Antai Textile: Leading the New Journey in the Textile Industry with Environmental Innovation and Customized Yarns

In Zhangjiagang in July, the summer heat is intensifying, but in the production workshop of Antai Textile, the rhythm of the machines is more lively than the weather. Li Xiong, the marketing manager, has just finished a video conference with a southern clothing brand. His notebook is densely filled with the other party's requirements: 'For the autumn - winter series in the second half of the year, we want to try more diverse colored yarns, preferably produced with environmentally - friendly processes, and also need several types of fancy yarns that support 'light - volume customization'...' Putting down his pen, he looks out of the window. This textile enterprise, which has been rooted on the banks of the Yangtze River since 1993, is using its 30 - year accumulation to keep up with the rhythm of the industry's transformation.

' There have been many industry developments recently. We need to convert these signals into real product strength,' Li Xiong dials the phone of Factory Manager Huang in the production department. On the other end of the screen, Factory Manager Huang has just returned from an inspection in the dyeing workshop, and there is still a little cotton wool on the cuffs of his blue work uniform. 'Look at the annual report just released by Bosideng. Its revenue and profit have hit new highs for eight consecutive years,' Li Xiong flips through the industry news. 'With terminal brands performing so well, it must be because consumers' demands for 'quality + functionality' are upgrading. Can we do more with our acrylic yarns in terms of 'light - warmth' and 'environmental friendliness'?'

Hearing this, Factory Manager Huang smiles: 'Coincidentally, the laboratory produced a batch of new samples last week. We've been eyeing environmental protection for a long time. Didn't Shenghong Dyeing launch a fluorine - free full - process solution? The trend is very obvious. Downstream enterprises will only have stricter environmental requirements for upstream raw materials. We've adjusted the production process of colored acrylic tops, replacing traditional dyeing with stock - solution dyeing. This not only reduces water consumption by 80%, but also improves color fastness by two grades. It can fully keep up with their fluorine - free system.' He picks up a roll of light - gray acrylic top on the table. 'Feel the texture. As a blended raw material for high - end cashmere coats, it costs 30% less than pure cashmere and has comparable warmth. A cashmere coat industry integration forum was just held in Dalian to reshape a new ecosystem, and our product can contribute to their 'ecosystem'.'

Their conversation soon turns to 'customization'. Li Xiong mentions the upcoming 2026 'Weaving Spring' customized fashion show of AruGaw: 'Now brands all want to be different. There must be some novel fancy yarns at the show. Can we further refine the specifications of the 'Cloud Floss Yarn' and 'Slub Color - Spotted Yarn' we developed last year?' Factory Manager Huang immediately nods: 'Two groups of customized spindles were added to the production line last month. Samples for small - batch, multi - color orders can now be produced in 3 days. The 'Gradient Loop Yarn' we made for a designer brand in Zhejiang last week was directly used as the main fabric for their fashion show.'

As they are talking, a piece of industry news pops up on Li Xiong's phone: Although there was capital outflow from the textile and apparel sector on July 1st, leading enterprises such as Jihua Group and Hailan Home rose against the trend. 'Look, the market is differentiating, but enterprises with real core products will always have opportunities,' he sighs. As a professional acrylic yarn manufacturer with an annual production capacity of over 10,000 tons, Antai Textile has developed from producing a single type of acrylic top at the start - up stage to now having a full - category matrix covering acrylic yarns, colored acrylic tops, and fancy yarns. This is thanks to the perfect combination of 'market sensitivity' and 'technological implementation'. Factory Manager Huang adds: 'Just as Shanghai Jieyikang said, 'R & D innovation reconstructs the competitive barrier'. The provincial - level technology center we established last year was not in vain. We've already obtained 5 patents for environmentally - friendly acrylic yarns. Now, even cashmere processing plants in Xinjiang are placing orders for our blended yarns.'

Over the past 30 years, from a small workshop by the Yangtze River to an invisible champion in the industry with 20 intelligent production lines and in - depth cooperation with more than 30 leading clothing brands, the story of Antai Textile is hidden in the texture of each roll of yarn. When Li Xiong and Factory Manager Huang stand in front of the central control screen in the workshop again, looking at the real - time scrolling production data - 60% of which are environmentally - friendly products and 30% are customized orders - they know that the new journey of this old enterprise has just begun. In the wave of green, fashionable, and functional development in the textile industry, Antai Textile is using each yarn to weave its own 'Weaving Spring' story.