Spinexpo will be held in France from January 16 to 17, 2019. This is a trade fair dedicated to promoting innovation in the yarn, fiber and knitwear industry. It will present a preview of its collections and color ranges for the spring/summer 2020 season.
Spinexpo is the go-to venue for all fiber and textile yarn users and buyers of flat knit garments. The event brings together a selection of the industry’s key textile groups and is aimed at knitters, weavers, lingerie manufacturers and ready-to-wear brands and fashion houses with their own knitwear departments.
The fair will highlight sustainable developments. Shilead, a spinner, has made major investments that have helped to considerably reduce the contamination of the company’s dyeing process. Shilead reuses 60 per cent of the volume of its waste water. With organic cotton, recycled fibers and cationic modifications, recycled yarns have an important place in Shilead’s collections and are used to create innovative and varied fantasy yarns. And it has taken things a step further with the arrival of a recycled nylon thread that gives these products a much more modern twist.
Shilead is introducing Sorona and graphene fibers, which give the yarns a functionality while protecting the environment. Sorona is a corn-derived fiber that provides an alternative to oil, while at the same time protecting the textile’s appearance. Graphene provides heat insulation against infrared rays and has multiple properties: it is antibacterial, anti-ultraviolet and antistatic.
