As reported by Eco Textile News: Eco-fabrics featured at G8 summit
TOYAKO – [08.07.08] Heat resistant
PLA fabrics and recycled polyester textiles from Teijin Fibers have featured at
an eco fashion show as part of the G8 Hokkaido Toyako Summit of world leaders
currently taking place in Japan.
Teijin’s latest ‘Biofront’ fibre was
used in garments for the ‘Fashion for the Earth in Sapporo’ show, which took
place under the auspices of the sponsor organisation and as part of The
Environmental Exhibit of 2008 (sponsored by the G8 Hokkaido Toyako
Commemorative Summit in the Hokkaido Environmental Exhibition Organising
Committee).
All the garments worn at the show
were made primarily of ‘green materials’ which included women’s jackets made of
Teijin’s heat-resistant poly-lactic acid (PLA)-based fibre ‘Biofront’. Unlike
earlier versions of PLA fibre, this new polymer has pushed up the melting point
of ordinary PLA fibres to 210oC from 170oC, which has enabled high-temperature
and high-pressure dyeing along with moderate-temperature ironing of the
fabrics.
Previously it was virtually
impossible to iron garments at high temperatures made with PLA without
destroying the fibres. There were also issues surrounding the dyeing of deep
shade fabrics due to the limitations of PLA when it came to heat resistance
during dyeing.
Teijin says that Ms. Masako Oka,
chairman of the fashion show‘s executive committee, has been promoting the use
of the PLA heat-resistant materials at the event and has worked together with
Teijin’s ‘Sustainable Management’ team.
Meanwhile, the huge message flags used for the G8 Hokkaido Toyako Summit events at the Environmental Exhibit 2008 were made from Teijin’s ‘Eco Circle’ recycled polyester fibres which have been certified with an ‘Eco Mark’ seal of approval. This message flag uses roller-screen textile fabrics developed jointly by Teijin Fibers and Tachikawa Corporation. Copyright © 2008 Mowbray Communications Ltd
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