Novel developments for the fashion industry »to the west
The highlights of the Colombiatex fair:
The textile industry resumes its direct participation in the Colombiatex 2022 face-to-face fair that will take place from January 25 to 27, 2022 in Medellín. In this meeting, the exhibitors will offer the most up-to-date sample of raw materials for the clothing and fashion sector in Colombia.
From Brazil
With a varied sample of textile developments and supplies for the clothing sector, companies such as Berlan arrive from Brazil with advances in mesh fabrics for the fashion, sports and swimwear segments. The latest in printing and stamping from Brand Textil, with an innovative sublimation technique that allows an immense variety of personalization of photographic products applied to different types of fabrics.
For the denim segment, Canatiba has a sustainable and "Eko" proposal, with fabrics that contribute to the preservation of the environment, under ecologically responsible processes and that have in their composition a mixture of sustainable, recycled and certified fibers. Santista Jeanswear with its new 2023 summer collection, with three design lines Icon, Free and Flats.
Additionally, other companies will participate such as: Cataguases, Cedro Textil, Coltex, Covolan, Dalila Textil, Diklatex, Paranatex, Salotex, Kalimo, Sancris, Santaconstancia, Santana Textiles, Santanense, Spa Textil, Textil J. Serrano, Linhas Triché and Vicunha, who bring developments to the Colombian fashion industry.
During the event, Brazil also has an institutional space where the forum of trends and innovations will be presented, with the largest portfolio of products from companies associated with the Texbrasil program.
This delegation of 22 companies arrives at the event with the support of the Texbrasil Internationalization Program, created by the Brazilian Association of the Textile and Fashion Industry, Abit, and the Brazilian Export and Investment Promotion Agency, ApexBrasil.
In the fiber market
The world leader in the development of innovative solutions for the textile industry, the Lycra® Company, presents its new technology: LYCRA® ADAPTIV, a new fiber that allows clothing to better fit different lifestyles, movements and different body shapes, as it has a unique composition that allows the fabric to adapt to the functional needs of the user in a hybrid way, which means that when the user is at rest, the polymer adapts its resistance to compression to provide the proper fit, shape and control, and when the wearer is in motion, the polymer adapts its elasticity to provide more comfort and a second-skin effect, keeping the garment in place.
Another innovation is LYCRA® FitSense™ technology, a revolutionary innovation that transforms garments by adding lightweight, targeted power exactly where it's needed. This technology is a proprietary water-based dispersion that is solvent-free and includes the same molecule as LYCRA® fiber. The dispersion is done directly on the inside or outside of the garments and. allows you to create intimates, shapewear or activewear without compromising comfort, breathability and durability.
As part of its initiatives, which include circular economy, the company launched its first yarns made 100% from textile waste: COOLMAX® EcoMade and THERMOLITE® EcoMade. These yarns are the first in a series of innovations, based on the recycling of textiles and clothing. It is a unique depolymerization and refining process used to convert textile waste, which consists of leftovers from the production of clothing manufacturers, into fibers with properties comparable to virgin polyester.
Colombian
The textile and clothing industry in the country has been working to obtain a model that takes advantage of each resource in the companies' value chain; reducing, reusing and recycling the elements involved in the different processes. A Colombian company of more than 40 years, Encajes S.A. will offer a sustainable offer as an important contribution to environmental care and as a corporate commitment, Encajes S.A. continues to strengthen its GO GREEN® line, the one with the greatest exportation, due to the infrastructure and the responsible process when developing the yarn, and with which it has achieved global certifications such as OEKO-TEX and GRS.
GO GREEN® is a collection that has been developed using recycled Nylon that, thanks to its recycling process, has a bristle reduction of 50% of the environmental footprint left by the production of each kilo of yarn. The recycling of pre-consumer yarn allows the elimination of about 70% of the processes of extraction of natural resources and production processes.
As a complement to the integrated and sustainable offer of textiles, the category of control garments appears, which continues to strengthen in the national and global market. At the export level, special technology laces such as the GO GREEN® and SKIN SOFT line continue to be the most in demand. During 2021, microfibers with differentiated weight and touch were the most popular.
