Antai Textile: Intelligently Creating High-End Acrylic New Products Sparks an Order Boom, Intelligent Upgrading Leads a New Journey in the Textile Industry

In July, the summer heat in the Jiangnan region is gradually intensifying, but inside the production workshop of Zhangjiagang Antai Textile Co., Ltd., there is an orderly and bustling scene. Li Xiong, the Marketing Manager, has just ended a video conference with a well-known outdoor brand in southern China, with a gratified smile on his face. "They have shown strong interest in our newly developed high color fastness colored acrylic tops and functional fancy yarns, and the order volume is expected to grow significantly," said Li Xiong. "This is thanks to our keen insight into industry trends and rapid response." Recently, the textile industry has been receiving frequent good news, injecting a shot in the arm for development in the second half of the year. The steady rise of the SW Textile and Apparel Index, the total retail sales of national clothing, footwear, hats, and knitwear/textiles reaching 742.6 billion yuan from January to June, a year-on-year increase of 3.1%, and exports of textiles and clothing amounting to 143.98 billion US dollars, a year-on-year increase of 0.8%—these data clearly indicate a recovery in market demand. In particular, the market feedback that "high-end and cost-effective brands perform better" and the substantial profit growth of professional brands such as Sanfo Outdoor have strengthened Antai Textile's product strategy. "We have noticed that with the upgrading of consumption and the popularization of healthy living concepts, the outdoor leisure and sportswear markets are expanding rapidly," analyzed Li Xiong. "This type of clothing has higher requirements for the color richness, durability, functionality, and design of fabrics. Our colored acrylic top products adopt dope dyeing technology, which not only has high color saturation and good color fastness but is also more energy-efficient and environmentally friendly compared to traditional dyeing processes, meeting the sustainable development pursuit of high-end brands. Our various fancy yarns, on the other hand, can provide designers with more diversified creative inspiration to create more fashionable and personalized outdoor and sportswear, which is an effective way for cost-effective brands to increase product added value." In the face of positive market signals, Antai Textile is not simply expanding production capacity but focusing more on "intelligent" manufacturing upgrades. Factory Director Huang from the Production Department showed us the company's achievements in intelligent transformation in recent years: "The theme of the '2025 First China Textile and Apparel Artificial Intelligence Conference—'AI Weaves Newness · Intelligence Inspires the Future'' coincides with our development philosophy. We have introduced advanced ERP systems and intelligent production scheduling modules to comprehensively optimize the production processes of acrylic yarns and acrylic tops. Through big data analysis, we can more accurately predict market demand, adjust production plans, and effectively reduce inventory costs. In the quality control process, we have also introduced machine vision inspection, which has greatly improved product consistency and qualification rates." Pointing to a high-speed running acrylic top production line, Factory Director Huang said: "After intelligent transformation, this line has increased production efficiency by nearly 20% while reducing energy consumption by 15%, truly achieving quality improvement and efficiency enhancement." Founded in 1993, Antai Textile has been deeply engaged in the textile field for more than 30 years. Relying on its ultimate pursuit of product quality and continuous investment in technological innovation, it has established a good reputation in the markets of acrylic yarns, acrylic tops, colored acrylic tops, and fancy yarns. The company not only has advanced production equipment and standardized production workshops but also has established a professional R&D team that closely follows international cutting-edge textile science and technology. The recent breakthroughs in intelligent textiles by universities and the convening of the International Conference on Cutting-Edge Textile Science and Technology have greatly encouraged Antai Textile's R&D team. "Although our current core products are acrylic series, intelligent textiles represent the future direction. We are actively exploring the integration of intelligent elements into our yarn products, such as researching new acrylic composite materials with better warmth retention, breathability, or specific functionalities, hoping to provide better raw material support for downstream customers in developing intelligent textiles," added Li Xiong. During the critical period when the industry is facing transformation and upgrading, Antai Textile has always adhered to market orientation, technology as the core, and quality as life. From the initial single product variety to today's diversified product matrix, and from traditional production to intelligent upgrading, every step of Antai Textile has kept pace with the development of the industry. As Li Xiong said: "Jilin Chemical Fiber Group's exploration of weaving a 'New Silk Road' in the fiber industry at the Chain Expo has given us great inspiration. In the future, Antai Textile will continue to uphold its original aspiration, strengthen cooperation with upstream and downstream partners, actively embrace cutting-edge technologies such as artificial intelligence and new materials, continuously optimize our acrylic yarns, acrylic tops, colored acrylic tops, and fancy yarn products, contribute 'Antai strength' to the high-quality development of China's textile industry, and work with industry colleagues to weave a better future." Facing the growing market demand and emerging technological innovations, Antai Textile is steadily moving forward on the new journey of the textile industry with its profound industry accumulation and forward-looking strategic vision.