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COLLABORATION
Online fashion brand, Shein, and Transfar Chemicals to

advance research in textile dyeing and finishing processes
Equipments
Equipments
Shein, a Chinese online fashion and tion of Transfar Chemical’s research.
lifestyle retailer, and Transfar Chemi- Shein said it has been actively refining
cals, also of China, have entered into its digitalised, demand-driven supply
a partnership to advance innovation in chain to mitigate surplus inventory
textile dyeing and finishing technolo- by curtailing textile waste from
gies by combining Shein’s expertise inception. Concurrently, the company is
in digital supply chain management incorporating practices like polyester
with Transfar Chemicals’ knowledge in recycling and waterless printing into
functional chemistry. its operations.
This partnership will leverage on
The collaboration will focus on initi- both Shein and Transfar Chemicals’ Earlier this year, Shein announced
atives in three key areas: complementary strengths in textile the development of an innovative poly-
* Digitalisation of dyeing and textile fabric technology and product resources, ester recycling process in partner-
finishing processes that reduce the companies said. Shein’s supply ship with Donghua University. This
energy consumption, water usage, chain platform will be instrumental in polyester recycling process accepts a
and carbon emissions. tracking demand for these advanced wider range of materials, such as textile RAPID MIXER
* The development of new functional textiles, while Transfar Chemicals will waste and polyethylene terephthalate GRANULATOR
fabrics and garments that meet the support the development of new pro- (PET) bottles, and as a result,
needs of modern consumers, such cesses, materials and textile production improved cost efficiency compared to
as stretchable fabrics and materials and dyeing method that cuts waste, the recycled polyester options currently
that repel water. energy and water. used in Shein’s products. Efforts are
* The development of testing methods underway at Shein to upscale this tech-
for new textile materials, garment Shein will also promote collabora- nology from a laboratory environment
products, or processes that help tions between Transfar Chemicals and to a commercial-scale production
ensure consistency in testing for regional textile and dyeing enterprises, facility capable of generating recycled
safety, quality and performance. in order to support the commercialisa- polyester fibres.

ON THE BLOCK
Shell said to be exploring sale of European, US

chemicals assets

Oil & gas giant, Shell, is consi- presence, according to the newspaper. chemicals hub in Singapore, one of the
dering a potential sale of its chemi- The review is in its early stages and world’s largest. The British company LAB SCALE
cals assets in Europe and the United Shell has not yet made any definitive warned earlier this year that it expects CENTRIFUGES
States, the Wall Street Journal reported, decisions regarding a potential sale, it trading in its chemicals and oil pro-
citing sources familiar with the reported, adding that one of the assets ducts division to be significantly lower
matter. The energy group has hired included in the review was Shell’s Deer quarter-on-quarter due to lower
Morgan Stanley to conduct a strategic Park facility in Texas. The Deer Park seasonal demand. +918169061250
review of its chemicals operations, operation is adjacent to a refinery that
the report said. Shell previously sold its 100% stake to Shell’s CEO Mr. Wael Sawan has
joint-venture partner, Mexican state oil been focused on cutting costs and pivot-
Potential buyers could include pri- firm Pemex. ing the company back to its most profita-
vate equity firms and Middle Eastern ble sectors – oil, gas, and biofuels – while ISO 9001:2015
entities seeking to expand their Western Last year Shell sold its refining and shifting away from renewable power.

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