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crucial step in the circular textile chain. SaXcell The 19th edition of DOMOTEX For the first time, DOMOTEX asia/CHINAFLOOR in
collaboration with COVER magazine successfully
production starts with sorting domestic cotton hosted “Luxury Brands”, a contemporary
textile waste into an as pure as possible, high-end handmade design carpet showcase in the
well-defined waste stream. The sorting can be asia/CHINAFLOOR concluded heart of hall W5. Luxury Brands consisted of an
done by hand as is customary now, or with the exclusive display area which featured a curated
Identitex (a technique still in development). Next, selection of high-end hand-made carpets from some
the pure waste stream is grinded and non-textile stronger than ever of the top international rug brands, namely: Amadi
components like zippers, nails and buttons are Carpets, Ariana Rugs, Art Resources,
removed. The result is a dry mixture of textile fibres Ayka Design, Creative Matters, Hossein
The global textile and apparel industry relies on a from wood pulp) for decades, but the new with different fibre lengths. All fibre lengths, long Rezvani, Knots Rugs, New Moon, Rug
vulnerable, resource-intensive supply chain that production technique is considerably more and short, are suitable as raw material for SaXcell. Again DOMOTEX asia/CHINAFLOOR confirmed its leading position in Star, Samad, Tissage, Wool & Silk Rugs
causes massive waste and environmental harm. It is environmentally friendly than the technique used for The dry mixture exists of different colours and is Asia-Pacific. In particular, the huge variety of domestic and international and Zollanvari. The Luxury Brands showcase
one of the world's largest producers of toxic viscose, as no carbon disulphide is needed in the chemically decoloured and made suitable for the was met with great enthusiasm and interest by the
environmental waste, affecting air, water, and soil dissolution process. In summary, dyes and other wet spinning process. Wet spinning can be done brands proved the profound commitment of the flooring industry visiting audience, showing a clear trend setting in the
resources. Over the past 20 years, recycling has contaminants are stripped from cotton textile according Viscose or Lyocell processes. Susanne Klaproth-Global Director DOMOTEX at Deutsche Messe Asian market for the handmade carpet sector.
increasingly become an intrinsic part of our everyday garment waste. Next the cotton is pulped, breaking it
language. In the past, recycling clothing has usually down to its constituent fibre molecules. The new Cotton is widely used in the form of blends and The exhibition’s halls were flooded by visitors from
involved just “downcycling” it into something of fibres are produced from this dope by wet spinning. polyester is the most common choice. A simple proved the profound commitment of the flooring China, Asia-Pacific and other regions of the world,
lower value. Jeans, for example, might end up as The extruded fibres can be engineered to custom process to separate polyester-cotton fabric blends industry “, said Ms. Susanne Klaproth, Global who came to discover new trends, technologies and
insulation in a building. Cotton is by far the world’s specifications, diameters, and cross-sectional into their individual components was developed at Director DOMOTEX at Deutsche Messe, one of the innovations and took part in 33 conferences, events
most popular natural fibre, and much of it is used for shapes. Compared to virgin cotton, the new Deakin University. By using an ionic liquid (salt in a organizers of the show. “We received a very and seminars around flooring practices, applications
clothing. No doubt, it would be ideal if all those technique also reduces the water footprint by more liquid state), the Deakin researchers first dissolve positive feedback from our exhibitors who and modern day challenges, presented by
cotton clothes could simply be recycled into new than 70% and the carbon footprint by 40–50%. the cotton component, regenerate the dissolved appreciate the high quality of the visitors. This world-renowned flooring experts, professionals and
garments when their time was up. It would keep cotton into fibres and recycle the salt solution back motivates us to keep on targeting the best buyers designers. Events like the “ALL IN ONE Home
millions of tons of waste out of landfills, and allow This subject has recently gained a lot of interest The Circular Economy of Textiles (TEKI) project also into the process. The remaining polyester fibres of carpets and floor coverings from China and Decoration Industry and Wooden Products
the fashion industry to use far less virgin material, in worldwide and few examples are shared. Evrnu aimed at piloting and modelling a closed-loop can be melted and reshaped into fibres or Asia-Pacific. “ Development Summit” and the “Bamboo Flooring
turn cutting use of water, pesticides, and chemicals (evernew) purifies cotton garment waste, converts it ecosystem in line with the principles of the circular plastics. Ionic liquids are an environmentally and Outdoor Decking Matchmaking” attracted a
for dyeing. to a pulp, and extrudes it as a pristine new fibre for economy, which could form the basis of a new way friendly solvent, unlike other chemical solutions The InnovAction Flooring program once plethora of both domestic and international flooring
the creation of premium textiles. It is claimed to be to make industrial use of textile waste that cannot be commonly used to dissolve polyester. again gave DOMOTEX asia/CHINAFLOOR 2017 visitors, while cadex conferences such as the “Luxury
Unfortunately, recycling cotton clothes isn’t simple. finer than silk and stronger than cotton. Evrnu reused. Ioncell-F in recycling cotton made by Aalto exhibitors the opportunity to showcase their newest Boutique Hotel Design” and “Smart Home” were fully
To create a new piece of clothing from old clothes, claims that this upgrade to beautiful clothing is with University, the University of Helsinki and VTT. The Lenzing launched a new TENCEL® fibre made products to the audience before and during the packed with architecture and interior design professionals.
