High-end, green and intelligent, see how the chemical fiber industry wins the future with strength

As the most important raw material in the textile industry, chemical fiber not only meets the development needs of the textile industry in terms of volume, but is also an important driving force for the technology, fashion, and green development of the textile industry. Focusing on the key tasks of the textile industry‘s “14th Five-Year Plan”, the chemical fiber industry will build a solid foundation for the textile industry from the raw material side and lead the value enhancement of the textile industry chain. In the fiberNew materialshigh-end development,intelligentdigital development, green and low-carbon transformation and development, etc. take the initiative to win the future with strength.

In order to improve the level of innovation and development of the industrial chain, accelerate the intelligent digital transformation of the industry, and promote the green and low-carbon transformation of development methods, the recently held 2021 China International Chemical Fiber Conference held the High-end Development Forum of the Chemical Fiber Industry, the Green Development Forum of the Chemical Fiber Industry, The three forums of the Chemical Fiber Industry Intelligent Development Forum invited experts and entrepreneurs from industry associations, scientific research institutes, and enterprises to introduce future development priorities and development paths from their respective perspectives, with a view to bringing certain innovative ideas to industry enterprises.

High-end Development Forum of Chemical Fiber Industry

Build a solid foundation for the textile industry from the raw material side

At present, new fiber materials have become the focus of global scientific and technological development, and technologically developed countries and regions have made arrangements in this field.

At the high-end development forum of the chemical fiber industry, Wang Yuping, director of the National Advanced Functional Fiber Innovation Center, elaborated on future development trends from the perspective of new fiber materials. She believes that new fiber materials are the key to supporting intelligent, green, and sustainable development. In the future, we must focus on trends such as “green”, “intelligent” and “ecological chain”. Specifically, the first is the development and application of “green” fiber products such as solution dyed fibers, bio-based chemical fibers, and recycled fibers, as well as energy recovery and carbon dioxide reuse, self-healing compounds, blockchain and distributed ledgers , 3D printing, artificial intelligence and other new technologies bring new opportunities, new markets and new business models. The second is the integration of devices on textile materials in the fields of intelligent color change, flexible intelligent sensing, efficient intelligent deformation, energy conversion and storage, etc.; at the same time, full use of cutting-edge technologies such as virtual reality, artificial intelligence, and blockchain to empower the new fiber material industry; Third, the innovative development of new fiber materials requires the construction of a strong ecological chain, which requires “strengthening the innovation chain with the industrial chain, empowering the industrial chain with the innovation chain, and integrating the innovation chain with the ecological chain.”

　Textile machinery is the foundation of my country’s textile industry and an important support for the entire textile industry chain. At the forum, Hou Xi, vice president of the China Textile Machinery Association, focused on the key projects and key technologies of the “14th Five-Year Plan” for textile machinery. During the “14th Five-Year Plan” period, the textile machinery industry will focus on the implementation of six key projects, including textile green production equipment, textile intelligent processing equipment, high-tech textile equipment, textile enterprise intelligent manufacturing upgrades, textile machinery common technologies, and textile machinery standard systems. Promote the development of 10 subdivided areas, promote the upgrading of the industrial base, modernize the industrial chain, and promote textile equipment to provide equipment support for the future expansion of the textile industry into an emerging resource industry in modern industry.

Since the 21st century, creating a green and sustainable living environment has become the world’s primary goal. Zhu Jianfei, director of the brand department of Guowang High-Tech Fiber Co., Ltd., said that green synthetic fibers include regenerated cellulose fiber, regeneratedpolyester, and regeneratednylon Regenerated chemical fibers represented by low-temperature dyed polyester, solution-dyed polyester, antimony-free metal polyester, etc., and bio-based fibers represented by PLA, PTT, PA56, etc. are increasingly popular. Attention from international terminal brands. He emphasized that the supervision of regenerated fiber products is very critical to the healthy and orderly development of the industry. The industry association will soon release a trusted platform for green fiber products, which can realize the traceability of regenerated fiber products and meet the green product standards of end target brands.

Jin Gaoling, deputy secretary-general of the China Chemical Fiber Industry Association and director of the Marketing Department, said that brand development has become an important starting point for the national economic transformation and upgrading and has risen to the national level. The strategic height provides a rare historical opportunity and policy guarantee for the brand development of my country’s chemical fiber industry. If chemical fiber products want to be branded, they must first be technologically advanced and be combined with social responsibility and end consumer demand. Focusing on the development of chemical fiber brands, she suggested: First, improve product brand awareness and build a brand management system; understand product market positioning and promote close integration of the industrial chain; enrich product promotion models and extend brand influence; combine brand building with social responsibility to create brand culture connotation; in addition, brand management talent and team building must be strengthened.

Coal-to-ethylene glycol technology uses my country’s relatively abundant coal resources to replace the oil route to produce ethylene glycol, which our country relies heavily on imports. It has a great impact on my country’s energy industry and modern Development of coal chemical technology and polyester industryIntroduced into equipment manufacturing. He started from the concept of digital twins and guided everyone to understand simulation equipment in order to provide researchers with greater imagination and operation space. To this end, Wang Kun introduced a modular spinning intelligent experimental equipment like Lego. Currently, modular spinning intelligent experimental equipment has been used in Jiangsu New Vision Advanced Functional Fiber Innovation Center.

Fu Shaohai, a professor at the School of Textile Science and Engineering of Jiangnan University, introduced intelligent color-changing fibers and their textiles. Currently, materials that can be used in the research of smart color-changing textiles include metal complexes and organic color-changing pigments. Fu Shaohai and his team are studying the application of liquid crystal materials in smart color-changing fibers and textiles.

Professor Zhang Hongyan of Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology introduced the application of flexible devices in smart wearables. With the aging of China’s population and the impact of the epidemic on people, smart wearables are attracting more and more attention. However, smart wearables on the current market generally face problems such as fragmentation, lack of integration, high duplication, and low recognition. In the future, smart wearables will use clothing as a carrier to achieve a high degree of integration of smart textiles and wearable devices.

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