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Suedwolle Group introduces ACTIVEYARN®, the company’s first seasonless corporate collection: ACTIVEYARN® is composed of a selection of weaving, flat and circular knitting, hosiery and technical yarns, with advanced spinning technologies, wool blends and other natural and traceable fibres. It is a seasonless collection of yarns suitable for different occasions, to support everyone’s attitude and style.

This idea is expressed by the concept of “Get active”, which is not just about using Suedwolle Group’s products in sports applications, but about a new mindset, a changing perspective. By taking a fresh look at the company’s wide offer, ACTIVEYARN® provides new opportunities and inspiration to explore Suedwolle Group’s full potential in terms of technology, sustainability and innovations. It considers with a new point of view on the collections for knitting, weaving and technical uses, creating new connections among them and offering a mosaic of new possibilities and versatile combinations.

This theme of the collection and the new mindset may be represented in the concept of a “kaleidoscope”, symbol of the active change inspiring Suedwolle Group’s creativity.

The yarns in the ACTIVEYARN® collection embody the company’s six strategic pillars of innovation – sustainability, circularity, traceability, design, performance and technology – drivers of the entire process of design and production.

Jasmin GOTS Nm 2/48 (100% wool 19,5 μ X-CARE) is a natural, renewable and biodegradable yarn with GOTS certification that meets the company’s demand for sustainability. X-CARE, the innovative treatment by Suedwolle Group, uses eco-friendly and chlorine-free substances that make wool environmentally friendly and suitable for easy-care quality.

Tirano Betaspun® RWS FSC (41,5% wool 17,2 μ TEC RWS certified, 41,5% LENZING™Lyocell 1,4 dtex 17% polyamide filament 22 dtex GRS certified) is a fully traceable high performance yarn, suitable for sportswear and activewear.

OTW® Midway GRS Nm 2/60 (60% wool 23,5 μ X-CARE, 40% polyamide 3,3 dtex GRS certified) comes from the recycling of pre-consumer polyamide and thus is a perfect example of circular production. Suitable for weaving, it combines the added performance that comes from our OTW® patented technology applied to a high durability blend, ideal for active garments.

Wallaby Betaspun® Nm 1/60 (87,5% wool 18,4 μ TEC, 12,5% polyamide filament 22 dtex) is the result of application of latest-generation Betaspun® technology to a natural fibre like wool, allowing production of fine yarns with extra strength and abrasion resistance, ideal for seamless and wrap knitting.

Banda TEC X-Compact Nm 2/47 (100% wool 17,2 μ TEC) is a 100% natural, renewable and biodegradable yarn benefitting from the innovative X-Compact, permitting production of particularly linear yarns ideal for clean design and fabrics appropriate for today’s fashions.

Caprera GRS Nm 1/60 (45% wool 19,3 μ Non mulesed X-CARE 55% COOLMAX® EcoMade polyester 2,2 dtex GRS certified) increases the performance of the wool-based non mulesed fibre through combination with COOLMAX® EcoMade polyester. This is a material coming from recycling of post-consumer PET bottles, dyeable at low temperatures, that aids evaporation of moisture from the skin to maintain stable body temperature, enhancing the comfort of activewear and urban garments.

Die KARL MAYER GROUP und die Südwolle Group haben sich zu einem Projekt zusammengeschlossen, um die Möglichkeiten von Merinowolle für die Wirktechnologie zu erforschen. Projektauslöser war die steigende Nachfrage nach Textilien aus nachhaltigen und umweltfreundlichen Materialien. Die Kooperation will innovative Stoffe aus nachwachsenden Rohstoffen für den Einsatz in Unterwäsche und funktioneller Sportbekleidung entwickeln. Der Fokus lag auf dem Einsatz von Wolle, einem Material mit ausgezeichneten Komforteigenschaften und dem Look and Feel leichter Single-Jersey-Waren. Stoffqualitäten aus Naturfasern sind für die Wirkerei untypisch, dementsprechend unterschiedlich waren die Herausforderungen.

Merinowollgarne mit guten Laufeigenschaften
Als Material wurde das Hidalgo-Garn der Südwolle-Gruppe eingesetzt. Das Garn entstand mit der eigenentwickelten BETA-SPUN-Technologie, bei der ein Filament um einen Merino-Kern gedreht wird. Werden Naturfasern wie Wolle, Baumwolle oder Seide mit nachhaltigen Fasern wie biologisch abbaubarem Polyamid als Filament kombiniert, können durch das Spinnverfahren langlebige, leichte Garne entstehen, die nach Gebrauch vollständig rückstandsfrei zerfallen. Die Garne aus den zwei Komponenten bringen zudem gute Laufeigenschaften für den Einsatz in der Wirkerei mit.

„Der Polyamid-Anteil des Garns erhöht dessen Festigkeit, vermindert die Haarigkeit und macht es zu einer ausgezeichneten Wahl für die Wirktechnologie“, bestätigt Gabriela Schellner aus der textilen Produktentwicklung von KARL MAYER.

Formstabilität gepaart mit dem Look and Feel von Single-Jersey
Das Hidalgo-Garn aus Merinowolle wurde auf einer Wirkmaschine mit einer durchdachten Legungsauswahl zu einer leichten, weichen, vor allem aber formstabilen Ware verarbeitet. Die Textilspezialisten von KARL MAYER hatten hierfür im Vorfeld mit zwei verschiedenen einbarrigen Stoffqualitäten experimentiert und damit einen neuen Ansatz für Trikotmaschinen verfolgt.

Die ersten Ergebnisse sind vielversprechend. Nun sind weitere Versuche erforderlich, um die Technik zu perfektionieren. Gefragt sind Entwicklungspartner, darunter Stoffproduzenten, Marken und Bekleidungshersteller, mit denen die Stoffqualitäten, Maschinenausrüstung und Ausrichtung auf die Endanwendungen verfeinert werden können. Auch durch weitere Projektarbeiten sollen die Grenzen dessen, was mit Merinowolle und Wirktechnologie möglich ist, durchbrochen und für die Textilindustrie neue Lösungen entwickelt werden.

• Technical innovation and natural fibres, for a broader definition of sustainability

The weaving collection further develops the themes that have emerged in recent seasons, interpreting them with a view to long-term sustainability.

In harmony with the Südwolle Group’s identity and values, research and technical innovation are combined with a high level of quality. Wools, almost all certified, are enriched by a significant level of performance that continues to evolve. The production process attempts to limit carbon footprint, as sustainability is the key principle guiding all the company’s choices.

The ability to offer yarns made from selected natural raw materials is in harmony with today’s sustainable buying habits, with a preference for garments and accessories that can be worn at any time of year. In contrast with the logic of fast fashion, today’s buyers, led by younger generations with a focus on the values behind their fashion choices, tend to choose items that can be expected to last longer, decreasing the environmental impact of textile wastes and throwaway fashion.

In casual wear too, the importance of comfort and feeling at ease is reconciled with the desire to wear items of good taste and quality. The new formalwear includes carefully cut garments made of materials guaranteeing fit, comfort and durability. A widespread focus on these factors makes for more conscientious, reasoned purchases, less subject to impulse buying.

Südwolle interprets the new interest in heritage, leading to the emergence of the phenomenon of quality second-hand, with a return to its core business and essentials, in a new sustainable version using certified fibres, chlorine-free anti-shrinkage treatments and long-lasting products that can be washed at home at low temperatures.

One of the most recent results of the company’s technical innovation is the new OTW® line of yarns for weaving produced using Omega Twist® technology, developed and patented by the Südwolle Group, producing yarns offering outstanding performance in terms of reduced pilling and greater elasticity, tenacity and durability.