A Roll Of Cloth, With Technology And Fashion, Shines In Paris Olympic Games

In recent days, in the workshop of a textile enterprise in Keqiao, Shaoxing, Zhejiang Province, more than ten high-precision digital printers have been operating at full capacity, and a roll of white cloth immediately has beautiful printing. "The Chinese national team and the Canadian national team are stepping up the replenishment of some clothing printed fabrics for long-term use by athletes after the Olympic Games. These days, the amount of replenishment is several kilometers," said Xiao Xingshui, the head of the company in an interview.

In the production workshop of Keqiao Textile Enterprise, the equipment is printing the clothing fabric of the Chinese sports delegation to meet the demand for additional orders. Photographed by Wang Gang

"Made in China" is eye-catching at the ongoing Paris Olympic Games. Among them, some sportsmen's clothing fabrics and flags are produced in Keqiao, Shaoxing, the "International Textile City". A recent visit to a number of local textile factories found that the sense of technology, fashion and culture behind the fabric is full, and also reveals the transformation and upgrading of the textile industry.

"We are very proud to see more than ten printed fabrics produced by us appear at the Paris Olympic Games." Xiao Xingshui revealed that when printing sportsmen's clothing fabrics, the accuracy of the amount of ink jet per square meter controlled by the intelligent algorithm can reach the level of one milliliter, which not only saves energy and environmental protection, but also ensures the color fastness and brightness of the fabrics.

Xiao Xingshui has been deeply involved in the textile field for more than 30 years. In 2018, he began to transform and focus on functional fabrics. Later, he increased scientific research investment and independently developed printing software and nano ink, which solved the problems of unstable color, low fineness and high defect rate of functional fabric printing, and achieved the effects of ink wash and 3D stereo.

After years of cultivation, Xiao Xingshui has successfully built a national nylon (nylon) digital direct jet printing R&D and production base, and won 7 patents. Xiao Xingshui also said, "The clothing required by the Canadian national team has a strong sense of fashion, and its design requires a lot of gradual halo dyeing and color matching, which is generally difficult. Fortunately, our accumulated technology and experience have made the fabric achieve the desired effect."

Keqiao is located in the world's largest textile distribution center - China Light Textile City, and textiles are exported to 192 countries and regions. With the accelerated pace of industrial transformation and upgrading, more and more textile enterprises increase investment in research and development, pay attention to the introduction and cultivation of talents, invest in the application of new technologies and equipment, and develop new quality productivity according to local conditions.

Walking into another textile enterprise located in Qixian Street, Keqiao District, you can see pieces of comfortable bamboo fiber fabrics in the fabric display area. These fabrics are consistent with the white shirts and dress dresses worn by the Chinese sports delegation at the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympic Games.

The relevant person in charge of Keqiao Textile Enterprise introduced the shirts and dress fabrics worn by the Chinese sports delegation at the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympic Games. Photographed by Wang Gang

"The fabric for the Olympic Games is a new material, which is made of bamboo pulp fiber and BHF functional polyester, and has the functions of natural environmental protection, anti-bacterial and sunscreen." Huang Kaili, the company's sales director, said in an interview that with more attention to green and sustainable development at home and abroad, the company has invested a certain amount of research and development costs every year since 2013, Exploring the use of new materials in the field of fabrics, especially in 2015, it broke through the blank in the use of bamboo pulp fiber in the field of outerwear, and later became the development base of functional fabrics blended with bamboo pulp fiber of China Textile Union.

Bamboo is native to China. With the rapid rise of the "new national trend", it is also a new expression of Chinese traditional bamboo culture to make fabrics and clothing from bamboo pulp fibers. Huang Kaili said, "We integrate Chinese culture into the development of fabrics, hoping to express the concept of green environmental protection through products, and use excellent technology and innovative design to make fabrics not only fashionable, but also healthier."

It is not just clothing fabrics. At the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympic Games, the flag waved by athletes was also produced by Shaoxing textile enterprises.

"Compared with ordinary flags, the flag production process in the Olympic orders is more complex and requires higher quality. In the production process, we need to ensure that each flag is bright in color, good in quality, and durable." Huang Guoxing, the head of the enterprise, said in an interview that in order to ensure that the flag is delivered on schedule, the factory has gone from material selection, cutting to printing and packaging, Strictly control each production link.

The textile industry is one of the four world-class advanced manufacturing clusters in the "415" advanced manufacturing cluster system of Zhejiang Province. As a strong textile district, the relevant person in charge of Keqiao District government said that the local government would take China's light textile city market and Blue Print Fashion Town as carriers to implement the project of strengthening the fashion textile industry chain and strengthening the group, so as to form a mature industry chain, enterprise cluster, technical equipment and other advantages.

(Source: China News Network)