Yarn production

The "Yarn production" product group includes the preparation and the production of:

  • filaments (from polyester PES and polyamide PA),
  • fibres and yarns of polyamide PA,
  • polyester PES,
  • polypropylene PP...,
  • yarns (pure and blended) of cotton, wool, linen...

Besides independent spinning mills, there are also a number of integrated spinning mills (which are part of a textile company group and in that context produce yarn for its own weaving mills).

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Yarns are an indispensable stage in the textile value chain. Specialism and sustainability are its strengths.

Group activities

  • Flax: follow-up activities in the flax value chain: promotion of flax, member of the European umbrella organisation Alliance for European Flax-Linen & Hemp, research projects via knowledge centres and universities, etc. ... ;
  • Cotton: statistics, defending interests through Eurocoton (European cotton umbrella organisation) and Euratex (European textile umbrella organisation). Circular economy initiatives: awareness-raising, participation in research projects and various sustainability and circularity initiatives, due diligence, sustainability reports, etc;
  • Extrusion: statistics, defending interests through Euratex (European textile umbrella organisation). Circular economy initiatives: awareness-raising, participation in research projects and various sustainability and circularity initiatives, due diligence, sustainability reports, etc;
  • Wool: monitoring of statistics.
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