Coffee grounds, tea leaves, walnut peels, orange peels... Walking into the raw material area of Ningbo Guangyuan Textile Co., Ltd., the dazzling array of "ingredients" makes you feel like you are in a food store. However, these seemingly ordinary plant wastes are actually the "green code" for Guangyuan Textile to build the number one brand of healthy textile fabrics in China.
In recent years, as consumers 'awareness of health and environmental protection continues to improve, the apparel fabrics industry is undergoing a profound green change. Ningbo Guangyuan Textile Co., Ltd., located in Beilun, keenly captures market trends, delves deep into plant printing and dyeing technology, and develops new clothing fabrics. It has gradually grown from a small enterprise mainly focusing on printing and dyeing processing to a modern textile technology enterprise with an annual output value of more than 200 million yuan.
In the extraction workshop of Guangyuan Textile, a running equipment attracted the attention of reporters. The temperature on the equipment screen shows that the temperature has reached 100 degrees Celsius. According to technicians, this process needs to continue for two hours to complete the extraction of the pigments in the coffee grounds. After the extraction is completed, after multiple processes, an ecological fabric printed and printed by extracting pigments from coffee is presented in front of you, presenting a soft and natural light brown.
"The coffee color extract is blended according to the color depth and in different ratios from 1:2 to 1:10." Introduction to the relevant person in charge of the enterprise. This colorful but non-toxic and harmless ecological fabric has been widely used in high-end underwear, pajamas, children's clothing and bedding and other fields that require high skin affinity, and is deeply favored by consumers.
While deeply cultivating plant dyeing, Guangyuan Textile has also extended its reach to the field of Functional Fabrics and developed a variety of high-performance products for professional scenarios. Taking fishing clothing fabrics as an example, the reporter conducted a small experiment on the spot: water dripping on the surface of the fabric is like dew on a lotus leaf slipping down, and it will not infiltrate at all; coffee dripping basically leaves no stains. Compared with traditional jacket fabrics, this Functional Fabrics feels softer and skin-friendly, providing both protection and comfort.
With continuous technological innovation, Guangyuan Textile has owned many international invention patents and established a complete corporate standard system. At present, the company is actively participating in the formulation of national standards for plant printing and dyeing, and has established in-depth cooperation with many scientific research institutes and institutions to promote the industrialization of plant printing and dyeing technology.
From fabric supply to overall solution solutions, Guangyuan Textile has provided full-chain services for knitted fabrics and knitted home textiles to famous domestic and foreign brands such as Wagol in Japan, TCM in Germany, and Younger. "We are the pioneers in the industrialization of plant dyeing of knitted fabrics." The person in charge of the company said,"In the context of supply-side reform, we hope to do our part as a fabric company in the direction of deep integration of textiles and clothing with technology and fashion."
From coffee grounds to ecological fabrics, from printing and dyeing processing to technological leadership, Ningbo Guangyuan Textile Co., Ltd. is using green intelligent manufacturing as a pen to write a new chapter in China's healthy textile industry.
