Hot Spot: 2020 International Advanced Functional Fiber Fashion Sustainable Summit Forum Held In Shengze

New vitality ·New power and new potential

two thousand and twenty International advanced functional fiber fashion sustainable Summit Forum held in Shengze

One generation of materials, one generation of industry. As the material support of industrial development and the foundation of a new round of scientific and technological revolution, fiber material technology is the core of textile technology innovation and the key to realize the value of industry. Fiber materials are related to people's livelihood and national strength competition, which makes the developed countries in the world compete for a layout in the development of the new generation of fiber industry. Driven by the increasing call for sustainable development and the urgent need for new development opportunities, speeding up technological innovation and fashion transformation has become an inevitable move for China's fiber industry to seize the commanding heights of future economic and industrial competition.

On the occasion of the 8th Jiangsu (Shengze) Textile Expo and the 21st China Shengze silk tourism and Culture Festival, on October 29, 2020 international advanced functional fiber fashion sustainable Summit Forum was opened in Shengze Town, Wujiang District, Suzhou City, which is "ancient Silk Town, famous textile city and fashion city". With the theme of "new vitality, new power and new potential" and the keynote of "international, forward-looking, oriented and fashionable", the conference invited industry people to talk about the innovation of functional fiber and imagine the development prospect of fiber.

Sun Ruizhe, chairman of the International Federation of textile manufacturers and President of China Textile Industry Federation; Zhu Meifang, academician of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dean of School of material science and engineering, Donghua University, director of State Key Laboratory of fiber material modification and professor of Donghua University; Zhang Wei, deputy director of China Textile information center and Chief Strategic Officer of WGSN; productivity promotion of China Textile Industry Federation Li Bo, deputy director of the promotion department, Wang Yibing, member of the Standing Committee of the Wujiang District Committee, Secretary of the Party Working Committee of the Wujiang high tech Zone, Secretary of the Shengze Town Party committee and Secretary of the Party Working Committee of the China Oriental silk market, Zhang Jianhua, deputy director of the Management Committee of the Wujiang high tech Zone, deputy secretary of the Shengze Town Party committee and director of the China Oriental Silk Market Management Committee, attended the summit forum.

　　 Developing new machine from the source of fiber

Secretary Wang Yibing delivered a speech at the meeting. He pointed out that as a high-energy industrial base of the Yangtze River Delta ecological and green integration development demonstration zone, Shengze aims to create the source of functional fiber innovation in the Yangtze River Delta, adheres to cultivating new opportunities and opening up a new situation from the source of fibers, relying on the carriers such as Wujiang high tech zone and G60 science and technology corridor, and takes the lead in exploring a new pattern of innovative fashion development with the industrial ecosystem and innovation ecological chain as the core A complete textile industry chain "from a drop of oil to a piece of cloth" has formed a development trend of 100 billion level industry, 100 billion level enterprises and 100 billion level market. It has cultivated an innovative enterprise cluster with two world top 500 enterprises as leading enterprises, leading enterprises leading, and small and medium-sized enterprises developing with "specialty, specialty and innovation". He also pointed out that relying on the R & D platforms such as the national advanced functional fiber innovation center, Shengze has built an innovative R & D base dominated by functional fiber materials, and has gained a strong leading edge in the fields of renewable fiber and super fine denier. At the same time, relying on the continuous improvement of innovation and fashion development system, we will strive to create a "rainforest style" innovative ecology and a model of sustainable fashion development.

Mr. Sun Ruizhe said that the breakthrough of fiber design and technology is the precursor of innovation and technology. In the face of uncertainty, the industry should start from the global development, the whole industry chain cooperation and the whole life cycle innovation, and take the fiber technology as the traction to accelerate the formation of systematic innovation ecology. First, focus on cutting-edge technologies to create a leading force for industrial innovation. Strengthen the forward-looking basic research in the field of fiber materials, solve the technical and scientific problems behind various industrial bottlenecks from the source, and accelerate the fusion of material innovation, manufacturing technology and digital technology. The second is to focus on the implementation of technology to create the traction force of industrial innovation. Adhere to demand-oriented technological innovation, create innovative application ecology from fiber to terminal products, constantly enrich application scenarios, explore new "national system", and give full play to the supporting role of industrial innovation platform. The third is to focus on global cooperation to create synergy in industrial innovation. Strengthen practical cooperation, actively integrate into the global innovation network, strengthen project cooperation and talent exchange in forward-looking and leading key technology fields, create an open new innovation system, and avoid duplication of construction and inefficient innovation.

　　 International perspective on fiber development trend

At the theme conference, Christian P Professor Zhu Meifang, academician of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dean of School of materials science and engineering, Donghua University, director of State Key Laboratory of fiber material modification, Professor of Donghua University, 2010 Nobel Prize winner in physics, academician of Royal Academy of Sciences, chief scientist of National Institute of graphene, Honorary Professor of University of Manchester and professor of National University of Singapore This paper discusses the innovative situation of graphene and its application in textile industry. Li Binhong, director of the National Textile Development Center, presided over the conference.

