At the end of the year and the beginning of the year, the filament weaving market is full of sales.
Due to the imbalance between supply and demand, filament weaving companies generally lack bargaining power, and prices have fallen to the lowest point in recent years. According to the Shengze Silk Chemical Fiber Index, from December 2021 to December 2022, the price of 190T polyester taffeta fell from 1.5 yuan/meter to 0.9 yuan/meter; the price of 100D four-sided elastic fell from 2.4 yuan/meter to 1.6 yuan/meter /m…
At the 2022 National Filament Weaving Industry New Product Research and Development Annual Conference held online recently, Wang Jiayi, President of the China Filament Weaving Association, said that for the filament weaving industry, products Innovation occupies a fundamental and decisive position. If filament weaving companies want to win the initiative and victory in high-quality development, they must make product innovation their top priority.
Company performance is somewhat differentiated
In 2022, textile companies will generally have a difficult time, and the filament weaving industry in the middle reaches of the industrial chain will be even more difficult.
The China Filament Weaving Association released an industry survey report in September 2022. Judging from the survey results, affected by uncertain and unstable factors such as the multi-point spread of the new coronavirus epidemic, the domestic and foreign sales markets of the filament weaving industry have been greatly impacted, and the industry development environment is complex and severe.
Among them, the problem of fierce competition among homogeneous products is particularly prominent. Research shows that due to declining market demand, ordinary products are facing increasingly fierce competition. They rely more on low prices to sell inventory and maintain production, making it difficult to achieve breakthroughs in business sales. Especially when the market is bad, companies that rely on large-scale mass production of ordinary products are often prone to operating difficulties, exposing the fact that the company’s core competitiveness is insufficient.
This problem does not seem to be solved at present, but has become more serious. As the Spring Festival of the Year of the Rabbit approaches, local media in Shengze, Jiangsu reported that the product prices of filament weaving companies are lower than usual. The person in charge of some filament weaving companies said that cutting prices and selling goods is a helpless move, just to relieve financial pressure.
Zhu Yaqiong, an analyst at Longzhong Information, said that currently, with the gradual delivery of winter replenishment orders, the atmosphere of inquiries from clothing brands and buyers has gradually become deserted, the start-up rate of filament weaving companies has dropped significantly, and manufacturers are promoting low prices. not effectively.
“The economic benefits and profitability of my country’s filament weaving industry have not yet returned to pre-epidemic levels. Especially this year, the weakening of the demand-side market power and the obstruction of logistics have caused multiple squeezes on the operations of filament weaving companies.” Wang Jiayi said that homogeneous competition will only lead to inefficiency in corporate resource investment, and increasing the production of differentiated products is the way to survive.
Despite the complex development environment, there are still companies that have bucked the trend and achieved outstanding performance. “Some companies are only content to produce conventional products such as nylon woven fabrics, while others can accurately grasp market demand and focus on the development and production of waterproof and breathable fabrics. They eventually become the preferred partners of overseas brands and become the first choice for this segment. Market experts have established a solid market position.” Wang Jiayi said that he hopes that more companies will achieve significant results in product innovation and expand the global influence of our country’s brands.
Green empowers innovation without stopping
Product innovation never ends, and it has become the consensus of enterprises to drive innovation with green.
Zhejiang Jiahua Special Nylon Co., Ltd. has an annual output of approximately 185,000 tons of various types of nylon. Its main products are nylon 66, recycled environmentally friendly nylon, and dye-free brocade, which are suitable for sports, outdoor, yoga, underwear, and home textiles. , medical, military and other fields. Ma Xunming, the company’s senior specialist, said that in recent years, Jiahua has continuously accelerated research and development breakthroughs in key technologies for the recycling of waste textiles, classifying waste silk according to different luster, raw materials, production categories, neatness, etc., and then through impurity removal and melt preparation , granulation, drying, high-temperature melting, spinning, winding and other processes to develop regenerated nylon PRUECO. “In 2023, the company will insist on improving its green manufacturing capabilities and opening up a path to sustainable development.”
