A dyeing enterprise that started production only in 2025 had already achieved about 30 million yuan in output value by mid-May this year, targeting 130 million yuan for the full year. This is not an isolated case—Dean County's textile and apparel cluster in Jiangxi Province recorded a revenue of 15.013 billion yuan in 2025, up 23.85% year-on-year. The driving force behind this growth is the widespread adoption of intelligent production lines and an 'industrial brain' platform by multiple local dyeing companies.
Background
Jiujiang Yisheng Textile Printing and Dyeing Co., Ltd., located in Dean County's Fenglin Industrial New Zone, mainly produces woven chemical fiber fabrics for European and American markets, with orders scheduled through August this year. The company uses fully intelligent equipment, achieving a first-grade product rate of over 99%. Another company, Yiyang Textile Group, is also running at full capacity, supplying functional fabrics domestically and exporting garments to Europe, America, and Southeast Asia. Both companies completed or initiated intelligent transformation in 2025, building workshops that integrate dyeing, coating, printing, laminating, embossing, and calendering processes.
This full-capacity production is supported by Dean County's 'five unifications' park infrastructure—centralized heating, water supply, wastewater treatment, reclaimed water, and sludge disposal. Companies no longer need to build their own wastewater treatment or heating facilities, significantly reducing construction and operation costs. Meanwhile, the county has leveraged the province's only dedicated 'industrial brain' for the textile industry to cultivate digital transformation benchmark enterprises at scale. Yiyang Textile's 5G smart factory, using MES and WMS systems for full-process digital control, has increased production efficiency by 25% and reduced labor costs by 15%.
Industry Impact
The most direct result of this intelligent transformation is the extension of order cycles and the upgrade of product structures. By mid-May, Yisheng Textile had completed about 30 million yuan in output value, with the full-year target potentially reaching 130 million yuan. Orders scheduled through August mean the company has a visible production cycle of at least three months, rare in the traditional dyeing industry where order cycles typically last one to two months. Longer cycles often indicate higher customer stickiness and more stable pricing.
From a product category perspective, the two companies' main products—woven chemical fiber fabrics and functional knitted fabrics—belong to the mid-to-high end. Woven chemical fiber fabrics are widely used in garments, luggage, umbrellas, and home furnishings, serving over 200 global brands. This indicates that the Dean dyeing cluster is shifting from low-end grey fabric processing to high-value-added, multi-category, customized production.