The shift towards casual and laid back styles is more than a passing trend. In recent years, we’ve been seeing an uptick in demand, with many consumers opting for comfortable and easy-care fabrics that retain their bright colors over time.
Cotton and polyester cotton knits are often popular choices to meet this demand. Cotton combines comfort and style, while polyester cotton offers a powerful blend of both fibers and a balanced combination of durability, comfort, and affordability. But shape stability, process reliability and high resource consumption are common challenges faced when processing these fiber types.
Cotton knits offer high performance technologies that support compliance with existing or anticipated regulations around restricted /regulated substances while meeting different levels of economic and environmental sustainability targets.
Polyester cotton knits offer a balanced combination of durability, comfort, and affordability. These versatile fabrics find applications in various aspects of our daily lives, owing to their unique blend of properties derived from both polyester and cotton fibers. But they also typically require significant water, energy, dyes and chemicals for production.
Trousers can be worn as part of formal or casual attire, offering versatility in both men’s and women’s fashion. While style, fit and quality are the usual considerations when choosing trousers, sustainability is also a key factor for consumers today. Trousers that are more durable tend to last longer, reducing overall clothing waste and saving the consumers money in the long run.
We believe that we can reduce the environmental impact for the planet and people by improving resource savings in manufacturing and consumer use, adopting cleaner chemistries and enhancing durability of the finishing effects and color fastness.
Organized into four pillars -- Foundation, Foundation+, Impact and Impact+, the Impact Matrix addresses the key challenges facing the textile industry and guides you in making informed decisions about using cleaner chemistries, resource saving products or both.
With Super Systems+ for cotton knits we offer high performance technologies that support compliance with existing or anticipated regulations around restricted /regulated substances while meeting different levels of economic and environmental sustainability targets.
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