In the video speech "opportunities and challenges facing the global textile industry", Christian P. Schindler reviewed and summarized the global macro trade and trade development of the textile industry in the past 70 years, and analyzed the impact of the new epidemic on the textile machinery industry through the new textile machinery shipment data released by ITMF every year. "Most companies expect it will take four years to recover their losses this year, with turnover expected to be 18% higher in 2024 than in 2019." He said that in the context of the new crown epidemic, enterprises in various segments of the world's textile industry are aware of their heavy dependence on Chinese suppliers. When China's supply is cut off, many industries, such as the automobile industry and the textile industry, cannot normally produce. About 90% of the materials imported from the European Union, the United States and Japan come from China, which shows China's importance as a supplier of international trade products and raw materials Status. He pointed out that the iterative upgrading of consumption demand during the epidemic period put forward higher requirements for the speed of listing of manufacturers and the development mode of supply chain. He also said that the demand for sustainable products and functional products will continue to increase in the future, which requires the joint efforts of textile enterprises or other industries (such as chemical industry) to jointly create new products.

In his speech "advanced functional fiber materials", academician Zhu Meifang introduced the development and innovation of advanced functional fibers with the research cases of PEP, graphene and hydrogel. In the report, she shared her research ideas and achievements in the preparation and application of antibacterial and flame-retardant functional fiber materials, and pointed out that the preparation of functional fibers by using hydrogels has a good development prospect and application effect. She pointed out that safety protection textiles are the biggest market hot spot at present. In the future, the application of new fiber materials in heat and moisture transfer, health monitoring, information dissemination and energy management will continue to expand. She believes that the future of fiber research is unlimited. Functional fiber is a broad road from design, device composition to system integration. Starting from the basic science of chemistry and physics, fibers in the future can integrate many functions, which have the characteristics of intelligence, super performance, green, permeability, subversion and revolution. "We believe that fiber will change the industrial ecology and technological innovation in the future.

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Professor Konstantin Novoselov introduced the performance characteristics, preparation methods and application examples of graphene in flexible electronics and intelligent textiles based on his research results and experience in the past years in the video lecture "Application of graphene in intelligent textiles". He said that graphene has good electrical and thermal conductivity, and can be prepared into composite materials, thin films, flexible electronic materials, etc., and has a wide application prospect in the fields of energy, biology, transportation and sports. In the field of textile, either the reduced graphene oxide solution can be used to modify the fiber, or the fabric can be coated directly. He pointed out that at present, graphene materials have been applied to sensors, wearable batteries and rfid antennas of intelligent textile products, and the relevant demand will be further increased in the future, but the relevant formula needs to be upgraded simultaneously. Any new application needs to study how to modify graphene and how to make it meet the functional application.

　　 Prospect of innovative path of advanced functional fiber

At the Forum on innovative application of advanced functional fibers, experts discussed the application of fiber materials in the field of clothing and industrial use, and the development trend of smart fibers and sustainable development materials. Qi Mei, director of fashion Intelligence Department of China Textile Information Center, presided over the forum.

Zhao Yongxia, deputy editor in chief of textile guide, introduced the application progress of high-tech fibers in industrial textiles, taking medical textiles, safety protection textiles and aerospace textiles as examples. She pointed out that in recent years, industrial textiles characterized by high technology content, high added value and wide application fields are becoming the "new driving force" of industry development, and they are playing an increasingly important role in many national economy related industries such as medical and health care, filtration, geotechnical construction, safety protection, aviation and aerospace. As the source and key link of leading the whole industry chain innovation, the collaborative development of fiber material innovation and industrialization technology has brought new inspiration and various possibilities for the progress and breakthrough in the field of industrial textiles, which has become a research hotspot in the textile industry at home and abroad. Functional strengthening, professional subdivision and intellectualization are the direction of industrial fiber material industry.

Wang Hongzhi, vice president of the Research Institute of Donghua University, said in the report "development and Prospect of intelligent fibers and intelligent fabrics" that in recent years, China's intelligent fiber and fabric market scale has been expanding, but the current intelligent fiber and fabric products are still mainly based on the attachment of intelligent electronic devices to the fabric or embedded in the fabric, and China's intelligent fiber and fabric urgently need to be intelligent to human clothing Mutual transformation. He also summarized the existing technology and frontier development of 10 kinds of fiber fabrics, including conductive fiber fabric, sensing fiber fabric, heat management fabric, color changing fiber fabric, deformation fiber fabric, luminous fiber fabric, power generation fiber fabric, energy storage fiber fabric, brain machine interface fiber, and intelligent clothing integration. He said that the application fields of smart fiber fabrics in the future will be more extensive, including national defense and military industry, aerospace, information and communication, smart home, fashion and entertainment, sports competition, smart city, medical care and so on. "The lack of logic feedback function, the lack of integration and systematization, the lack of integration with algorithm, and the lack of core upstream materials are still practical problems faced by smart fiber fabrics." He said.

