formulated the entry conditions for the viscose industry. At present, the growth of viscose fiber production capacity in the world is mainly concentrated in China.

At the equipment level, the flexible production equipment of viscose staple fiber is becoming mature day by day, which has greatly promoted the technological progress of the industry. The domestic technology has formed a production line with annual output of 30000 tons, 50000 tons and 60000 tons of viscose staple fiber. In terms of reducing energy consumption, material consumption, emission reduction, "three wastes" treatment, product quality improvement, investment cost reduction, and operation cost reduction, it has been improved to varying degrees. The overall technical level of the industry is close to the world's advanced level, and the technology of short fiber single line production equipment is leading the world's advanced level.

In terms of raw materials, the regenerated fiber produced from bamboo pulp and hemp pulp is a kind of regenerated cellulose fiber successfully developed by China in recent years. At present, Jilin Chemical Fiber Co., Ltd., Hebei Jigao Chemical Fiber Co., Ltd., Shandong Hailong Co., Ltd., Military Equipment Research Institute of the PLA General Logistics Department and other enterprises are researching and developing these products. The viscose long and short fibers with bamboo pulp and hemp pulp as raw materials have entered into industrial production. At present, the production capacity of bamboo fiber is about 55000 tons. During the "12th Five Year Plan" period, 215000 tons of production capacity will be formed. The manufacturer has independently developed patented technology, and has product brands such as Tianzhu, Yuzhu, Yunzhu, Shengma, etc. The products are welcomed by consumers.

Many viscose products in China are in the leading position in terms of product quality, variety and technical level. At present, a variety of differentiated products have been developed, such as Modal, Newdale, Richcel, non-ferrous, high white, flame retardant, bamboo pulp, hemp pulp, bamboo charcoal, chitin, anion, medical stone, pearl products, and have been applied in the industry. Although the dual pressure of environment and cost has seriously hindered the development of viscose fiber, the subsequent environment-friendly non viscose cellulose fibers such as Lyocell and Novell have attracted the attention of experts at home and abroad.

With the progress of spinning technology, the fine denier staple fiber for high count yarn has a good market. At the same time, the cotton like, comfortable, moisture absorption and sweat elimination, warmth retention, colored, cationic dyeable, flame retardant, antibacterial, UV resistant, far infrared and other differential, functional polyester staple fibers also show a trend of multiple forms, properties and functions, and are widely used in textiles.

Fiber is the starting point of the textile industry chain. Only when the technological innovation and brand creation of fiber and end products promote each other, can the overall level of China's textile industry and the value of the entire industry chain be accelerated.