March-2020

Mar 2020 Birlacril™ New sletter

“Chair of the future” with Durashine™ in Bangkok Fashion Week

Durashine™ was a part of “Chair of the Future”
concept presented in Bangkok Fashion design week
held in Bangkok in February 2020. The chair is
designed by Think (famous Thai Designer) and
manufactured by Mobella using Sol-Out’s outdoor
fabrics with Durashine™.

Bangkok Design Week 2020 (BKKDW2020) was held
between 1 – 9 February 2020 under the theme
“Resilience: New Potential for Living” as an
intellectual playground for creative people, government
agencies and business enterprises.

The exclusive exhibition by Mobella under the concept
"Modern Thai Lifestyle Brand" showcased the design
collections from the brand that cover both furniture and
creative business.

The selected products represent the tide of change in Thai
consumer's trend of purchase that influences the design of
the designers.

Sol-Out’s fabrics were made with 100% Durashine™
solution dyed acrylic fibre, which is a high-performance
fibre for premium outdoor products including awnings,
sun-umbrellas, outdoor furniture and marine canvas etc.
Fabrics made with Durashine™ have high resistance to
ultra violet radiation and harsh weather conditions.
Fabrics with Durashine™ don’t lose color or degrade
under extreme weather conditions.

Sol-Out is a Durashine™ SELECT partner based in
Thailand.

TAF publishes 4th Sustainability Report

We released our fourth sustainability report
in February of this year. The report details
the sustainability initiatives implemented in
our acrylic fibre manufacturing plant and
the sustainability performance over the past
two years as well as the future plans. In this
report, we highlight some of the
transformational initiatives undertaken as
well as key highlights of sustainability
performance of TAF for the financial years
2017-18 and 2018-19.

The focus of the report is in the specific
thematic areas including: Responsible
Supply Chain, Chemical Management,
Circular Economy, Product Innovation &
Customer Centricity and Digital
Transformation.

Link to the report:
https://afs.adityabirla.com/index.php/s/O
HH6KBBUTJsYL9Q

Featured Application: Amicor™ for hotel towels

Hotel chains across the world are increasingly encouraging customers
to reuse their towels. Hanging wet towels inside closed hotel-rooms,
lead to bad smell , cotton being perfect breeding ground for bacteria.
Towels made with blend of Amicor™ and Cotton are highly effective
controlling bacterial growth thus keeps the towel fresh and hygienic,
even after multiple use.

Amicor™ is specifically engineered to incorporate additives into the
core of fibre and promises durable & long lasting anti-microbial
function upto 100 washes.

Thai Acrylic Fibre Co. Ltd. Incorporated in 1987, Thai Acrylic Fibre (TAF) ranks among
888/168-169, Mahatun Plaza, the top five quality acrylic fibre producers globally. The company
16th Floor, Ploenchit Road, has a strong focus on system improvements and has established
Bangkok 10330 comprehensive standards of ISO 9001:2000, ISO 14001,
Phone: +66 (0) 2-253 6754 OHSAS 18000 and SA 8000.
Fax: +66 (0) 2-253 4769, 253 6734
Email: [email protected] We produce more than 14 different types of specialty fibres for vari-
ous applications ranging from sweaters, blankets, carpets, circular
www.birlacril.com knitting and technical fibres for outdoor applications.

https://www.linkedin.com/company/birlacril/