Recently, Japanese Trade Giant Itozhong Commercial Corporation, Zipper Yak Ykk, Italy company Ykk Italy Spa, and Italy nylon yarn manufacturer Aquafil, which has patented Econyl regenerated nylon yarn, will jointly develop regenerated zipper, regenerative buttons, etc. Hardware accessories products.
Based on YKK-based environmental product series Natulon, add Aquafil's Econyl regeneration nylon yarn, which creates Natulon Made with ECONYL, will be sold in Europe in the Spring 2023 and in Europe.
Iozhong pointed out that in the context of global environmental awareness, although the fashion industry continued to heat up for environmentally friendly materials, the existing stylish products used a variety of raw materials, and it is necessary to separate from recycling and use high difficulty. This is also the challenge facing the entire industry. "This is also why there are many products that are now recycled, using a single raw material from the beginning. This trend in the fashion industry is also more obvious, in order to be able to unify the raw materials such as zip, buttons and other parts, our three companies Decisive, decided to jointly develop regeneration nylon that can be used to produce zip, buttons, etc.
Ito Zhong's business will be committed to stably supplying Econyl regeneration nylon yarn for YKK, and promoting products and recycling nylon waste to expand nylon recycling business. In February 2021, Iozhong Commercial Company has cooperated with Aquafil to jointly promote the growth of nylon recycling and expansion, expand the sales scale of waste nylon recycling and its finished products, and the development of new products.
Aquafil spent 4 years, investing more than 2 million euros, developed Econyl regeneration nylon yarn. This new yarn passes the LEED certification (leading energy and environmental certification), the raw material comes from waste fishery, fabric waste, carpet flooring and industrial plastics and other waste plastics, and production Derivatives produced during nylon fibers. Currently, ECONYL is the only fiber that completely uses recycled plastic materials in the world.
In the future, Iozhong Group will work with existing networks to further promote the recycling of Nylon in the world, and the sales and development of environmentally friendly plastics for fashion, carpets, automotive parts, packages, fishery materials. In addition, in order to further accelerate the recovery of the waste nylon generated in the supply chain in the existing transaction, the "single materialization" initiative to reuse the premise manufacturing product is intended to build a sustainable nylon recycling program for the whole society.
In addition, Iozhong Commercial Corporation is one of the core principles in the "Brand New DEAL 2023" in which "Strengthening the Sustainable Development Goals" is listed as one of the core principles. In the future, the future will further expand nylon recycling and re-use business. Continuous circulation society contributes.
YKK also issued "YKK Sustainable Vision 2050" in 2020, hoping to achieve zero carbon emissions by 2050. Previously, YKK launched the Natulon Ocean Sourced zipper with marine plastic.
About Itozhong business
Itaozhong Commercial Co., Ltd. has begun from 1858, the first generation of Iozhong Wan, who is in linen business, until 2018, in fiber, machinery, metal, energy, chemicals, grain and oil food, living materials, residence, information communications, finance and other fields. Engaged in domestic trade, import and export trade, tripartite trade, and domestic and foreign trade investment. In August 2021, Iozhong Commercial Add to Japan's Japanese Sustainable Fashion Alliance established by Japan, in order to promote the sustainable development of the Japanese fashion industry.
About Aquafil
Founded in 1969, Aquafil is one of the most important nylon producers in Italy and the world. It is distributed in Italy, Germany, Scotland, Slovenia, Croatia, the United States, Thailand and China. Total exceeds 2,800. Econyl is Aquafil's patented regenerative nylon yarn, recovered from landfill and marine garbage, and its raw materials include fishing nets, fabric waste, carpet floors and industrial plastics.
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