The 12th edition of Zaber and Zubair Fabric Week is showcasing new innovations and sustainable product lines.
At this edition, they are showcasing 40 new innovations and 200 new products to international buyers and local apparel makers for the spring and summer seasons of 2024.
Among their new innovations, sorona fabric - a partially plant-based polymer and pineapple fabric are the best new presentations.
On the inaugural day of the event, the officials said that this season, they are showcasing fabric collections for the international market that are mostly made of eco-friendly fabrics with sustainable properties.
Talking to Dhaka Tribune at the sideline of the event, Md Shofiqur Rahman, executive director (sales and marketing) of Zaber and Zubair Fabrics Bangladesh said that they have worked with pineapple, banana, viscose and jute fibers.
“We have mixed them with cotton and polyester to produce new types of eco-friendly and sustainable products,” he added.
Fabric Week 2023 is based on the spring and summer seasons of the next year and the clothes of these seasons must have to be compact, comfortable and lightweight.
“Based on this research, we have brought almost 40 new products at this season's fabric week,” he added.
Sorona is one of the major innovations of this season's fabric week. It can be used instead of spandex and is stretchable, recoverable and comfortable.
Pradeep Khatri, senior general manager (business development) of Zaber and Zubair Fabrics said that the fabric week is a great platform for both the buyers and the local manufacturers.
“Zaber and Zubair always look for new innovation, development and new products and in this continuation, we also bring new products this week,” he added.
Asheque Md Imran Hossain, a representative of GreenMil, with whom Zaber and Zubair is producing Sorona, said that spandex can't be recyclable but sorona can be.
“37% of the raw materials needed to produce sorona comes from industrial corn. It is the most sustainable alternative to spandex,” he added.
They (GreenMil and Zaber & Zubair) have been working on sorona since 2017 and presented it to the buyers like Inditex.
This innovation has already been presented to a number of buyers including Inditex and the buyers showed their interest.
Sorona – the dyeable, warm, and long-lasting fabric – is widely used in various textile applications like sportswear, outwear, denim, swimwear, intimate apparel etc.
Mosla Uddin Tipu, deputy manager (business development) of Zaber and Zubair said that pineapple fiber and sorona are their newest innovation for this season's week.
“However, we also made a significant development of some of our innovations of the last seasons like banana, jute, viscose etc,” he added.
The top officials of the company said that a number of buyers have already visited their event and the crowd is expected to be more in the coming days.
For the 12th time in Bangladesh's textile history, Zaber & Zubair Fabrics is hosting an international fabric expo as the only company for global apparel buyers from January 22 to 27 at its Gulshan marketing office.
Zaber & Zubair Fabrics is the largest textile division of the Noman Group of Industries.
