Under The Epidemic Situation, Antibacterial Fabric Has Become A "Sweet Cake" In The Market?

Recently, sporadic or aggregated outbreaks have occurred in many parts of the country. With the enhancement of people's health awareness, antibacterial fabric has become a "sweet cake" in the textile market in recent years. Major textile enterprises have been testing water, research and development of a variety of antibacterial fabrics.

Global enterprises seize "blue ocean"

Since the outbreak of the epidemic last year, antibacterial fabrics have become more and more common in the textile market.

"The outbreak of the epidemic makes consumers no longer simply satisfied with wearing beautiful clothes, but also wearing healthy clothes. Antibacterial functional textiles have become a hot spot in the development of textile enterprises. According to this demand, we have developed antibacterial fabrics made of durable antibacterial cotton yarn, AVI antibacterial yarn, mint antibacterial yarn and pure cotton antibacterial elastic yarn Weiqiao Textile Co., Ltd. related responsible person said that enterprises should closely follow or perceive people's consumption demand in advance, especially the internal needs of people's spirit, psychology and cultural connotation.

In view of the impact of the epidemic situation, Liansheng (Fujian) Textile Technology Development Co., Ltd. timely launched graphene antibacterial protection series of fabrics to meet the needs of clothing brands and consumer market. According to the relevant person in charge of the R & D center of the company, in 2020, the company will intensify the development of new products, develop a series of "antibacterial and antibacterial" new products, and regularly launch high-quality products leading market consumption. At present, the company has reached a strategic partnership with a number of clothing brands, basically offsetting the overall impact of the reduction in export orders on the business operation.

In order to meet the market demand of antibacterial and environmental protection, Dezhou Huayuan Ecological Technology Co., Ltd. focuses on the development of seaweed fiber antibacterial series products. Li Yubin, executive deputy general manager of the company, said: "with the change of domestic consumption concept and the improvement of consumers' awareness of health, functional fabric products are popular, and a number of Huayuan products are in short supply, which also verifies our early judgment. In the future, we will continue to pay attention to the changing trend of the domestic textile market, select high-quality raw materials and develop downstream products. "

Not only domestic enterprises, but also foreign fabric enterprises are stepping up the development of new antibacterial fabrics. Albini group is the largest supplier of shirt fabrics in Europe. The company's production department and Swiss company heiQ developed the "viroformula antibacterial fabric series". The technology can prevent the fabric surface from becoming a hotbed for the spread of harmful viruses and bacteria, thus helping to reduce the risk and speed of contamination and transmission.

Teijin frontier, a fiber processing division of the Teijin group, and Murata manufacturing have jointly developed a pieplex piezoelectric fabric with antibacterial properties. Through the combination of piezoelectric technology composed of electronic components and fabric technology, the fabric can transform movement into electrical energy through human movement, and then produce antibacterial properties.

Product quality is uneven

There is no doubt that up to now, people's requirements for antibacterial textiles are higher and higher, antibacterial fabrics have received unprecedented attention, and clothing brands using antibacterial fabrics are emerging in endlessly. According to a survey report on the global textile market, the market share of antibacterial and antiviral products has reached US $10.48 billion and is expected to increase to US $20.5 billion in 2026, nearly doubling.

However, behind the rapid growth of antibacterial fabrics, there are hidden worries about the mixture of good and bad.

Recently, Ningbo Consumer Protection Committee of Zhejiang Province released the results of functional clothing comparative test. The test results show that among the 12 antibacterial clothing tested, 5 of them are unqualified, and 4 of them do not meet the stated product standards. In the substandard products, Dongguan CaiTian Garment Co., Ltd. has made a response. The company's official said that the fabric and lace suppliers used by the brand are well-known domestic enterprises, including Victoria's Secret partner. For the test results, the person in charge said that the company will focus on the investigation, verification and follow-up.

Coincidentally, the Shanghai Consumer Protection Commission has recently carried out comparative tests on 40 antibacterial underwear (pants) samples. The results showed that although all the samples had antibacterial effect to a certain extent, the antibacterial effect of these products showed great difference in comparative test. Among them, 8 samples meet the A-level antibacterial requirements, 2 samples meet the AA level antibacterial requirements, and 10 samples meet the AAA level antibacterial requirements.

Some experts in the industry analyzed the results and pointed out that the fabric with poor antibacterial effect usually adopts post-processing technology, that is, the antibacterial agent is added to the fabric through the subsequent setting process. "The process is relatively simple. With the increase of washing times, the antibacterial effect of this kind of fabric will be greatly reduced, so that it can not play an antibacterial effect. Such products will eventually be eliminated by the market. "

Work together to break the situation

For fabric enterprises, the development of antibacterial products is not only a challenge, but also an opportunity for breakthrough. Anyone wants to "rub" the heat of antibacterial fabrics, but some fabric enterprises are facing the problem of talent shortage for a long time, so the gags produced by antibacterial fabrics are more than the essence. How to deal with this dilemma?

Cedry group is a well-known global producer of regenerated cellulose fibers. Its unicos antaibe fiber, which was released last year, evenly distributes active antibacterial substances on the surface and inside of the fiber through injection spinning technology, which has inhibitory effect on bacteria, fungi, viruses and other microorganisms. The person in charge of the product said: "due to the use of pre spinning injection technology, the distribution of active antibacterial substances is more uniform, so that the antibacterial performance is excellent and more lasting. After washing for 50 times, the antibacterial effect is still excellent. Antaibai fiber can also reduce body odor, effectively eliminate odor, and has good gas adsorption. After washing for many times, the antibacterial and deodorizing effect is still obvious

"Last year, we joined the seideli bv fiber product development technology innovation alliance. As the preferred fabric partner of Youkesi, this cooperation has brought rich development elements and space for value promotion, promoted the communication and interaction between fabric enterprises and upstream yarn factories, and strengthened the cooperation with suppliers Yan Xinhua, general manager of Xinsheng dyeing and knitting factory, said in an interview with China Textile News, "in the post epidemic era, antibacterial fabrics can directly attack the pain points of consumers, so that the company has more advantages to convince customers."

In addition, scientific research cooperation with universities has become the choice of many fabric enterprises. Prior to that, at the seminar on new antibacterial and antiviral fabrics held by Changzhou Textile and garment vocational and technical college, Yadong (Changzhou) Technology Co., Ltd., Changzhou Dongheng printing and dyeing Co., Ltd., Changzhou oasis Textile Co., Ltd., Changzhou Hualida Garment Group Co., Ltd., Changzhou Oriental este Dyeing Co., Ltd., Changzhou Yuyuan Lingtai fabric technology Co., Ltd. and Jiang Su housheng Department of Energy Technology Co., Ltd. and other relevant responsible persons said that in the post epidemic era, the research and development of antibacterial and anti-virus fabrics has broad market prospects. In the future, we hope to solve the technical problems in this field through cooperation with the college, implement the research and development tasks, and realize technological breakthroughs as soon as possible, so as to seize the market opportunities.