Teijin Frontier, the fibre product converting business of Japanese conglomerate Teijin Group, has developed a polyester fabric it claims looks and feels like fine silk and can be used in garments such as blouses.
Demand has been growing for materials made with natural fibres, the firm says, but those in which delicate fibre fluff is expressed, or fibrillated, on the surface of the fabric for smooth textures, similar to silk or cupro, can have problems with colourfastness.
In response, Teijin Frontier has developed processing technologies that produce a new stable, easy-care polyester fabric that boasts the soft texture and fine appearance of silk produced by wild silkworms.
This new material has a specially fabricated surface that is soft and glossy, holds bright colours, resists colour migration, shrinkage and shape loss by utilising polyester fibres, the firm says.
The company is targeting annual sales of 150,000m by the fiscal year ending in March 2022, and envisions various end-use applications such as blouses and outers from thin to medium thicknesses.
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