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UK based Wykes International Ltd has launched two brand new yarn developments for stretch knitwear; an ‘invisible' low power plating yarn and a new combining process for producing composite stretch yarns. No more dye to match BILOREX 7338 is a new ultra low power plating support yarn, which has been developed to give shape retention and a soft hand to very sheer fabrics. "As the yarn is only 30 Denier in count
30th June 2011
Knitting Industry
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Leicester
UK based Wykes International Ltd has launched two brand new yarn developments for stretch knitwear; an ‘invisible' low power plating yarn and a new combining process for producing composite stretch yarns.
BILOREX 7338 is a new ultra low power plating support yarn, which has been developed to give shape retention and a soft hand to very sheer fabrics.
"As the yarn is only 30 Denier in count it is invisible in use and precludes the need for dye to match for most of the shade range," says Wykes International's Sales Director Mick Siddons.
Advantages cited for BILOREX 7338 are:
Other Bilorex products available from Wykes International are:
SPINAREX is a newly patented production method making stretch knitting yarns that produce fabrics with the same technical properties as fabrics plated with Bilorex 7338. SPINAREX yarns are currently commercially available in cotton and blends from Texwinka -Nice Dyeing and merino and merino technical blends from Sudwolle and Biella yarns.
"Knitting machine speeds can be raised by up to 40% when producing seamless knitwear. SPINAREX opens up new markets for stretch knitwear in jacquard and intarsia patters," explains Mick Siddons.
Advantages cited for SPINAREX yarns are:
"BILOREX yarns and the new SPINAREX process have removed the need for face and plating yarns to be dyed separately, significantly reducing the amounts of water and energy used and the inevitable waste from residual yarn imbalances," adds Mick Siddons adding:
"These two new developments which are already in the market with some of our customers are very exciting developments and we look forward to a new era in the development of stretch knitwear."
Wykes International Ltd
434 Thurmaston Boulevard, Leicester, LE4 9LD, United Kingdom
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Email: [email protected]
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