CORPORATE RAW FIBRE FACTS Flashcards
Cashmere | Annually how many tonnes does UPW purchase of cashmere fibre?
~100 tonnes
rPET | Annually how many tonnes does UPW purchase of rPET?
~13 tonnes
rPET | What is the price point of rPET per kilogram?
RMB 12.6/KG with VAT
rPET | What are our desired specs for short fiber rPET?
Diameter: 1.5d
Length: 38mm
Cashmere | What micron do we typically purchase?
16.3 microns
Cashmere | What is considered high-quality cashmere (microns/length)?
?? 15.5 microns / 32-34 mm
The average cost for certification with control union
30-40k HKD
Describe the scope of the cashmere program with Uniqlo
3-year contract, audits, the volume is 100 tonnes across 10k farms
Describe the scope of the cashmere program with Whistle
3 tonnes traceable to about 15 farms
Who are some vertical suppliers for cashmere?
Artwell, Consignee, Erdos, Kingdeer, MORO, Yuteng
Who are some yarn suppliers for cashmere?
Chifeng and Lugang
What is the average size of hangers? What machine is used to make this?
30cm or 50cm
A4 Size
APEX Fix Design Jr
1000 grams = # kg
1000 kg = # tonne
1000 grams = 1 kg
1000 kg = 1 tonne
On avg 1kg of yarn can make how may sweaters?
4 sweaters
How #grams is an avg sweater?
220 gram
What is the payment structure of knitting factories?
One model is by time
1 min = 80 cents
Avg wasteage in the spinning process?
can be quite low, avg 5%, higher end is 10%
how long does it take to ship samples?
under 100kg can take 3 days by UPS / 10 days by crate
what are the min and max of lot sizes?
mix: 15 kg
avg/max: 2 tonnes
how much does it cost for a whole garment machine?
1.3 million
dion / how much cashmere per goat?
100,000 goats creates how many kgs of fiber?
250 grams
100,000 goats = 25k kgs
dion / how many farms can Yuteng document?
500 farms across 3 regions: Chifeng, Ordos, Bayannur
dion / how many farms would it take Yuteng to source 100 tones of raw fibers?
it would like roughly 500 farms
eddie / how many goats would it take to make a sweater?
roughly 1 goat = 1 sweater