Fujian Xiangxing Textile Technology Co., Ltd. regards green as the focus of product innovation. Du Guohai, R&D director of the company’s commercial and enterprise department, said that as a practitioner of environmentally friendly green development, the company has launched C6 and fluorine-free products to replace C8 waterproofing products. This not only avoids environmental pollution problems, but also improves product performance.
Not only are products greener, but digital technology is also helping the filament weaving industry accelerate environmental upgrades. Feng Cen, associate professor of Suzhou University, introduced the woven fabric information system, woven fabric data management module, fabric information application analysis module, etc. Among them, the fabric data management and application system includes a yarn specification database and a fabric specification database. The amount of information is huge, and it can realize multiple applications and analysis of the corresponding data in the database system, bringing benefits to specification statistics, product design, application development, etc. Great convenience.
“Filament weaving enterprises should closely combine the carbon reduction advantages of the digital economy with the broad prospects of green development, promote new green and low-carbon development models and new products, and effectively integrate the enabling role of digital technology throughout The whole process of green production.” Feng Cen said.
Wang Jiayi pointed out that for the research and development of green and low-carbon products, companies should strengthen top-level design, run it through the entire process from raw material selection to finished product recycling, and incorporate green products into corporate strategic planning. At the same time, enterprises must update equipment, adopt new processes and technologies, implement refined management, and reduce energy consumption, water consumption, and consumption of various raw materials in the production process of unit products.
Precise positioning to maximize strengths and avoid weaknesses
In 2022, filament weaving companies will move forward amidst ups and downs. Facing the arrival of 2023, companies are full of expectations but also a lot of anxiety.
The latest survey by the International Federation of Textile Manufacturers shows that in November 2022, the average business conditions of the global textile industry will further deteriorate. At the same time, the global textile industry’s expectations for the next six months remain negative. Globally, the new orders index, backlog index and availability fell.
Although the market environment faces many unfavorable factors, the filament weaving industry has a solid foundation for high-quality development. Wang Jiayi introduced that as of the end of December 2022, there are 43 current National Bank group standards in the filament weaving industry, including 37 product standards, accounting for about 85% of the total number of standards.
For the future development of the industry, Wang Jiayi suggested that precise and clear product positioning and brand positioning should be formulated. “Those companies that have achieved outstanding results in product innovation have their own product positioning and brand positioning, and the product positioning is precise and clear. R&D personnel conduct research around product positioning. Over time, the characteristics of the company’s products will become more prominent, the quality will be more stable, and the competition will be better. The advantages are significant, which can not only enhance the company’s market recognition, but also enhance the company’s brand value, forming a virtuous cycle,” he said.
It is also important to timely extend the construction of the internal industrial chain of the enterprise. Wang Jiayi pointed out that good filament fabrics are the result of improvements and investments in the entire industry chain from raw material production to terminal consumption. Extending to the raw material end, enterprises should focus on equipping silk thread deep processing equipment such as texturing, twisting, and compounding. Extending to the direction of deep processing of post-printing and dyeing finishing, companies must match post-printing and dyeing finishing equipment according to their own products. This will not only enhance the initiative and creativity of product development, but also help save costs and be of great benefit to the company’s product innovation.
The interweaving of multiple fibers is an important direction for filament fabric innovation to seek breakthroughs. Wang Jiayi suggested that to continue to promote the development of high-quality interwoven fabrics, companies should make full use of various fiber raw materials based on chemical fiber filaments.
In recent years, the industrial added value of the industrial textiles industry has maintained growth, and the industry’s production and sales have remained relatively stable. Wang Jiayi also suggested that filament weaving companies can increase the development of industrial textiles as appropriate. “Enterprises must actively research the application fields and application scenarios of industrial textiles, and accurately develop various types of industrial textiles according to different uses. In terms of quality improvement, enterprises must accelerate the research and development of various high-performance industrial textiles and promote the development of industrial textiles in the industry. Play a greater role in high-precision fields such as aerospace and national defense industry.”
In 2023, the filament weaving market may still be full of uncertainties. How to maximize strengths, avoid weaknesses, and go up against the wind will not only test the experience and persistence of filament weaving companies, but also creative changes and new direction choices. Which companies will be the first to achieve breakthroughs? How will it break through? let us wait and see.
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