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Martex Fiber can help lower material costs significantly
05 Mar '11
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Williamson says another growing trend is for “360 recycling” where manufacturers seek out companies like Martex Fiber to recycle their scraps, oftentimes getting the regenerated fiber back for their own application.
MFSC's Jimtex Yarn division utilizes the recycled cotton under the brand ECO2cotton to spin yarns which offer as much as 100% certified recycled content. Stefanie Zeldin, marketing director for Martex Fiber, points out that the high prices for yarn dyed cotton and cotton novelty yarns are motivating designers and brands to seek out less expensive and more environmentally-friendly alternatives: “Recycled cotton yarns, while offered in a specific color line and mostly the coarser counts, can provide an affordable alternative for many upholstery and apparel manufacturers.”
Adds Jarrett: “Designers may be eyeing the lower price of recycled cotton and fiber. But they're also getting the value-added benefit of tapping into the green story associated with materials that are re-engineered and use fewer resources. In these volatile times, that's a winning proposition that any brand—and its eco-conscious consumers, can appreciate.”
Martex fiber, the South Carolina based firm, with partner facilities in Central America, offers waste removal services for cut and sew operations as well as knitters, weavers, spinners, nonwoven manufacturers and fiber producers. As a global importer and exporter of textile waste grades and reprocessed fiber, Martex Fiber offers products which are suitable for yarn spinning, garneting, blowing, carding and air-lay operations, as well as serves many industries including papermaking, flocking and remelt operations.
Jimtex Yarns, based in Lincolnton, GA, supplies eco-friendly yarn that is created by blending pre-colored new recycled ECO2Cotton Fiber. The Yarns are offered in more than 50 stock colors, each with unique colorations due to a blend rather than dye process.
The SCS Recycled Content certification is designed to help manufacturers make credible claims about their products by increasing the use of recycled materials, which reduces solid waste and natural resource consumption.
MFSC's Jimtex Yarn division utilizes the recycled cotton under the brand ECO2cotton to spin yarns which offer as much as 100% certified recycled content. Stefanie Zeldin, marketing director for Martex Fiber, points out that the high prices for yarn dyed cotton and cotton novelty yarns are motivating designers and brands to seek out less expensive and more environmentally-friendly alternatives: “Recycled cotton yarns, while offered in a specific color line and mostly the coarser counts, can provide an affordable alternative for many upholstery and apparel manufacturers.”
Adds Jarrett: “Designers may be eyeing the lower price of recycled cotton and fiber. But they're also getting the value-added benefit of tapping into the green story associated with materials that are re-engineered and use fewer resources. In these volatile times, that's a winning proposition that any brand—and its eco-conscious consumers, can appreciate.”
Martex fiber, the South Carolina based firm, with partner facilities in Central America, offers waste removal services for cut and sew operations as well as knitters, weavers, spinners, nonwoven manufacturers and fiber producers. As a global importer and exporter of textile waste grades and reprocessed fiber, Martex Fiber offers products which are suitable for yarn spinning, garneting, blowing, carding and air-lay operations, as well as serves many industries including papermaking, flocking and remelt operations.
Jimtex Yarns, based in Lincolnton, GA, supplies eco-friendly yarn that is created by blending pre-colored new recycled ECO2Cotton Fiber. The Yarns are offered in more than 50 stock colors, each with unique colorations due to a blend rather than dye process.
The SCS Recycled Content certification is designed to help manufacturers make credible claims about their products by increasing the use of recycled materials, which reduces solid waste and natural resource consumption.
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