Zhang Wei, deputy director of China Textile Information Center and Chief Strategic Officer of WGSN China, interpreted the development trend of sustainable materials from four dimensions of green, environmental protection, recovery and regeneration, and introduced the seven driving factors of 2022 from WGSN research, including fear, localization, climate urgency, age equality, global power transfer, welfare de growth and new migration mode. She pointed out that the promotion of local materials, the rise of pure materials, recycling and reuse, Anthropocene materials and next-generation biotechnology are the five major trends to promote the development of sustainable materials. Under this trend, enterprises should convey a clear attitude to consumers and immediately take actions conducive to sustainable development; based on the local situation, re-examine the local system, use local talents, knowledge, materials, etc., and cooperate with local suppliers and manufacturers to create opportunities at the local level; Improve the transparency of the supply chain, ensure that consumers know that the enterprise does not have adverse effects such as bad operation; cooperate with leading brands in the industry and interdisciplinary frontier institutions such as biological laboratories to invest in environmental protection packaging, waste management, 3D printing, laboratory training, etc.

Liu Rui, manager of clothing R & D Department of Li Ning (China) Sporting Goods Co., Ltd., shared the application of advanced functional fiber in sports brand clothing by taking Li Ning's product development as an example. First of all, he introduced the application of cool, warm, one-way moisture conduction, wind and water-proof functional fibers and fabrics in sports products, and compared the function and efficacy of related products. Secondly, he pointed out that under the circumstances of serious environmental pollution and increasing environmental pressure, the application of biodegradable fiber materials such as cotton, hemp, wool and silk in sports products has increased. Finally, he said, with the improvement of people's requirements for comfort, all in one products are becoming more and more popular in the field of sports. "Li Ning's choice of clothing materials is, first, from the perspective of function, considering the comfort and protection of sports, so as to improve sports performance. The other is to choose the material with visual appearance change from the perspective of fashion. The third is to choose renewable materials and environmental protection materials from the perspective of environmental protection. " Liu Rui said.

Li Li Li, associate professor of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, shared her research project on far infrared functional fibers. She pointed out that with the development of medical and sports fields, the demand for far-infrared functional fibers will continue to grow. Based on the Kansei engineering research method of Japan, this project develops far-infrared functional fiber in a green and environment-friendly way without adding. The fiber has excellent physical properties and good far-infrared effect, and has a good application prospect in bedding and sports goods. In addition, she said that the next step will actively cooperate with downstream development to promote the commercialization of the fiber and related products.

In the afternoon of the same day, the "cure optimism" Tiansi TM brand fiber trend forum was held, and the cure trend in the epidemic era was the core concept. The innovative application of tencetm brand fiber dimension was discussed from the aspects of fashion trend, product analysis, yarn innovation, fabric innovation, printing and dyeing innovation, and clothing innovation. Chen Baojian, chief engineer of national textile product development center, presided over the forum. Expert representatives from China Textile Information Center, Lanjing group, Tianhong Textile Group, Suzhou jinkeda Textile Technology Co., Ltd., Sanyuan Group and Nippon Fashion Group Co., Ltd. shared the theme. In addition, the "sustainable fashion" and "natural fiber" are also displayed in the exhibition hall.

Based on the outstanding innovation ability and manufacturing advantages of Shengze textile industry, the forum also set up a platform for the display and exchange of innovative achievements and applications of advanced functional fibers, namely, functional fiber corridor, Shandong Ruyi, Bailong Oriental, Jiangsu Xiake, Changle Hengshen, nanjinghesu, Haixing Kaisheng, Xinhui Meida, Shanghai defulun, Huafu fashion and Xuzhou Silke 1 Characteristic products of 0 famous functional fiber yarn enterprises.

In addition, as an important activity of the 8th Jiangsu (Shengze) Textile Expo, the "Fabrics China" organized by China Textile Information Center and national textile product development center "Space innovation exhibition space of fashion trend of Chinese textile fabrics" is presented in the exhibition area of green and sustainable products, scientific and technological innovation clothing display and fashion showroom business docking. The green and sustainable product release area shows the "fashion trend of China's textile fabrics in autumn and winter 2021 / 22" in the form of fabric static exhibition; the exhibition area of scientific and technological innovation clothing presents for the first time 30 fashionable scientific and technological products that have won the "top ten categories of Textile Innovative products of 2020" in the form of "fashion and creativity exhibition area", "science and technology function exhibition area" and "ecological environment protection exhibition area"; Fashion show room is a collection of 11 well-known independent designers, including Yan Ming, Roger, Yu Rendong, Zhao Xiaoxu, ousai, Shang Wenyu, Li Huishan, Zhang Kening, Liu Yusong, Liu Mo and Wang Haiyang. Fabrics China space not only brings the latest sustainable fashion trend information, textile technology innovation products, original design products by fashion designers, but also conveys the product development direction and fashion trend. On the opening day of Shengze Textile Expo, the launching ceremony of "2021 China eco environmental protection fabric design competition" was also held.

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