the old clothes first have to be chopped up and significantly less environmental impact compared to work also won the top H&M Global Change Award from cotton waste fabrics to drive ‘circular exhibition. More than 500 new products were
turned back into raw material. But that chopping-up our best alternatives and it is the first invention of its for a recycling technique that converts waste-cotton economy’ solutions in the textile industry. The new launched on the show’s dedicated online platform Another feature that continued its successful route
process tends to lower the cotton’s quality because kind to be commercialized in the U.S. into new textiles. The process employing ionic generation of lyocell fibre is claimed to be the by over 400 exhibitors. Visitors voted online and following its 2016 launch was the US Distributor
it shortens the staple length of the fibres. Staple solvent was developed at the University of Helsinki, most ecological wood-based fibre on the planet – onsite for their favorite innovative products Delegation that brought together 10 flooring
length plays an important role in determining the and is not sensitive to impurities, which is why it is combining cotton waste recycling with Lenzing’s choosing the Top 10 from wood, carpet and professionals from some of the biggest flooring
strength and softness of cotton threads. The longer suitable for treating recycled materials. In the pioneering closed-loop TENCEL® production on a resilient sectors. The companies that received an distributing companies in the US for a China Factory
the staple, the better these characteristics, which is Ioncell-F method, the raw material – whether commercial scale. Tencel has already been award under the category 2017 Top 10 New Tour before the exhibition and onsite B2B match
why cotton varieties with extra-long staple lengths, cellulose, recycled cardboard or cotton – is first awarded the EU award for the most eco-friendly Products were: ERE FLOORING, FUYU WOVEN, making with selected exhibitors during DOMOTEX
such as Supima, are highly valued—and why fashion dissolved using an ionic solvent, i.e. liquid salt. production process based on 99.7% closed loop FUXING CARPET, PROPARQ, HOMEDEC WEIYA asia/CHINAFLOOR. “The breadth of products at the
brands currently find it difficult to use any large Dry-jet wet spinning, a method in which thin fibres circulation in the production and use of bio-energy. CARPET, INNOMASTER HOME, JIALI CARPET, exhibition was simply incredible. It is something that
amount of recycled cotton in their products. The are created by forcing the solution through Lenzing is the first manufacturer worldwide to offer KINGDOM PLASTICS, TAISHAN ARTIFICIAL TURF any executive who deals with Asian manufacturing
mechanical recycling (downcycling) of cotton fibres spinnerets, is used to produce new textile fibres from such cellulose fibres incorporating recycled INDUSTRY, and YINGTAIHONGYE HOME should experience. I would definitely say the trip
is well established and recently there has been a lot the solution. The properties of the fibre are claimed materials on a commercial scale. The latest DECORATION. Onsite, visitors had a chance to provided me with extra knowledge that will prove
of interest in chemical recycling of cotton. The By changing the idea from just shredding up the to be equal to other cellulose fibres, but from the next-generation TENCEL® fibre combines two DOMOTEX asia/CHINAFLOOR, the leading flooring India, Iran, Turkey, The Netherlands and USA were preview and experience a selection of 50 new products crucial for future dealings.” – said Chuck Greene,
technological details of the chemical process are garments to actually kind of melting them, point of view of sustainable development, this is aspects - recycling cotton waste fabrics and using tradeshow in Asia-Pacific, opened its doors to also represented through country pavilions. The total displayed in 2 dedicated InnovAction Centers. hardwood product manager at Apollo Distributing.
generally of proprietary nature. dissolving them down to their molecular structure presented as a far better alternative than, for the most sustainable TENCEL® technology - to visitors and exhibitors from all around the world number of visitors increased by 8.2 % from the
of cellulose, and reconstituting the fibre, it example, organic cotton. create one of the most ecological wood-based during March 21-23, 2017 at the Shanghai New previous edition and reached 54,529 visitors, among cadex, the international hub for connecting, Future is looking particularly bright for DOMOTEX
Cotton that is not suitable for reuse can be dissolved eliminates the pollutants and re-extrusion to a fibres on the planet. The recycling of cotton waste Exhibition Centre. 1,364 exhibitors from 40 different which 12,812 were international flooring learning and doing business in the design and asia/CHINAFLOOR 2018, which will mark its 20th
to make cellulose solution, which can be turned into continuous filament fibre, it has improved Another project on similar lines, from Netherlands, is fabrics into virgin textile TENCEL® fibres can offer countries, among which 313 were international, professionals. architecture industry was held for the second year year on the forefront of the flooring industry in Asia as
new fibre. Cellulose fibre can be produced using the strength quality. Evrnu partnered with Levi’s to SaXcell, an abbreviation of Saxion cellulose, is a a practical solution to enable circular economy in exhibited both traditional and innovative flooring concurrently to DOMOTEX asia/CHINAFLOOR. the leading flooring tradeshow. With a phenomenal
same technique and equipment as has been used to produce a pair of denim which included Evrnu regenerated virgin textile fibre made from chemical the apparel industry. products in an extended gross area of 145,000sqm “Again DOMOTEX asia/CHINAFLOOR confirmed its cadex hosted three days of conferences, onsite rebooking rate of 64 % and an excellent
make viscose fibre (regenerated cellulosic fibres for weft yarn. recycled domestic cotton waste. The process to spread throughout 13 halls. Ten countries, namely leading position in Asia-Pacific. In particular, the networking, interactive events, creative displays, feedback from the exhibition’s visitors, the 2018 maintain its position as the No. 1 flooring exhibition
transfer domestic cotton waste into SaXcell fibre is a Afghanistan, Belgium, Croatia, France, Germany, huge variety of domestic and international brands and much more. edition is sure to come back even more enriched and both for exhibitors and for visitors in Asia-Pacific.