Recently, China International Television, a subsidiary of China Central Radio and Television Station, launched a special documentary to introduce the process and results of the Shenghong Holding Group's research and development and production in to green low-carbon fiber. The documentary was broadcast on China International Television, as well as Hamburg TV and the Baden-Württemberg Family Channel in Germany.
Mei Feng, chairman of the National Advanced Functional Fiber Innovation Center, said: "We have always had the idea of ??using carbon dioxide to make fibers, but the path is long and the challenges are huge. At the beginning, we reused mineral water bottles and processed them into fibers. Only on this basis did we have the confidence to challenge more difficult recycling technologies."
In 2018, the Shenghong Holding Group built the world's first regenerated fiber production line that goes from bottle flakes to spinning. Its current production capacity is as much as 600,000 tonnes/year, and about 36 billion waste plastic bottles can be recycled every year. In 2024, Shenghong built the world's first carbon dioxide-based polyester fiber industry chain and launched "Reocoer Carbon Capture Fiber".
First, carbon dioxide must be captured, liquefied and purified, and then made into methanol, ethylene glycol, polyester fiber step by step, and finally into textiles." Mei Feng said that the source of carbon dioxide is Shenghong's own petrochemical plant, which is digested and utilized locally in the park, forming a closed loop of carbon.
After the carbon capture fiber fabric was put into production, it was welcomed by domestic and foreign ready-to-wear brands. "We have a foreign customer who described carbon capture fiber as 'amazing' the first time they saw it and found it incredible. Carbon capture series products have been put on the shelves in Japan, Europe, the United States and other regions and countries." said Liu Fei, brand strategy manager of Shenghong Chemical Fiber New Materials Co., Ltd.
Shenghong has developed different functional carbon capture fibers for different application scenarios. For consumers, wearing clothing made of carbon capture fibers contributes to green and low carbon. It is estimated that for every tonne of carbon capture fiber produced, 364 kilograms of carbon dioxide can be directly utilized. The consumption of one carbon capture fiber T-shirt reduces carbon emissions equivalent to the amount absorbed by two trees in one day.
China's textile industry does not simply win based on quantity, but leads the industry through continuous technological innovation to push the industry forward on the path of green, low-carbon, and sustainable development. There must be more breakthroughs waiting for us to try." Mei Feng said.
