XTEP: From The Corn Field, "Grow" Magical Fabric

World environment day, XTEP launched the eco core technology platform to start the conference on degradable environmental protection windbreaker, XTEP group president Ding Shuibo, academician of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dean of Donghua University School of materials science and engineering, Zhu Meifang, chairman of Anhui Fengyuan Group Li Rongjie, Nicholas Tse, Jeremy Lin, Tian Jing...... A large Cafe came to the studio to help.

By launching the eco core technology platform, XTEP released the environmental protection strategy to show the society the determination to carry out environmental protection in the end and create a sustainable development enterprise.

A piece of clothing.

In June 5th, on the launch of the eco core technology platform and the degradable environmental protection windbreaker conference, XTEP group released the "one species of clothing", which is extracted from corn and straw and can be completely degraded in 1 years in a specific environment.

This is not an easy task. Polylactic acid is a kind of material which is not resistant to high temperature. Compared with conventional polyester fabrics, polylactic acid dyeing temperature is 0-10 degrees low, and then low temperature dyeing often has the problem of color fastness. This seemingly paradoxical proposition has plagued the domestic industry for many years, and there are not many countries and enterprises that have this technology in the world.

This innovation driven, XTEP initially tackled this technical problem, achieved the coloured production of polylactic acid material, the first batch of degradable environmental protection windbreaker has ten kinds of color matching, environmental protection and fashion. Zhu Meifang said that achieving this technological breakthrough is of great significance to the quantification and popularization of polylactic acid in the future. In the future, there are still many technical difficulties waiting to be overcome in the improvement of PLA purity and weaving process.

3 million tons of steam can be saved in one year.

It is reported that polylactic acid not only dyed the temperature 0-10 times lower than the polyester, but also set the temperature at 40-60 degrees, which has the characteristics of saving energy and reducing consumption. To this end, XTEP roughly calculated a "account". Most commonly used is overflow dyeing machine, each cylinder can be made 1000 yards, compared with polyester woven fabrics, the use of polylactic acid per cylinder cloth dyeing steam is probably 100KG, if all XTEP's clothing materials are replaced by polylactic acid, a year can save about 3000000 tons of steam.

"Clothing is not only about products, but also a responsibility. What we must consider is what we want and do, and what will be the consequences. " Ding Shuibo said that this year's sudden outbreak made people pay more attention to how people and nature live in harmony.

Ding Shuibo said that what XTEP needs to do is not only to carry goods, but also to promote XTEP's environmental philosophy to the public through the opportunity of releasing new products. As a private enterprise with a sense of social responsibility, XTEP is doing its best to make efforts for environmental protection.

Out of such an idea

Eco core technology platform was born.

Ding Shuibo understands the environmental protection of shoes and clothing manufacturing enterprises, mainly in the three dimensions of "environmental protection", "production environmental protection" and "taking environmental protection". Specifically, environmental protection is to achieve "raw material environmental protection" and "waste plastic recycling". Environmental protection is achieved through new technology and new technology to achieve "energy saving and emission reduction", and "taking environmental protection" is to achieve "human friendly". "And" environmental friendly "two goals. In the short term, the application of polylactic acid will be one of the important tasks of eco core technology platform. XTEP will gradually achieve a breakthrough in the use of polylactic acid single products, achieve the full range of polylactic acid extension within three years, and enhance the proportion of polylactic acid in the chemical fiber category. In three years, the market volume of XTEP polylactic acid products will exceed 100 million in the single quarter.

According to incomplete statistics, the world produces at least 80 billion clothing products per year, and most of the hoarding goods will be burned and discarded. Sweatshops, waste of resources and environmental pollution can not be ignored.

When resources are continuously consumed and the environment has been polluted, how can we achieve sustainable fashion? In XTEP's view, degradable environmentally friendly materials are the future of sustainable development. The introduction of degradable environmental windbreaker is a microcosm of XTEP. As a matter of fact, as early as decades ago, XTEP was committed to exploring environmental protection. It always penetrated into all aspects of products, production, brand communication and corporate culture.

Ding Shuibo believed that environmental protection should be focused on innovation and development. Borrow the power of innovation, help green product research and development. In recent years, XTEP has been focusing on innovation, constantly seeking progress in product design and new materials, and creating products with high functionality and environmental impact.

"As early as more than 20 years ago, environmental protection was put on the basis of XTEP's sustainable development lifeline." Ding Shuibo said that since 2010, XTEP has implemented an environmental and occupational health and safety management system approved by ISO14001 - environmental management system in all production sites to manage and reduce the impact of operation on the environment.

XTEP's factory in Hunan has installed photovoltaic systems to reduce the demand for electricity. All lighting systems now use LED modules to save energy. XTEP has also invested in automated production lines to enhance production related data management and make more reliable forecasts for more effective resource planning.

Product quality and innovation, industry empowerment and development, XTEP through a pair of running shoes and clothing, the "national sports" environmental health mode passed to the consumer's heart.

As the largest Chinese sports brand sponsoring the marathon race, XTEP has been seen in almost every marathon in recent years. It attracted more than 800 thousand participants in 2019 alone. In order to promote healthy lifestyles to the public and promote the importance of health campaigns, XTEP worked hard.

"With the continuous urbanization of the Chinese mainland, the public is more focused on achieving a healthier lifestyle. We expect that the public will pay more attention to personal health after the outbreak of the new type of pneumonia. With this trend in mind, we will continue to support our pursuit of healthy and green lifestyles through the provision of environmentally friendly sports products to consumers. Ding Shuibo said that environmental protection is not a burden of development, but an important starting point for promoting structural reform of the supply side of enterprises. Grasping environmental protection means grasping the quality of development and grasping sustainable development. To provide environmental products and pass on environmental protection concept is to fulfill their social responsibilities and achieve a sustainable future.