Japanese textile industry: high-end products have strong competitive advantages
Nearly ten years after Japan clearly proposed “building a nation through science and technology, creation” as a basic national policy, Japanese textile companies have continued to increase investment in independent research and development. Relying on its increasingly accumulated technological development and product planning capabilities, Japanese textile products have re-established their position in the international market.
Japan’s high-end textiles have extremely competitive advantages
Among the major exporting countries and regions, Japan ranked second, with exports of US$18.968 billion, a year-on-year increase of 8.10%.
From January to September 2007, my country’s textile and apparel exports totaled US$124.282 billion. Among the major exporting countries and regions, Japan ranked second, with exports of US$13.722 billion, a year-on-year increase of 3.42%.
Judging from the above data, the Japanese textile and apparel market is extremely dependent on Chinese products. For a long time, Japan has imported large quantities of textiles and clothing from overseas, especially from China, making it impossible to maintain Japan’s traditional mass-production-centered industrial structure. Japan simply cannot compete with imported products in the field of mid- to low-end products. In the past 10 years, the number of textile manufacturing companies and employment in Japan has decreased by 40%-50%. But on the other hand, the long-term accumulation of technology development and product planning capabilities of the Japanese textile industry has made the Japanese textile industry occupy an increasingly important position in the field of high-end textiles.
The advantages of Japan’s fiber industry are specifically reflected in the research, development and application of new fiber materials. In terms of R&D, all companies from upstream to downstream have high technology development capabilities and product development capabilities. In particular, the development of high-performance fibers and next-generation fibers, as well as efforts to protect the environment and save energy, are at a very high level, and Japan is at the cutting edge of these technologies. In terms of application technology, after a new material is developed, it is quickly transformed into an epoch-making new product. This is Japan’s strength.
Amazing R&D efficiency
Japanese textile companies develop new products very quickly. The following is a rough collection of the main new products of some companies this year, so that everyone can have a better understanding of them. Japanese companies have a perceptual understanding of their R&D capabilities.
1. Highly flame-retardant fire-resistant fiber
In June, Japan’s Kanekalon Chemical Industry successfully developed the flame-retardant fiber Kanekalon Protex. Kanekalon Protex is highly flame retardant, especially when interwoven and blended with cellulosic materials such as cotton and rayon. Kanekalon Protex shrinks when exposed to heat to form a carbonized layer, so it is safer than melted polyester and acrylic fibers. Even higher.
Kanekalon Protex can be mixed with natural fibers such as cotton and wool and all fibers to meet this fire protection requirement. It can greatly solve the problems of poor hand feel, poor hygroscopicity and poor breathability of natural fiber flame-retardant products in the past. At the same time, the excellent feel and performance of natural materials are fully utilized.
2. Longitudinal fiber non-woven fabrics
Japan’s Teijin Fiber Company announced that it will introduce the non-woven fabric manufacturing equipment “V-Lap” with fibers arranged in the vertical direction, and officially develop high elasticity, lightweight Weight of high-performance nonwovens business, this is the first time. The equipment installation date is scheduled for October and will be officially put into production in November. The total investment is 400 million yen.
Due to the longitudinal arrangement of fibers and the use of high-performance raw cotton (“elk”, “SOLOTEX”, etc.) developed by Teijin Group, V-Lap non-woven fabrics have high resilience, resistance to upward and downward pressure, and looseness. It has the characteristics of less collapse, low density and high air permeability, and easy to bend and form. This kind of non-woven fabric can be used for seat cushions in cars, trains and furniture, bedding and mattresses, car sound-absorbing materials and heat insulation materials.
3. Sensor functional fabrics
In July, the Aichi Prefecture Industrial Technology Research Institute in Japan announced that it had successfully developed a fabric with sensor functions. The fabric adopts a sheath-core structure, with the core made of conductive metal fibers and the skin layer made of insulating fibers. After this kind of fiber is compressed, the distance between the warp and weft becomes smaller, and the electrostatic capacitance changes during the period. After the change in capacitance is measured, a switch can be formed.
4. Silk-style microfiber fabric
At the beginning of the year, Japan’s Toray Corporation developed a silk-style fabric Soienir using ultra-fine polyester fiber designed with a special polymer. Soienir uses a new island-type ultrafine fiber with a single fiber fineness of 0.18dtex and micro gaps on the fiber surface. Therefore, it increases the resistance between the single fibers, inhibits the movement of the fibers, and gives the fabric a flat feel, and each The island-type microfibers are arranged tightly without losing tiny gaps, making the fabric both soft and elastic. The fabric has rich and elegant lines, soft and straight feel, the luster of natural silk, and a unique delicate and dense feel. It is mainly used for women’s clothing fabrics such as skirts, jackets, coats, and trousers.
5. Sportswear material “Delta”
Japan’s Teijin Fiber Company has launched the knitted sportswear material “Delta” and has been put into use in the autumn and winter textile fabric market of 2007. According to the company, because Delta uses special twisting technology, etc., it is suitable for the field of knitted sportswear. It not only has the three major characteristics of texture, physical properties and functionality required by the market, but also has��It achieves the best balance between these three characteristics and achieves the ideal knitted structure.
6. Bartlett, a black formal fabric imitating high-end combed style
Teijin Fiber Company of Japan has successfully developed Bartlett, a black formal fabric imitating high-end combed style, and is facing the 2007 spring and summer fabric market. , first launched black formal fabrics for women (shirts, suits, jackets). According to reports, Bartlett uses nanotechnology to construct gaps between molecular crystals to give the polymer a dark color, and uses special twisting technology to simultaneously achieve softness and high dark color similar to high-grade ultra-fine wool.
7. Use high-pressure blasting technology to produce bamboo fiber
A Japanese bamboo products company (BAN) has developed a technology to use a blasting machine to remove fibers from green bamboo. The characteristic of this technology is that under high temperature conditions above 180°C, the pressure is instantly reduced to cause the bamboo to explode. Repeat several times to decompose the hemicellulose connecting the bamboo fibers. After more than two hours of processing, 35%-40% of the weight of green bamboo can be obtained. After further crushing and processing, cotton-like and wool-like fibers can be obtained, which have a slightly harder feel than natural cotton and wool.
8. New technology for processing colorful denim
According to the Japan IS Co., Ltd. Dyeing and Weaving Economic News report, Nippon Forest Chemical Industry was entrusted by a large jeans processing factory to develop and launch a novel The new fashion denim processing technology has been put into trial production.
This special processing technology builds a special structure on the surface of the fabric through the clever combination of light refraction and reflection of the glass flakes, thereby making the denim fabric structure colorful and emitting colorful light.
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