{"id":2306,"date":"2025-05-13T15:42:06","date_gmt":"2025-05-13T13:42:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2025.monforts.de\/nicht-kategorisiert\/eight-out-of-ten-denim-mills-prefer-monforts\/"},"modified":"2025-07-10T08:17:58","modified_gmt":"2025-07-10T06:17:58","slug":"eight-out-of-ten-denim-mills-prefer-monforts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.monforts.de\/en\/news\/eight-out-of-ten-denim-mills-prefer-monforts\/","title":{"rendered":"Eight out of ten denim mills prefer Monforts"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Monforts denim customers were very much to the forefront at the latest Kingpins Amsterdam exhibition held from April 16-17 at the city\u2019s Sugar Factory.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s no accident, for example, that the advanced denims which have dominated the show\u2019s Most Sustainable Product (MSP) displays over the past four years are from mills employing resource-efficient Monforts technologies including MONTEX stenters, MONFORTEX Shrinking ranges, ECO LINE denim finishing systems and THERMEX dyeing ranges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMonforts MONTEX stenters are the industry standard in denim finishing and many of the over 900 Monforts THERMEX dyeing systems operational in the main textile producing countries are also devoted to this sector,\u201d says Monforts Head of Denim Hans Wroblowski. \u201cNew performance and lifestyle denims are achieving success on the market by exploiting multifunctional spray coating and thermo-stretch and skew technologies on our ranges for more efficient production and significant increases in energy savings.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While the Kingpins MSP is not a competition, these fabrics are singled out both for their thoughtful and eco-conscious construction and ease of converting into fully-fashioned denim jeans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Eight of the ten fabrics in the 2025 MSP showcase were manufactured by the Monforts companies Arvind (India), Diamond Corduroy (Pakistan), Isko (Turkey), Naveena Denim (NDL), Orta (Turkey), Saitex (Vietnam), Soorty (Pakistan) and Textil Santanderina (Spain).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stretch Yourself<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Seven of the world\u2019s most progressive denim mills \u2013 all of them Monforts customers \u2013 also provided the advanced denim fabrics for a design exploration project by 30 fashion students at the House of Denim Foundation\u2019s Jean School in Amsterdam \u2013 the first and only denim educational institution in the world \u2013 in cooperation with The Lycra Company.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This project resulted in the \u2018Stretch Yourself\u2019 exhibition at Kingpins 2025, with fabrics supplied by Turkish companies Bossa, Calik and Orta, Naveena and Soorty from Pakistan, DNM Denim in Egypt and China\u2019s Advance Denim.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhat excited me about this project was that we started with an educational segment on sustainability and innovation involving all the mills and kept it open for the students to design whatever they felt like,\u201d said Mariette Hoitink, co-founder of the House of Denim. \u201cThe mills provided the students with super special fabrics and the students worked day and night to come up with the final results and took a totally unexpected take on stretch denim.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cellulosics<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Cotton remains king in denim production, but Lenzing\u2019s Tencel and Ecovero cellulosic fibres are increasingly finding favour in denims for providing soft hand feel fabrics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In Amsterdam, Lenzing Hong Kong showcased its Application Innovation Collection 25 developed with mill partners including a variety of sustainable new styles from Monforts customers including Advance Denim, Naveena, Soorty, TCE Jeans (Vietnam) and US Denim Mills (Pakistan).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOur team continues to communicate with the industry \u2013 from supply chain partners to brands and designers \u2013 to exchange marketing information and participate in trend developments,\u201d said Dennis Hui, business development manager at Lenzing Hong Kong. \u201cThis latest collection is based on meeting demand from global brands with a variety of outfits with different wash effects.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sensitive fibres<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Monforts ECO LINE range concepts for denim enable the processing of high-quality and reproducible fabrics which are stretched and skewed far more gently than with conventional range combinations, which is advantageous in processing more sensitive fibres.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The \u2018double rubber\u2019 version of a Monforts Denim ranges comprises two compressive shrinkage units and two felt calenders in line, for super elastic and bi-elastic materials. Additionally, the combined drying, stretching and skewing functions for denim fabric are possible with the ThermoStretch unit, which can also include a Monforts EcoApplicator unit for the minimum application of necessary finishing chemicals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Econtrol\u00ae<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Monforts denim customers are also reaping the benefits of the Econtrol\u00ae* and Econtrol\u00ae* TC-A continuous process for the dyeing of woven cotton, cotton\/synthetics and cellulosic like Tencel fabrics in which reactive and other dyestuffs  are fixed into the fabric in a one-step dyeing and drying operation with a controlled combination of steam and air.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The entire pad-dry process takes just two-to-three minutes at a temperature of between 120-130\u00b0C and a relative humidity volume of 25-30%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMany of our denim customers are now using their existing Monforts technologies within integrated finishing mills to develop new in-house processes and further improve their ecological performance,\u201d observes Hans Wroblowski. \u201cWe continue to work closely with them on a variety of interesting new projects that eventually result in many of the forward looking denim jean styles that are to be found at successive Kingpins shows around the world.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

* Econtrol\u00ae is a registered mark of DyStar Colours Distribution GmbH, Germany.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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