After installing Italy’s Busi Giovanni knitting machines the Bulgarian sock manufacturer Kingly has also decided to launch a garment manufacturing line made with eco-friendly fabrics.
The company aims to produce t-shirts, boxer shorts, polo shirts, and sweatshirts with recycled polyester and GOTS cotton with 100 percent traceability according to the Global Recycled Standard. The company also plans to upcycle old clothes for its limited edition collections. The growth of odor-causing bacteria in the garments will be eliminated by impregnating the clothes with polygiene technology.
The manufacturer also intends to recycle the small factory off-cut produced during the manufacturing process. The off-cuts are a mixture of different types of fabrics used by the factory including polyester, cotton, polypropylene, Lycra, and others.
The leftover fibres also are used as stuffing for printed pillowcases, furniture, and other similar applications.
An official of the company said they are not just eliminating waste but are also ensuring the well-being of the company’s workforce. He said the company’s machinery operates on a central vacuum system.
This reduces power consumption. The noise reduction thus benefits the sock technicians directly.
Kingly has also been accredited with several eco-standards and labels after the production of more than 34,000 pairs of socks on Busi’s Light MP series of knitting machines. The socks produced from upcycled yarn saved 24 million liters of water.
These savings landed the company accreditation from the sustainability platform BCOME Cradle-To-Grave.
