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Denim goes greener
through the whole chain
Prosperity Textile acting as a pioneer and
choosing the first sustainable innovation in
the weaving industry: the brand-new
iSAVER™ by Itema
A new important partnership marks the path of Itema completely eliminate the left-hand weft waste,
towards a greener future for the whole denim allowing to insert the weft yarns in the fabric without
production chain. Prosperity Textile, one of the main the need of additional yarns. iSAVER™ significantly
denim producers worldwide, has chosen for its new reduces raw material waste, leading to tangible
facility one of the most interesting and benefits in terms of machine’s efficiency, cost
sustainable-oriented Itema technologies, iSAVER™ reduction and energy saving.
equipped on the Itema R95002denim. Prosperity
Textiles is, in fact, one of the early adopters of this Just consider that the weaver will gain a minimum
new technology chosen for the new plant that the saving of € 2.000 per year per machine, and our
world-famous indigo fabrics producer will open in
Vietnam, and that will be exclusively equipped with planet will gain even more. In fact, for the first time in
the latest Itema weaving machine model, the weaving industry, a sustainable approach when
demonstrating once again its green, future-oriented choosing the weaving equipment is now possible.
approach. Thanks to iSAVER™, 1.000 Kg of cotton per machine
per year – the 3% of the total raw materials - will be
Thanks to its partnership with Itema, Prosperity saved, thus avoiding the waste of 20 million liters of
Textiles makes again a step forward in terms of water, equivalent to 400.000 showers.
sustainable innovation, as one of the first denim
producers able to successfully turn - even the Numbers are clear: the introduction of iSAVER™
weaving production - green. clearly sets a new benchmark in terms of
sustainability within denim fabric production.
A partnership that is planned to be showcased in Furthermore, the iSAVER™ is one of the key features
some of the most important textiles exhibitions of the Itema R9500 denim, the rapier weaving
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worldwide focusing on Asian and denim markets. A machine born and designed to weave denim
path that starts with Kingpins Show, Amsterdam guaranteeing to weavers superior textile quality,
(October 24-25) where the Chinese denim producer outstanding user-friendliness and tangible energy and
will put into the spotlight this brand-new solution raw materials saving.
aimed at further increasing the eco-driven approach
of the company; an important appointment is also in A joint eco-driven path
the Itema calendar: the ITMA Asia + CITME 2018 Itema, understanding very well the importance of
exhibition, Shanghai (October 15-19) where the Italian saving resources and energy to drive the textile
company showcased the important green production in the direction of a more conscious
step-forward in denim weaving processes and the full manufacturing, focused its attention to develop
range of its innovations. breakthrough weaving solutions and in 2018
introduced to the market the iSAVER™, a
iSAVER™: the ideal green tool for denim weaving revolutionary device dedicated specifically to denim
This new technology, developed by ItemaLab™, the fabrics able to eliminate the waste selvedge on the
Itema Advanced Innovation Department, is able to left-hand side of the fabric.
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for its new facility. Today Prosperity Textiles is one
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natural resources and energy utilization including
waste management. Prosperity’s denim production
is based on the employment of best quality yarns
available on the market, while still targeting the
most sustainable sources, from BCI to organic,
recycled cotton, and from Tencel™ Lyocell to
Sustans™, in 2017, more than 20 million yards
fabric sales from Prosperity are with sustainable
fibers inside.
The introduction of eco-friendly dyeing and
finishing practices allows the company to create
beautiful indigo shades and performance denims,
with less water and energy consumption
compared to the traditional systems. Last year,
Prosperity produced 20% more fabrics than 2016,
yet the water and electricity use and greenhouse
gas emission was down by 11.5%, 7.9% and 5.4%
respectively.
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