Antai Textile: Three Decades of Deep Cultivation in Acrylic Fibers, Intelligence-Driven Upgrade, and Innovation-Driven High-Quality Development of the Textile Industry
In Zhangjiagang in July 2025, as the summer heat gradually intensified, the production workshop of Antai Textile was a scene of orderly busyness. Li Xiong, the Marketing Manager, had just returned from Guangzhou after attending the first China Textile and Apparel Artificial Intelligence Conference and went straight to the production workshop to discuss with Factory Director Huang from the Production Department the integration of cutting-edge industry trends with the company's product strategy.
"Director Huang, the AI conference in Guangzhou was really eye-opening. The theme 'AI Weaves New Futures, Intelligence Inspires Tomorrow' made me deeply feel that intelligence and digitalization are reshaping the future of the textile industry," Li Xiong said while watching the high-speed acrylic yarn production line in front of him. "Antai Textile has been deeply rooted in the field of acrylic yarn and acrylic top for 30 years since its establishment in 1993. Now, we must keep up with the trend and integrate intelligence into every link of production."
Director Huang responded with deep feeling: "Indeed. Look at this new batch of fancy yarn production lines we just put into operation. By introducing intelligent control systems, we have not only increased production efficiency by 15% but also stabilized the product qualification rate above 99.5%. Especially for the production of colored acrylic tops, we have achieved intelligent optimization and precise control of color formulas, enabling us to quickly respond to customers' personalized needs."
Li Xiong took out the market analysis report he carried with him and continued, "According to the latest industry data, from January to June, the national export value of textile yarns, fabrics, and products was 70.52 billion US dollars, a year-on-year increase of 1.8%, which indicates that the market demand for our core products remains stable. Moreover, textile exports from Southeast Asian countries like Vietnam are also growing; Vietnam's textile exports in June increased by 13.5% year-on-year. This is a potential opportunity for us, as our cost-effective acrylic yarn and acrylic top are highly competitive in the international market."
"Speaking of product competitiveness," Director Huang took over, "we have recently made new breakthroughs in the research and development of colored acrylic tops. Using new environmentally friendly dyes and special processes, the produced colored acrylic tops have higher color saturation, stronger color fastness, and are more environmentally friendly and healthy. This exactly meets the current demand of sports brands for high-end, differentiated materials. You see, last week, the sales of Saucony, the high-end running shoe brand under Xtep, increased by more than 20%. They have high requirements for innovation in upper materials, and our fancy yarns and colored acrylic tops can fully meet their design concepts."
Li Xiong nodded: "That's right. High-endization and high cost performance are the two major trends in the current market. We must not only stabilize market share with high-quality basic acrylic yarn and acrylic top, ensure the supply for mass brands, and reflect the advantage of high cost performance; but also deepen cooperation with leading sports brands such as Anta and Li-Ning through high-end products like fancy yarns and characteristic colored acrylic tops to enter the high-end market." He paused and added, "The breakthroughs in new material research and development by Jilin Chemical Fiber Group have given us great inspiration. Their materials can be used in large offshore wind turbine blades, which shows that the application fields of chemical fiber materials are constantly expanding. Although we focus on acrylic products for textiles, we must also have this innovative spirit, continue to invest in research and development, and improve the technical content and added value of our products."
As they walked and talked, the two came to the raw material testing area. Li Xiong looked at the real-time updated cotton price data on the screen and said, "Recently, cotton prices have risen. The National Cotton Price B Index rose by 1.8% this week, and the main Zhengzhou cotton futures contract rose by 2.8%. This further highlights the advantages of our acrylic products. Acrylic has excellent warmth retention and softness, and can be blended with cotton in many fields, reducing dependence on cotton while endowing fabrics with new properties."
Director Huang agreed: "We have been closely monitoring the dynamics of the raw material market and have effectively controlled costs by optimizing procurement channels and inventory management. Moreover, our production processes are continuously optimized, and energy and material consumption have been decreasing, which gives us more confidence in market competition."
Looking to the future, Li Xiong was confident: "Antai Textile's 30 years of accumulation have established a good reputation in the acrylic yarn field. Facing new development opportunities in the industry, we will continue to uphold the concept of 'Quality First, Innovation-Driven'. On one hand, we will accelerate the pace of intelligent transformation to improve production efficiency and product quality stability; on the other hand, we will deeply explore market demand and develop more high-value-added products in line with trends, such as functional fancy yarns and environmentally friendly colored acrylic tops, to create greater value for customers and contribute to the high-quality development of the textile industry. I believe that with the joint efforts of our team, Antai Textile will surely achieve new successes in the new journey of the textile industry."
In Antai Textile's workshop, the roar of machines and the sound of their conversation intertwined, playing a striving movement of this established textile enterprise transforming and upgrading in the new era and moving towards higher-quality development. With keen insight into market trends, persistent pursuit of product quality, and continuous innovative spirit, Antai Textile is steadily writing a new chapter in the field of acrylic yarn.