Cheil Industries Wins the Race to Develop Lansmere 210 -- The World's Finest Fabric; New Fabric Made From State-of-the-Art Tools--150 Threads Made From Only One Gram of Wool.Business Editors SEOUL Seoul (sā`  l, sā` l, sōl), city (1995 pop. 10,229,262), capital of South Korea, NW South Korea, on the Han River. , Korea--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 8, 2001
Cheil Industries Inc., an affiliate of Samsung Group The Samsung Group is South Korea's largest conglomerate (chaebol), composed of numerous businesses, including Samsung Electronics, the world's largest electronics company[1] , has successfully developed Lansmere 210, a premium fabric with a yarn yarn, fibers or filaments formed into a continuous strand for use in weaving textiles or for the manufacture of thread. A staple fiber, such as cotton, linen, or wool, is made into yarn by carding, combing (for fine, long staples only), drawing out into roving, then count of 150. State-of-the-art technology has enabled the textile company to produce 150-meter long thread from just one gram of wool. The superfine superfine a class of merino sheep with wool finer than that of fine-wool. Usual limit is wool of 18.5 microns or less fiber diameter. thread is merely one-sixth the diameter of a human hair. In addition, it takes 45km (roughly the distance of a marathon) of this thread to make a suit. "With Lansmere 210, Cheil Industries has acquired competitive technology and also established itself as an industry leader," said Young Soo Yoon, executive director, Cheil Industries, and head of development of Lansmere 210. "Now we can take the lead in the world's premium fabric market by developing value-added products." Leading Technology Cheil Industries applied 15 core technologies to the complex fabric making process comprised of more than 100 steps. During the spinning process, a small number of highly skilled technicians work in temperature and humidity controlled Humidity control Regulation of the degree of saturation (relative humidity) or quantity (absolute humidity) of water vapor in a mixture of air and water vapor. Humidity is commonly mistaken as a quality of air. conditions. A low-temperature dyeing Dyeing The application of color-producing agents to material, usually fibrous or film, in order to impart a degree of color permanence demanded by the projected end use. process is used with new dyes to minimize damage to the fabric, helping to improve color and texture. Sophisticated processing technology is necessary to produce the fabric, often called the "diamond of wool," because the raw material is extremely hard to source and the wool is very fine. The result is a premium fabric with unique texture, gloss and a sense of volume, resulting in less wrinkles wrinkles See bells and whistles. than existing products. Finest Raw Materials Lansmere 210 is made with the finest wool - with a 1PP of 13.4(mu). This kind of wool accounts for a mere 0.000003 percent or 10.5 tonnes, of the world's yearly wool production, which is approximately 3.5 million tonnes. Due to the high cost of materials and processing, a suit made from Lansmere 210 is worth approximately USD USD In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the U.S. Dollar. Notes: The currency market, also known as the Foreign Exchange market, is the largest financial market in the world, with a daily average volume of over US $1 trillion. $10,000. The cost of raw materials for Lansmere 210 is USD$500 to 1,000 per kg, compared with the price of non-premium materials, which is USD$5 per kg. The development of Lansmere 210, which was once deemed technologically impossible, places Cheil Industries among the ranks of renowned textile companies that have been operating for more than 200 years. Notes - 1(mu) = 1/1,000mm - 1PP wool: The term refers to the top-level material among the 975-level wool produced in Australia - Manufacturers in Italy with its 200 year old textile industry, use 13.5(mu) wool for the premium fabric with a yarn count of 150. It is noteworthy that Cheil Industries is making products with raw materials of 13.4(mu). Reference Material 1. What is Lansmere 210? 2. Background and Steps Taken in Developing Lansmere 210 3. Lansmere 210, a Number Representing Technological Power 4. Core Technology to Develop World Class Products 1. What is Lansmere 210? Lansmere is a word combining lana - Latin for wool - and mere - old English Old English: see type; English language; Anglo-Saxon literature. Old English or Anglo-Saxon Language spoken and written in England before AD 1100. It belongs to the Anglo-Frisian group of Germanic languages. for yarn count - and stands for the world's highest quality fabric. The number 210 represents the 13.4-micron material used to manufacture the fabric (quality denomination Denomination The stated value found on financial instruments. Notes: This term applies to most financial instruments with monetary values. The denomination for bonds and securities would be face value or par value. number). According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the I.W.T.O. (International Wool Textile Organization) quality number standard, the number 210 is a denomination that can only be used for fabrics using materials smaller than 13.4 microns. Currently, there are only three companies in the world including Cheil Industries and two other Italian companies This is a list of companies from Italy. Aerospace and Defence
