2019 TITAS Far Eastern New Century Corporation Exhibited Green Applications

        Taipei Innovative Textile Application Show (TITAS) was held in Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center from October 7th to 9th, gathering 423 manufacturers worldwide to exhibit innovative achievements in the textile industry. Taiwan Textile Federation Chairman Zhan Zhengtian, Vice-Chief of Ministry of Economic Affairs, Wang Meihua, Vice-Chief of Ministry of Culture, Li Lianquan, Far Eastern Group Chairman, Douglas Hsu, Formosa Plastic Group President, Wang Wenyuan, The International Textile Manufacturers Federation Chairman, Chen Qihe, President of the International Textile Federation, Taiwan baseball player, Chen Jinfeng and other guests were invited to take part in the opening ceremony. Douglas Hsu also personally introduced Far Eastern New Century Corporation's Green Environmental Protection Program and Innovative Research and Development Achievements to Vice-Chief Li Lianquan and Vice-Chief Wang Meihua.

        Far Eastern New Century Corporation has been deep ploughing green environmental protection program and made great achievements in the development of recycling technology and biomass materials in recent years. This year, Far Eastern New Century Corporation highlighted the advantages of "one-stop" technology, with "process map" at the entrance to show the whole picture of upstream, middle and downstream in addition to exhibiting the innovative technology. And exhibition areas were exhibited by different departments to show the advantages of their product.

        

        It is worth mentioning that with this TITAS, Far Eastern New Century Corporation has also announced the establishment of a new research unit-Innovation Direct to Market (IDM). It aims at integrating internal resources of the group, establishing technology platforms and docking brand-leading research and development. IDM has seven technology platforms, including: PET and PU polymerization technology, dye modification and synthesis technology, PET and PA blending technology, new yarn processing technology, fabric analysis and design technology, fabric coating and bonding technology, process agent design and synthesis technology. It will introduce new products with environmental protection characteristics, including water-saving, material recycling, non-toxic solvent-free process, reduced post-processing technology and use of biomass materials, which will be extended to various brands. And it is expected to become pioneers in green textile technology.

        

        When it comes to sustainable recycling products, we must not miss the "Ocean Recycling Yarn Project", which is popular all over the world. Far Eastern New Century Corporation, in exclusive cooperation with Adidas and NGO Parley for the Oceans, has intercepted more than 1,200 tons of marine waste plastics from 2016 to 2018. It is estimated that 1,800 tons of marine waste plastics will be reduced in 2019 and transformed into new products, such as: sneakers, jerseys, credit cards, shopping bags, thermos bottle sets and other unexpected household goods.

        In addition to informing visitors about the complete polyester industry chain layout of Far Eastern New Century Corporation, the exhibition area also exhibited related commodities in various fields such as For People, For Home, For Packaging, For Industries and Automobile to highlight the importance of textile technology in daily life and show the results of integration of respective business units. For example, there are many commodities of Far Eastern New Century Corporation in a car, including FENC Airlof Acoustic Insulation Fibers for wipers, packaging materials and fillers, and FENC BOMAX, staple fibers for cushions and fillers with adhesion at low temperatures. The polyester industrial yarn of industrial fiber group is an important material for making automobile airbag and seat belt. In addition, the FENC TOPGREEN Dope Dyed Filament launched by the Long Fiber Business Department has become the preferred choice for automobile seat covers because of its excellent sunlight resistance, color fastness to washing, environmental protection, energy saving and no waste water pollution. Many kinds of color yarn fabrics in the TITAS exhibition venue have been selected by TOYOTA automobile factory as the best-selling model.

        

        In the consumer area, there are many classic daily functional clothes, as well as sports jerseys of international contests, including the Jersey and warm-up jacket of the Golden State Warriors in the 2019 NBA, and the jersey of the British and Chinese teams in the 2019 Women's World Cup. With excellent fabrics technology, Taiwan shines in the world. #