MIC as one of the global yarn market leaders has a special focus on Eco-Friendly products, please let us know more about your range of eco-friendly yarns
The first goal towards sustainability was scored in MIC back in 2008 when we developed and launch our BIO-COTTON, the first GOTS-certified cotton sewing thread, obtained from organic cultivations. Furthermore, MIC presented LEAF, a polyamide sewing thread, derived from a polymer with enhanced biodegradability developed by Solvay, which degrades in 5 years if disposed in land-fill in anaerobic conditions.
Recently we introduced our GRS line, a range of recycled polyester yarns obtained from post-consumer packaging materials, certified GRS 2019-210 by ICEA, an agency that verifies the traceability of recycled raw materials and processing along the entire supply chain.
Why our planet and future needs Eco-friendly yarns like biodegradable, organic and recycled? Why we should pay attention to sustainability?
As a member of a textile family group routed back at the earliest 1900, I fell to have a great chance, which I think none of my seniors ever had: veering the prow of our organization not only towards legitimate profit and sake of our group, stakeholders and customers but towards a goal that truly benefits everyone on this planet, first and foremost our children: the Sustainability of each of our acts.
And this is not just because more and more norms and regulations are making us commit to a more holistic approach, but mainly because it is our duty to find new solutions that preserve the life of man and the environment in the best possible way; this is why end customers, and above all the new generations, now demand it.
MIC offers more than 60 different yarn in 450 colours to the global textile market, could you please explain more about your R&D activities and latest innovations?
To research and develop new ways to achieve specific products and sustainable solutions for customers’ new needs and desires has become a priority for us for a long time.
We believe that quality and durability are drivers towards sustainability: consumers will always buy a product because they need and like it, but they increasingly will intend to use it for a long time, or for a longer time than the old items they used to buy. Long-lasting quality is a characteristic that has been partly forgotten and therefore guaranteeing it is not a goal sought after by all manufacturers, but this feature is re-emerging in the market.
Precisely for this reason, the customer’s attention will be directed not only to how a product is made, but more and more to the manufacturer, because buying a garment is like voting: is the maker an expert? Does he share my values? By buying this item, who am I supporting?
Being a manufacturer of sewing thread, and not a retailer for example, gives us these responsibilities and we are ready to fully meet them by continuing to research new raw materials, processes and solutions suitable for the market.
As a consequence, our R&D is constantly oriented to find the most reliable and professional solution in line with this fresh eco-sensitivity of the market: I’m speaking of solutions and not only products. We’ve recently renewed completely our most important department, the dye-house, according to more strict and higher standards in terms of resources’ consumptions on every level, from hydric to electric concern; we’ve installed since many years a solar-cell generator on the roof of our production headquarters in Verona, and just recently, thanks to the convinced initiative of our new CEO, we’ve embarked all our teams and staff, at every level, in a great challenge towards the Lean Management: isn’t it the best and more efficient way to optimize resources and energies?
Source: Kohan Textile Journal