EASTMAN Visited China Textile Union To Explore The Future Direction Of Product Development And Sustainable Development.

On the afternoon of November 15th, Mark Costa, chairman and chief executive of the US Eastman Chemical Co (hereinafter referred to as "Eastman") visited China Textile Industry Federation and held talks with Sun Ruizhe, chairman of China Textile Industry Federation. Li Binhong, director of the national textile product development center, Yan Yan, director of the social responsibility Office of the China Textile Industry Federation, and Chen Baojian, chief engineer of the national textile product development center, and vice president of Eastman and Asia Pacific Business Director Gulferaz Ali, Eastman global sales director, textile department, Jeroen Jacobs (Kowloon) and Asia Regional Marketing Manager Zhang Li attended the meeting.

At the exchange meeting, Sun Ruizhe briefly introduced the development status and opportunities and challenges faced by China's textile and garment industry, as well as the mode and experience in promoting the sustainable development of the textile industry. Mark Costa is very concerned about the latest developments and Countermeasures of China's textile industry under the background of current Sino US trade friction. The two sides discussed various possibilities for the future development of the textile industry.

According to Mark Costa, Eastman has successfully developed the chemical recycling technology of polyester, and has obtained a stable source of waste materials. Now it has been officially put into commercial operation at Eastman's largest production base in kins Potter, Tennessee. Mark Costa and Yan Yan conducted in-depth exchanges and discussions on the standards of sustainable identification and the mode of promotion of the office of social responsibility of the China Federation of textile industry. Mark Costa said that Eastman hopes to promote the sustainable development of China's textile industry through the cooperation with the China Textile Industry Federation.

Mark Costa (middle), Gulferaz Ali (left), Jeroen Jacobs (right)

Li Binhong introduced the business model of China fashion fabric innovation alliance to Mark Costa, and summarized the cooperation projects between Eastman and the national textile product development center. Mark Costa has fully affirmed the effectiveness of this project and its influence in the upstream and downstream industries, and hopes to take this opportunity to further promote cooperation between the two sides and expand new projects for sustainable development.