Bamboo Apparel Materials to be Developed by Changzhou National ...

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Bamboo Apparel Materials to be Developed by Changzhou NationalHi-Tech District

CHANGZHOU, China, Aug. 12 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- Changzhou XinhaoPrinting & Dyeing Co., Ltd announced an agreement with DonghuaUniversity to co-establish the Xinhao Research & DevelopmentCenter for Printing & Dyeing under the Modern Textile Academy,Donghua University. The agreement is signed within the ChangzhouNational Hi-Tech District. Both sides have agreed to join hands inthe development of materials originated from bamboo, which isconsidered as a brand new apparel material and is expected toextend the existing fabric options beyond linen, silk, cotton andchemical fibers.
Donghua University is a national key university founded on thebasis of China Textile University, with strength in both textilescience and engineering and is evaluated as first class and keysubjects at China's national level. The University also has themost advanced laboratory of fiber property enhancement in China.According to Jiang Zhuoqing, General Manager of Xinhao Printing& Dyeing Co., Ltd, after the establishment of Xinhao R&DCenter, a research team will be organized with R&D staff sentfrom both sides to develop the bamboo pulp fiber dyeing techniques.This project, to be funded by the Science Support Program of theMinistry of Science and Technology, aims to make use of China'sabundant bamboo resources to produce apparels which are bothcost-efficient and anti-bacteria. With textile manufacturersstruggling to cope with recent pressures such as RMB appreciation,rising labor cost, export rebate rate decrease, and sub-primecrisis, this new product has braved the difficulty and developednew business opportunities. Relying on the strong technicalbackground of Donghua University, the new cooperation plans tofurther co-found a R&D experimental base and solve suchproblems as finishing processing and manufacturing procedures, soas to achieve a win-win situation. As introduced by the focal pointof Donghua University, the University will adhere to the principlesof well combining production, academic work and research efforts,so as to boost national science progress, economic development andsocial advancement. Changzhou National Hi-Tech District
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