INVISTA Fibers (Foshan) Co to expand spandex capacity
19 Nov '07
3 min read
In addition to expanding capacity, INVISTA continues to extend its lead in environmental stewardship, geographic scope and innovation. The company is the only spandex producer with production in Asia, Europe, North America and South America.
Duncan said, "INVISTA has accelerated its investment in innovation, leading to an unmatched portfolio of powerful patents and trademarks such as XFIT LYCRA fabric, LYCRA FREEF!T fabric, freshFX fabric and COOLMAX fabric." Some of these products have just been introduced at the flagship INVISTA RendezVous trade show held two weeks ago in conjunction with InterTextile Shanghai exhibition and conference.
According to Strategic Insights 2007 Global Brand Tracking Study conducted with consumers in 15 countries, more than 60 per cent of consumers preferred fabrics containing LYCRA fiber to fabrics with generic spandex.
The company has been granted as many spandex/elastane related patents in the U.S. as all competitors combined. In the past five years, it has filed for five times more US patents than the next competitor and nearly two times than all other competitors combined.
"Our goal is to maintain our leadership position as the largest and most innovative spandex producer in the world," said Duncan.
INVISTA is firmly committed to the Asia market with the construction of an airbag fiber plant in Qingpu, Shanghai, a newly acquired nylon carpet fiber plant also in Qingpu, and a plan to build of a world-scale nylon 6,6 intermediates and polymer facility in Shanghai. The company has also just broken ground for a nitric acid plant at the Sakra site on Jurong Island in Singapore.
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