Let's Save The Earth From Global Warming !

Let's save the earth from now ... The issue of global warming has surfaced since the last few years. Start from the things that we can. Avoid polluting the earth with chemicals, plastics, and other materials that can not be degraded. Back to nature and use materials that are environmental friendly. In this case, we are from WIRANI Group, a company engaged in the field of agribusiness, initiated for the kapok tree planting in the region of West Sumatra. In addition to greening and as the lungs of the surrounding area, kapok trees are later expected to improve the economic standard of the surrounding residents. Because the kapok fruit can be sold to a kapok processing plant. This process results kapok fiber that could be used for several applications such as stuffing materials for pillow, mattress, upholstery, life jacket, and home application. Kapok fiber could also used as a yarn or textile material which blend with cotton or other longer fiber. A new research and development of kapok fiber presents kapok fiber as a material for making fabric without spinning. Other application of kapok fiber which is very useful to save the earth, is kapok as oil absorbent. So, there are no reasons to use non environmental friendly products anymore. Throw away the synthetic material, plastic, and chemical materials. Save the earth for our self and our offspring now and in the future.

Potential of Kapok Fibre as a Substitute of Cotton in Textiles

Kapok fibre, commonly known in Kiswahili as ‘sufi\' is obtained from kapok plant, Ceiba pentandra. The conventional end uses of kapok include mattress/pillow stuffing, upholstery and thermal insulation. The market for kapok in these traditional uses has declined considerably over the past 30 years, due to the developments in synthetic materials, such as foamed plastics, which have almost replaced kapok in most of its traditional end uses. Attempts to use kapok fibre for producing textile yarn were not successful due to the slippery nature of the fibres and its brittleness. However, a blend of kapok and cotton fibres was successfully spun into a yarn after blending the two in a kapok/cotton ratio 3:2. The yarn produced exhibited mechanical properties similar to most of the short staple fibres. The fabric produced was lustrous, slippery and with a smooth, soft handle. The fibre yarn resulting from blending kapok with cotton is potentially suitable for producing woven textile fabrics. In addition to its potential use as clothing material, the fabric is being considered for suitability as reinforcement to thermosetting polymeric materials such as polyester and phenolic resins. Source : Journal of Agriculture, Science and Technology Vol. 1 (1) 1997: 66-71. Researched by ETN Bisanda, LY Mwaikambo

Now is the best time to purchase kapok fiber !!!

Kapok crop just started. The current price will be the best price within this new season. Kapok crop only once a year. So the price will be increase along with limited stocks of raw materials until the new crop coming up next season. Now is the best time to purchase kapok. So if you really need it, do not waste your time. Contact kapok manufacturer and make a deal as soon as possible before the price increase..