Teijin Frontier has developed a new multi-functional comfort textile designed for sports and outdoor apparel, combining advanced skin-side dryness with multiple cooling features, including heat shielding and ultraviolet (UV) protection, and aesthetic properties such as anti-transparency and sweat-mark reduction.

The Tokyo-headquartered company leveraged its advanced spinning technology for core-sheath conjugate yarns and proprietary fibre processing techniques to create high-crimp, false-twist textured core-sheath conjugate yarns. These full-dull yarns suppress light transmission, block UV rays and heat and provide softness.

The special yarns have been incorporated into the surface layer of the uniquely structured textile. An inner layer intermingles water-repellent and water-absorbent polyester yarns to quickly absorb sweat and transfer it to the outer layer, while preventing reverse migration to ensure lasting comfort.

Core-sheath conjugate yarns with high titanium dioxide content effectively block light transmission, shielding against UV rays and heat while reducing see-through.

The yarn arrangement minimises differences in light reflectance between wet and dry areas, reducing the visibility of sweat marks.

The textile is made without per and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS).

Teijin Frontier plans to launch the material in Japan and overseas markets starting in the 2027 Spring/Summer clothing season targeting sales of 150,000 metres in 2027 and 400,000 metres by 2029.

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