Dissecting the Textile Industry: Analyzing Key Links and Sharing Strategies to Reduce Textile Costs

 

The textile, textile product, and garment manufacturing industries comprise businesses that process fibers into fabrics and fabrics into clothing and other textile products. Enterprises in the textile industry produce a wide range of goods, some of which are sold to consumers, while others are sold as inputs for producing other products. Natural and synthetic fibers are used in the production of yarns and threads, which can be woven, knitted, pressed, or otherwise bonded into fabrics, ropes, cords, and twines. Coatings and finishing agents are applied to fabrics to enhance decorative patterns woven into the fabric or to make the fabric more durable, stain-resistant, or endowed with other characteristics. Fabrics are used in the manufacture of many products, including sunshades, tents, carpets, and rugs, as well as various linen goods such as curtains, tablecloths, towels, and bed sheets. However, the primary use of fabrics is to make clothing. Institutions in the garment manufacturing industry produce many knitted garment products, such as socks, shirts, sweaters, and underwear. They also produce many woven garments such as dresses, suits, shirts, and trousers.

The textile industry mainly encompasses 3 separate industries - textile mills, textile product factory, and garment manufacturing.

1. Textile Mills

Textile mills provide raw materials for the production of clothing and textile products. They use natural and synthetic materials such as cotton and polyester, and transform them into fibers, yarns, and threads. Yarns are fiber bundles that are prepared for weaving, knitting, or interlacing in other ways to form textile fabrics. They form the basis of most textile production and are typically made from cotton, wool, or synthetic fibers such as polyester. Yarns can also be made from strips of plastic, paper, or metal. To produce short staple yarns, natural fibers such as cotton and wool must first be processed to remove impurities and give the product the desired texture, durability, and other characteristics. After this initial cleaning stage, fibers are spun into yarns.

Textile mills then continue to produce fabrics through weaving and knitting. Workers in weaving mills use complex automated looms to turn yarns into fabric. The looms interlace two yarns at right angles to each other to form the fabric. Knitting mills use automated machines to produce interlocking loop fabrics of one or more yarns.

At any point in the production process, the fabric may undergo some processes called finishing. These processes - including dyeing, bleaching, and stone-washing - can be carried out by textile mills or separate finishing mills. Finishing involves chemical or mechanical treatment of fibers, yarns, or fabrics to improve appearance, texture, or performance.

2. Textile Products Factory

The textile product factory converts raw textile materials into finished goods other than clothing. Some products produced by this sector include home goods such as carpets and rugs, towels, curtains and sheets, ropes and twines, furniture and automotive interiors, as well as industrial belts and fire hoses. Due to the complexity of the process of converting raw fibers into textile products, most textile factories specialize in this area.

3. Garment Manufacturing

The textile manufacturer for clothing is the fabric manufacturer that converts to the clothing and accessory manufacturing industry. The clothing industry has traditionally been composed of production workers who perform cutting and sewing functions on assembly lines. Although technology and workplace practices have advanced, the industry remains labor-intensive. The industry is increasingly outsourcing production work to suppliers in countries with lower labor costs.

In various aspects of textile production, post-processing, warehousing and transportation processes require manual management and operation due to high requirements for quality, speed, and efficiency, and are the most labor-intensive and costly. Especially for warehousing and transportation management, a large amount of manual labor is required. SUNTECH warp beam lift trolley help operators achieve fast and intelligent handling, reduce handling times and physical exertion, thus saving labor and costs, significantly improving production efficiency, and solving the most challenging warehousing and transportation problems.