Due to the promotion of the textile and garment, luggage, shoes and sports goods, the zipper yield in China increases year after year in the last few years. For the present, the sales amount occupies about the half over the world. It is estimated that in the future several years, our country's zipper yield will still hold the annual growth of 20% around. In 2004, the zipper yield in China was up to 28 billion meters, while the direct and indirect export amount reached over 80% of the total yield. At present, there are more than 2000 enterprises of the zipper processing with large scale, mainly centralizes in three provinces of Zhejiang, Guangdong and Fujian. The industry cluster base mainly stressing on the production and distribution of the zippers is forming.
It is difficult to imagine that the small zipper involves more than 30,000 patens, covering various aspects of the technology and design. Along with the introduction of the advanced production units from abroad in recent years, the production technology level of the zipper in our country has increased to a great degree, which is the substantial clause of the sustainable growth of the zipper yield. However, in the medium and high-grade zipper markets, especially matching to the world-famous brands, the problems of instable product quality and deficient character for part of zippers are increasingly distinct.
The insiders analyze that the productive capacity of the garment accessories industry is huge and the scale is incredible. But for the lack of the effective integration and the product innovation, the promotion effect for the value of the whole garment industry chain is not distinct yet. Owing to the low price competition of the accessories in a long time, especially, the brand strategy is incomplete severely, which results in the low added value of the product and the difficult existence for the enterprises. The role counts for little throughout the overall industry chain.
Taking the zipper as an example, the annual production is 28 billion meters and the sales amount is over 25 billion Yuan, with the employees over 1 million. It is the veritable top zipper country over the world. However, though the scale of the zipper industry is large, it is not strong at all. There has large gap for the product quality and innovation degree, comparing to the world famous brands of Japanese YKK and others. The market-sharing rate is low in the matching area of the high grade garment and luggage, along with the low added value. The problems of the zipper industry reflect the common embarrassment of the whole garment accessories industry, large but not strong.
The accessories of interlining and button are the skeleton and eye of the garment, which decide the grade of the garment quality. It places the vital effects on enhancing the grade of the garment. Especially for the bonding interlining, there are the matching problems between the garment and the fabric. By understanding of the performance and development trend of the garment, fabric, accessories and fiber, it is able to shoot the arrow at the target and obtain the wide development space for the market.
The non-iron interlining series, water-soluble interlining series and environmental protection products will be popular in the market, which was the development emphasis in 2004. The accessories manufacturers should pay more attentions on this. In the fashion interlining, the thin and elastic one is popular. The lining of the western style suit should be in accordance with the style of “light, thin and soft”. When develop the interlining of the high-grade western style suit and the interlining of the office suit, it should aim at the characteristics of the business suit, as “light, thin, soft and grand”. The base cloth should adopt the material with multi-compositions and it should be processed by the advanced post processing method over the world to meet with the requirements of the environmental protection. In a word, after binding of each interlining with the cloth material, it should be characterized by soft, comfort, straight, well shape holding and non transformation after washing and it should also display the unique style of each sort of the garments.
The unsaturated polyester button is rich in color changes, with strong emulation and fine physical chemical properties, which has become the dominant product; the pattern of the urea button can compare beauty with the hopper and wood grain and also possess the advantages of high rigidity, well wear resistance, anti-dry-clean and anti-ultraviolet radiation. Over 90% of the western style suits in the western countries adopt the urea button; The natural treasure, shell button, takes the material from the shell in the seawater and freshwater, as the one with most creative; Metal button, especially made up of the noble metal and resemble noble metal (as plating 18K gold and silver), will become the emphasis of the accessories purchase for the garment companies; Button with natural material, as nut button, coconut button, hopper button and gemstone button, will become the luminescent spot of the fashion, especially for the gemstone button, which will be matched with the top grade fashionable dress; No-sew button refers to the one without the seam, while directly connects to the garment with the certain attachments on the button and such button will be widely applied in the casual wears; Functional button is the one adopts the high technology and besides the functions of joining the garment, it also possesses the unexpected functions, including fragrance, drug physiotherapy, energy storage and lighting.
Other accessories, as the lining fabric, zipper, metal button, strap, trade mark, wadding and padding, are also the requisite components of the garment. Along with meeting with the requirements of the garment performance, these accessories are also developed to the direction of the high technology, functionality, health care and environmental protection.