With the continuous improvement of national living standards, the demand for underwear is gradually increasing, and the seamless underwear market is gradually forming in China. With the hot sales of seamless underwear products, it will inevitably drive the comprehensive and rapid development of seamless weaving equipment.
At present, seamless underwear is still a relatively "fresh" product in the eyes of most consumers in China, and the seamless underwear market has not yet truly formed. In the future, with the continuous improvement of national living standards, people's demand for sports underwear and bodywear will gradually increase and their understanding of their functions and characteristics. Once most domestic consumers fully accept seamless underwear products, they will inevitably show huge market space, which is incomparable to other countries and regions. With the hot sales of seamless underwear products, it will inevitably drive the comprehensive and rapid development of seamless weaving equipment.
Seamless underwear has a vast market
The concept of seamless knitting began in the 1980s, when production equipment was mainly used for the industrial production of socks and knitted clothing. Nowadays, seamless technology has achieved great development and is increasingly being applied in various aspects of the clothing industry. It not only holds a considerable proportion in the underwear market, but also makes breakthroughs in the direction of sportswear and swimwear. More than 90% of the seamless clothing produced and consumed now is concentrated in Europe, North America, and other regions. Although the Asian region has only just started in recent years, its development is very rapid.
Xu Ning, Secretary General of Yiwu Seamless Weaving Association, introduced that currently, seamless weaving equipment has a market share of about 5% in China's underwear industry. However, from the perspective of development trends, seamless clothing will become an upgraded substitute product for traditional textile clothing. In terms of the underwear market, the development of seamless underwear has become quite mature. At this stage, it extends from equipment statistical analysis to product market share, with a global market share of about 20% and a domestic underwear market share of 10%. However, with the improvement and development of seamless weaving technology, the increase in machine production capacity, and the shift in consumer consumption direction, especially in the domestic market, which is still mainly dominated by sewn products, it is expected that 30% of the underwear market's products will be seamless products in the next 3-5 years.
Clear technical advantages, high operational difficulty requirements
Seamless weaving technology is a technology that is based on human body curves and physiological functions, relies on computer-aided programming to design styles, and adopts intelligent digital processing and production methods to directly produce finished products from the machine in a three-dimensional and one-piece shape structure. Compared with traditional knitting production methods, seamless technology has the advantages of reducing labor costs, reducing raw material waste in one molding, and allowing for flexible changes in organizational structure to weave three-dimensional (3D) three-dimensional fabrics, all of which cannot be achieved by tailoring technology.
High quality is the winner of the future
Although the prospects of the seamless equipment market are promising, in dealing with the potential for disorderly competition and price wars in the future market, it is a matter of opinion. However, it is believed that only high-quality and high standard equipment can ultimately win the market in the future.
Although there are significant differences between domestic equipment and foreign equipment, domestic equipment has great potential in the future. Xu Ning has put forward his own suggestions and opinions on the future development of domestic seamless equipment manufacturers. Domestic equipment enterprises should actively engage in technical and process learning, develop key equipment and core components for domestic seamless knitting, and try to solve after-sales service problems for foreign equipment, especially the supply and maintenance of spare parts. Furthermore, considering the current situation where the technical quality of workers in China is generally low, we aim to develop machines that are more suitable for domestic textile enterprises. But firmly resist the phenomenon of producing low quality products in pursuit of immediate profits. Foreign equipment is irreplaceable, and some parts cannot be produced in China. Especially in the high-end field, foreign equipment has absolute advantage, even in a monopoly position. Domestic manufacturers of seamless equipment must maintain a positive attitude and continuously improve the quality, performance, and process design of their equipment with a reference and learning attitude. We must not engage in extreme price wars and push the market towards abnormal development.