Printing Market In April Is Not Too Hot, But Digital Printing Will Become The Next Outlet.

Recently, a notice on "textile finishing and pulp consolidation and environmental remediation actions" was launched on the market in Shengze, Wujiang. From the notice, we can see that the target of this renovation is to engage in the production of rotary screen printing, flat screen printing, pfer printing, digital printing, digital pfer printing, composite, film stamping, stamping, shaping, flocking and other production enterprises. In other words, all printing types and printing enterprises will be in the scope of remediation.

In recent years, the concept of "green hills and green water is Jinshan Yinshan" has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. The traditional textile "three high one low" (high consumption, high pollution, high emission, low added value) business mode is already a red sea, and the market space is shrinking.

This time, we will point out the target of environmental protection and the industry after finishing. We also see that the government of Wujiang is determined to improve environmental protection.

Then, what opportunities and challenges did the printing market encounter in environmental protection?

April missed the peak season, and the printing market was not warm.

Printing, as an essential finishing process of textile industry, has always occupied a place in the Shengze market, and it can also reflect the market prosperity to a certain extent.

Last year, the whole market broke out, and fabric prices began to fall short of demand in March. The fire has been burning until July, but according to the survey, the printing market has been lukewarm this year, far from the heat of last year.

Zhou Caie, managing director of the Wujiang Yonglian printing factory of nylon and polyester printing, said: "in April this year, the overall order is not very satisfactory. There are not many orders in hand. Now the big goods can be delivered to the factory normally, and it will be delivered in a week. The order will be over 4-5 days, and the order will be reduced compared with the same period last year."

Zhu Ju, a flower printing plant in Wujiang, has similar feelings. He said: "the company mainly focuses on the pfer printing and digital printing of all kinds of textiles.

The overall order was stable in April this year, but there was a decrease compared with the same period last year.

In addition, from the traders' point of view, this year's 3-4 month shrinkage is more obvious, many traders' orders have been in an unsaturated state.

Zhao District, a specialist in Shengze, has learned that this year's autumn and winter clothing fabric ordering has already started. However, from the order of the major clothing brands, the shrinkage is more serious.

"In April last year, a second-line brand in the order of 17 million meters, not 3 million meters this year."

Zhao said.

With the pursuit of fashion for consumers, in recent years, printed silk like products have always been the pet of the spring and summer clothing fabrics. The Labor Department of Suzhou Chen Sheng Textile Technology Co., Ltd. also said that the thermal cycle of the simulation wire series is relatively short this year. Originally, April should be the peak season for chiffon products, but this year's overall purchase volume did not have a particularly heavy season feeling, which also led to the printing market's "busy season" in April this year.

The environmental protection spearhead refers to the finishing industry, and water printing is pushed onto the cusp.

In recent years, environmental protection campaigns such as "green water and green hills" and "blue sky defense" have made enterprises more orderly, healthier and more standardized.

As the "first town of China's textile industry", Shengze has perfect industrial chain and higher requirements for environmental protection.

Under the rectification of environmental protection, printing and dyeing industry, jet weaving industry, coating industry and even printing industry are facing elimination and pformation and upgrading.

In this notice, water printing was also pushed onto the cusp.

It is understood that flat screen and circular screen are actually water printing. At present, there are not many water printing enterprises in Shengze area, relatively concentrated, only a few of them have a small scale, and most of the remaining printing enterprises are pfer printing or digital printing.

Under the high pressure of environmental protection, the market share of water printing is divided by pfer printing and digital printing.

The use of flat net and round net mainly depends on the size of the flower pattern. The warp length is about 16cm, 32cm and 64cm, and the circular net is larger than 65cm.

The button manager of Wujiang Jishen Textile Co., Ltd. said: "nylon and polyester can be printed with flat net and round net. This printing efficiency is relatively high. 500~600 meter / table per hour is clearer than digital and paper printing, and the permeability is better. It is not easy to turn silk. For larger orders, the general enterprise will choose water printing."

A short period of calm does not mean that it will really calm down. During the visit, many market participants said that if the document was notified, the printing market would have a great impact by June.

Sheng Ye Sheng Sheng of Jiaxing Chen Xiang Textile Co., Ltd. always said, "I haven't heard of this news for the time being, but if the news is true, it will definitely have great impact.

After all, the cost of digital printing will be much higher. A lot of water printing orders will be pferred to the surrounding areas of Shengze, such as Jiaxing and Keqiao. Digital printing will also become more and more popular.

Transformation and upgrading!

From last year's survey, we know that the total number of digital printing enterprises in Shengze is around 300, with a total of about 1000 digital printing machines.

As the alternative technology of traditional printing, the characteristics of low pollution, low consumption, high added value and flexible production of digital printing technology conform to the trend of green, environmental protection and sustainable development. At the same time, it caters to the fast fashion trend of "small batch, multi variety and short delivery", and is in line with the pformation and development of the printing and dyeing industry in the future.

However, the low entry threshold also makes the competition in this industry extremely fierce. Enterprises say that profits have dropped from 20-30 yuan / meter to 5-6 yuan / meter at the beginning of development.

In addition to low profits and fierce competition, digital printing still produces waste gas and solid waste, and is not completely green.

In the process of pferring digital printing, when the printing paper is printed on the blankets and heated to the grey cloth, the waste gas will be generated because of the high temperature. In recent years, the government's upgrading of digital printing is also proceeding in an orderly way. The environmental protection department has warned that digital printing enterprises should pay more attention to environmental protection input, do well in exhaust gas collection, discharge standards, and do dangerous solid recovery, which also increases the environmental cost of enterprises.

"Today's printing industry is like water jet looms being regulated. Next, the survival space of small and micro enterprises will be smaller and smaller. Large enterprises are more likely to survive under the high pressure of environmental protection, and the market capacity will also decrease."

Chen Sheng Textile chief of labor said.

Xiong Chung textile chief Lee also expressed concern: "the next cost increase, estimated that stamp duty will rise in price, for our traders, the cost will also rise."

Textile owner said that the textile market in the next two years is facing greater challenges.

Next, the national policies, environmental inspection, and the production capacity of foreign looms will affect the market situation, but people who love beauty are all there. The application of printed fabrics on women's clothing is more and more extensive. The cake in the market is still very large. The key lies in how to stand firm in the tide of the market and keep its "cup of soup".