2. Background and Steps Taken in Developing Lansmere 210 - Background Since 1990, technological competition among world-class companies has focused on enhancing fabric quality through the use of thin and soft wool. Italian companies have focused their efforts on developing Super 210 (yarn count 150) fabrics since 2000. Cheil Industries felt the need to develop the world's highest quality fabric to face this challenge. By developing Lansmere Super 210 (yarn count 150) fabric using the finest wool currently available, Cheil Industries has secured its place amongst renowned global brand names. - Steps Taken by Cheil Industries 1990: develops 1PP yarn count 100 fabric. September 1992: acquires technology to produce yarn count 120 fabric. August 1993: initiates development of yarn count 130 fabric. May 1994: develops yarn count 123 fabric. October 1994: develops yarn count 130 fabric for the first time in the world. 2000: initiates development of yarn count 150 fabric. October 2000: develops Lansmere 210 yarn count 150 fabric, world's highest quality fabric. - Technological Difficulties in Developing Lansmere 210 - The highest quality wool is fresh and delicate. . Immediate or hasty hast·y adj. hast·i·er, hast·i·est 1. Characterized by speed; rapid. See Synonyms at fast1. 2. Done or made too quickly to be accurate or wise; rash: a hasty decision. processing from one step to the next is impossible. . A certain amount of rest time is needed after each step to minimize damage to the fabric. - Development tests are difficult due to the scarcity Scarcity The basic economic problem which arises from people having unlimited wants while there are and always will be limited resources. Because of scarcity, various economic decisions must be made to allocate resources efficiently. of 1PP 13.4 micron micron: see micrometer. One micrometer, which is one millionth of a meter or approximately 1/25,000 of an inch. The tiny elements that make up a transistor on a chip are measured in micrometers and nanometers. See process technology. material. . Annual global production is only about 300Kg. . The wool fiber is so delicate that it breaks with the application of more than 2.4g of weight on its tip. . It takes weeks to find the right speed on the spinning machine - Difficulties in the weaving weaving, the art of forming a fabric by interlacing at right angles two or more sets of yarn or other material. It is one of the most ancient fundamental arts, as indicated by archaeological evidence. process . A precise processing method is required to handle threads that are only one-sixth the diameter of a human hair. . Weaving machines with daily production capacity of 130 yards are controlled for a daily output of 15 yards. 3. Lansmere 210, a Number Representing Technological Power 1) State-of-the-art technology that spins 150 meters of thread with 1 gram of wool. 2) The width of wool material is 13.4 microns, one-sixth the width of a human hair. 3) The length of thread needed to produce a suit with Lansmere 210 fabric is 45Km (roughly the length of a Marathon course), cf (42.195 km). 4) The price of a Lansmere 210 suit is about USD$10,000. 5) A scarce and precious product with annual global production limited to 100 suits. 4. Core Technology to Develop World Class Products Developing the highest quality world class fabric requires a difficult process that combines the highest quality material, accumulated ac·cu·mu·late v. ac·cu·mu·lat·ed, ac·cu·mu·lat·ing, ac·cu·mu·lates v.tr. To gather or pile up; amass. See Synonyms at gather. v.intr. To mount up; increase. know-how, and core technological competence in all of the manufacturing steps including spinning, weaving, dying and processing. It also requires the experienced craftsmanship Craftsmanship Alcimedon a first-rate carver in wood. [Rom. Lit.: Vergil Eclogues, iii. 37.] Argus skillful builder of Jason’s Argo. [Gk. Myth.: Walsh Classical, 29] Athena (Rom. of highly skilled workers. Materials Selection of 13.4-micron wool, the finest wool in human history Wool produced in Australia is classified into 975 grades according to their quality. The best quality type is called 1PP. 1PP wool stands for high quality wool with a width smaller than 16.5 microns. Annual production of material used by Cheil Industries to produce yarn count 150 Lansmere 210 fabric - 13.4 micron 1PP wool - is 300 Kg. It is considered to be the highest quality 1PP among the 1PP. Core production technology - Cheil Industries applied 15 core technologies to over 100 manufacturing steps ranging from material selection, washing, spinning, dying and weaving to processing in its development of the world's highest quality yarn count 150 fabric. In particular, the 1PP wool used in Lansmere 210 fabric is a fresh natural material, and as such, it requires twice as much time and attention than ordinary fabric to minimize damage to the fabric in the manufacturing process. - The most important factor in the spinning process - the process of extracting threads from wool - is keeping the right speed on the spinning machine under consistent temperature and humidity humidity, moisture content of the atmosphere, a primary element of climate. Humidity measurements include absolute humidity, the mass of water vapor per unit volume of natural air; relative humidity (usually meant when the term humidity to prevent breaking of the thread. Lansmere 210 was produced by a selection of highly skilled workers with over 20 years of experience. - The dying process, which had been evaluated as being technologically backward compared with other quality products from advanced countries, has been drastically dras·tic adj. 1. Severe or radical in nature; extreme: the drastic measure of amputating the entire leg; drastic social change brought about by the French Revolution. 2. upgraded to be re-evaluated by foreign technical advisors as being technologically superior than those advanced products from Italy or elsewhere. Fabric damage has been minimized, and color and feel have been improved with the use of low-temperature dying technology and newly developed environmentally friendly Environmentally friendly, also referred to as nature friendly, is a term used to refer to goods and services considered to inflict minimal harm on the environment.[1] dyes. - High density weaving technology was required to produce high-quality fabric kept in its best condition from extremely thin yarn. The quantity of yarn used was two or three times as much as that needed to make ordinary fabric. Furthermore, highly skilled workers with superb craftsmanship were used since maintaining top condition of machinery and precision hand work was required to produce this highest-quality fabric. - In the last step of processing - adding feel and luster to the fabric - no artificial softeners or feel-enhancing additives were used. This step was taken to maintain the natural feel and luster of the fresh material, and to enhance the soft and supple supple Physical exam adjective Referring to free movement of a body part texture and sophisticated look of the fabric. Optimal moisturizing and drying conditions which take into account the nature of the original material, as well as specific machine conditions to enhance the luster, were applied as well. |
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