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Sustainability Large amounts of non-renewable resources elasticity
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A New Textiles Economy are extracted to produce clothes that are often
used for only a short period, after which the
materials are largely lost to landfill or
incineration. It is estimated that more than half
of fast fashion produced is disposed of in
under a year.
This linear system leaves economic
opportunities untapped, puts pressure on
resources, pollutes and degrades the natural
environment and its ecosystems, and creates
significant negative societal impacts at local,
regional, and global scales.

Globally, customers miss out on USD 460
billion of value each year by throwing away
clothes that they could continue to wear, and
some garments are estimated to be discarded
after just seven to ten wears.
To maintain a high residual elasticity of elastic
Polyamide (PA) and Polyester (PES) draw
A new textiles economy relies on four textured yarns (DTY) after dyeing, the muff
ambitions. It would lead to better economic, dyeing process with integrated SSM leading
yarn winding technology is the best solution.
environmental, and societal outcomes,
capturing opportunities missed by the current, Dye Packages / Rewinding
linear, textiles system. In such a new textiles With the PWX-CTM-MTC SSM offers a highly
economy, clothes, fabric, and fibres are kept flexible and economical system for efficient
at their highest value during use, and re-enter Cone-to-Muff winding resp. Muff-to-Cone
the economy after use, never ending up as rewinding, regardless whether muffs, hanks,
dye packages on dye tubes or coreless dye
waste. PWX-CTM-MTC packages are to be rewound:
a. Phase out substances of concern and ` fastflex™ – the well-established thread
laying system with latest technology
microfibre release
b. Transform the way clothes are designed, ` digitens™ online tension control system
for reproducible package density and best
sold, and used to break free from their dyeing results
increasingly disposable nature
c. Radically improve recycling by transforming
clothing design, collection, and reprocessing
d. Make effective use of resources and move
to renewable inputs

Moving towards a circular economy goes far
beyond traditional measures to reduce the
Globally, the US$ 1.3 trillion clothing industry middle-class population across the globe and negative impacts of the current linear system.
employs more than 300 million people along the increased per capita sales in mature economies. The It entails shifting to an entirely new system,
value chain; the production of cotton alone accounts latter rise is mainly due to the ‘fast fashion’ and cannot be achieved merely through
for almost 7% of all employment in some low-income phenomenon, with quicker turnaround of new styles, incremental improvements. Transforming the
countries. Clothing represents more than 60% of the increased number of collections offered per year, and industry to usher in a new textiles economy
total textiles used and is expected to remain the – often – lower prices. requires system-level change with an SSM Schärer Schweiter Mettler AG
largest application. unprecedented degree of commitment, 8810 Horgen · Switzerland
The current system for producing, distributing, and collaboration, and innovation. Phone +41 44 718 33 11
In the last 15 years, clothing production has using clothing operates in an almost completely Hall 2 / Booth 052 Fax +41 44 718 34 51
approximately doubled, driven by a growing linear way. (Makviz) www.ssm.ch
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Leading technology for yarn processing and winding