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Due to new Free Trade Agreement among Korea, US and Europe who potentially hold a great impact on trading, Taiwan Government has proposed the Green Industry projects to encourage manufacturers in developing more environmental products that will strengthen our competitiveness through global trading.  Therefore, the First Taiwan Green Classic model award was issued to acknowledge manufactures who has spontaneously devoted on this green project.

Ever since 1993, Supertextile has dedicated on this going-green project, and first started on recycling plastic bottles in 1997.  With all efforts on recycling, Supertextile has been recognized gradually and was designated as a pioneer in the recycling field.

Together with TSMC, O’right and Far Eastern Century, Supertextile received Taiwan Green Classic award and were invited to share this experience with other manufacturers across all different industries.

We are looking forward to create unlimited outcome for win-win situation with scarce resources in hands.

2011 Taiwan Green Classics Award

We have demonstrated our new ideas, the new application of waste selvage, and got the first Taiwan Green Classics Award in 10. 26. 2011.

left: Mr. Vincent C. Siew, the vice President of R.O.C; middle: Alex Lo, the managing director of Supertex

For decades, Supertex has started researched the Eco-friendly material, the recycled PET bottle fabrics, but there were still some wastage more or less after producing. At first, we used these waste selvages to make cleaning cloth. As time went by, however the wastage amount was still increasing. What else can we do?

The green bottles ex: Sprite, become to green cloth and the mottled color bottles comes to gray. We keep the original color to save dying and chemicals.

Finally, we have developed these wool products, which were made of 100% waste selvages. The touch is soft; just feel like the normal wool products, light, without dying, and integrated processes. We are still working on approaching to our ideal, cradle to cradle!

this trophy is made of recycle waste glass

TIGIS in Taipei

We will attend the TIGIS from 2011. 10. 26 to 10. 29 and show you our new ideas there. We invite you sincerely to visit the trade show. See you soon!  

Eco-Cap

Let me introduce our new product: the eco-cap. It is made by 4 recycle PET bottle. From the exterior, we can see some differences between the normal cap and our eco-cap.

From these two pictures, you can find: The normal cap is composed by 6 parts of fabric in the left picture, but our eco-cap is weaved in one piece without cutting.

In functional: because of unique weaving technique, the breathability of eco-cap is better without keeping holes.

The eco-cap is another product for “cradle to cradle”.

The 2011 Taiwan CSR

Supertex has been affirmed because of our efforts of environment protection. It is our honor to award the 2011 Taiwan CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) Award.

Since 1995 we started to build two rainwater tanks collecting rainwater for regular use of toilets, garden irrigation, surrounding lawn watering and so on. 1997 we put in reducing of industrial waste and started to develop polyester of recycling PET bottle.

What we have done makes not only profit, but also protects and keeps natural resources for our children.

Happy Enterprise Award

We participated in 2011 Happy Enterprise Award which was sponsored by the Taipei City Government, and we are very lucky and honored to selected winners. Other selected enterprises: BenQ, AMD, FedEx and so on. Although Supertex is a small company, we try our best to take care all employees. We still work on and improve our welfare. 

President Ma visited Supertex

May 22nd 2011, the president of R.O.C, Ma Ying-Jiu, has gone to Youth Industrial Park and visited Super textile Factory. We have showed him, what we have done for environmental protection in decade.

President Ma was surprised and interested in our eco-friendly products and our rain water recycles system. In order to solve the problem of water shortage, he hoped, we can share our experience to other people and help government set up a SOP to counsel other business.

Techtex in Frankfurt

from bottle cap to platter

What can we do for the little bottle cap? This is a problem for us, Supertex, when we started to recycle the PET bottle. Why? We have to pick them our, because the material of bottle is different from the cap.

At first, we tried to recycle them to made Eco-yarn, unfortunately, we failed. So, we had to rethink, what we can make? After couple times of brainstorming, we possibly could make something for transport. This is why we make platter.

Each platter is made out of over 5000 bottle caps. It is light (8~12Kg), but strong. The cap platter can hold up about 600~1000 Kg weight and we use them in our factory for years. If the platter is broken, we still can recycle it and make a new one! Another solution for cradle to cradle!

Planting Green Hope

Traditionally, the PET bottle is a big environmental problem in Taiwan or anywhere else, but now, a Taiwanese company, O’ right, has figured it out!

They have developed the first one “carbon neutral” shampoo of the world, which means: after using out the shampoo, and buried in the ground, the bottle could be not only biological decomposed, but also outgrow a tree from the bottle.

O’ right said: before beginning the certification of carbon footprint in Taiwan, we have already started considerate the carbon footprint. We hope, starting environment protection from figs.

Miracle of waste fabric

Last time, we have talked about wiping fabric, which were made out of waste fabric. Now, we have some new ideas for waste fabric.

Polyester fiber is a “sustainable” material. 12 years ago, we have buried a piece of polyester cloth in our garden. When we dig it out, it is almost intact. Because of that, Supertex started to come over industrial waste reduction, recycling, reusing, and the development of Eco-yarn since 1993. However, it is really tough.

Besides expanding the market of eco-fabric and eco-friendly product, we also concern about the huge waste fabrics of the eco-fabrics. In order to realize the ideal “cradle to cradle”, so we set up a project to research, how we recycle the waste eco-fabric, yarn, and secondary products, and then how to reuse them.

We use these recycle eco-yarn to make finished products for example, vests, shawls, scarf, and so on. We provide another choice for people, who really concern about our world.

the green fabrics are made out of green waste fabrics
the gray parts are made out of gray waste fabrics

Non-Speaker Speaker

In the past, the image of speakers for everyone may be: huge, heavy, and need a lot of space etc. right? It is always a problem especially when decorating your new house or room, because you or your designer has to figure out, how to cover them and keep the voice. Supertex will change your impression of speakers.

Instead of box, you may hear the voice from a piece of fabric, your sofa, paintings or your clothes soon in the future. Can you image it? “Hearing” is believing! We will show you the “non-speaker speaker” in Techtextil in Frankfurt in May 22~24 2011.

Organic compost

In Supertex, we have mentioned that we have our own garden and farm, but how to maintain is a problem. About 10 years ago, we decided to vacate an open space, where we could make natural compost in our factory. We put leaves, branches, weeds, and vine etc. together, mixed and exposed them to the sun to ferment. 

It is our belief, that we treat our environment well; the nature will give us the best feedback in turn, and it really works. By the way, the additional value of compost is: the garbage disposal fee decreased from over 7,500 NT to 3,000 NT per month.

Garden in Supertextile

Go Green” for Supertex is not only a slogan. Besides the herbal garden, where we have introduced before, we have planted all around our factory each Chinese New Year; we invited our colleagues and their families as well as stockholders to plant the trees as the ceremony before starting to work.

In 2002, the place you saw in the picture was still barren; our colleagues started to arrange it in their spare time and made it ready for planting step by step. After nearly ten years, the saplings already have grown up and lushly, and we have

another breathing land.

Taipei International Flora Exposition - Baby Stroller

There are over three million visitors coming to Taipei International Flora Exposition from November 2010. In order to convenience, the organizers of the Flora Exposition support baby stroller rental service by every entrance. We are also proud of our client, because they are sponsors of the rental service, and they have great feedbacks from visitors identically.

Supertex also provides wiping fabric for the exposition to maintain the baby strollers, and certainly, the wiping fabric are made of recycle waste fabrics in our factory. We hope that the idea “zero waste” is not only implemented in our factory, but also in every dimension.