A production line for woven polyester fabrics now runs almost without human intervention from raw material input to finished product. At Jiujiang Yisheng Textile Printing and Dyeing Co., Ltd. in De'an County's Fenglin Industrial New District, smart equipment is supporting overseas orders booked through August with a first-class product rate exceeding 99%. The company, which started production in 2025, has already achieved nearly 30 million yuan in output value in the first half of the year, targeting 130 million yuan for the full year.
More notably, this is not an isolated case. In the same park, Yiyang Textile Group is also running at full capacity, supplying functional and knitted fabrics to the domestic market while exporting garments to Europe, America, and Southeast Asia. Both companies have fully connected to De'an County's 'industrial brain' and 'five-unified' green infrastructure—a centralized system for steam, water supply, wastewater treatment, reclaimed water, and sludge disposal.
Efficiency Leap Driven by Digitalization
The direct benefits of smart transformation are clear in Yiyang Textile's data. By building a 5G smart factory with MES and WMS systems, the company achieved a 25% increase in production efficiency and a 15% reduction in labor costs. For the labor-intensive printing and dyeing industry, these figures represent a qualitative leap in competitiveness.
Yisheng Textile's case demonstrates another advantage of smart manufacturing: quality stability. Full-process smart equipment keeps the first-class product rate above 99%, which is nearly impossible in traditional dyeing workshops. For woven fabric exports to Europe and America, high product quality directly translates into customer trust and order sustainability.
Crucially, both companies are running at full capacity with orders booked through August, indicating that overseas market demand remains strong and is concentrating on smart factories with stable delivery capabilities.
Cluster Ecosystem: From 'Single-Point Smart' to 'Full-Chain Collaboration'
De'an County's textile and garment cluster is not merely a collection of companies. Through years of cultivation, the region has built a closed-loop industrial chain from spinning, weaving, dyeing, to garment processing. Currently, the cluster hosts over 400 companies, including 68 above-designated-size industrial enterprises. In 2025, the cluster achieved 15.013 billion yuan in operating revenue, up 23.85% year-on-year.
The growth is supported by shared infrastructure at the park level. The stable operation of the 'five-unified' printing and dyeing project allows small and medium enterprises to avoid heavy investments in wastewater treatment, steam, and water supply facilities, significantly reducing construction and operation costs. This model has helped several companies earn national or provincial green factory certifications, and De'an High-tech Zone has been recognized as a national-level green industrial park.
From an industry trend perspective, De'an's practice confirms a judgment: the future competition in printing and dyeing will no longer be between individual factories but between cluster ecosystems. Whoever can first achieve shared digital infrastructure, centralized green energy supply, and inter-enterprise data connectivity will gain the upper hand in global order competition.
Path from 'Manufacturing' to 'Smart Manufacturing'
Yisheng Textile's product line covers apparel, luggage, umbrellas, and home textiles, serving over 200 global brands. Its new smart workshop integrates printing, dyeing, coating, lamination, embossing, and calendering, completing the industrial chain from weaving to finishing. This integrated layout reduces intermediate logistics and quality loss, enhancing overall added value.
Next, the company plans to optimize scheduling and increase R&D on new fabrics. This means the next step of smart transformation is not just about efficiency but also about product innovation and differentiation. For buyers, this translates into more customized fabric options and better delivery reliability.
For the industry as a whole, De'an County provides a replicable transformation model: using an 'industrial brain' as the digital foundation, 'five-unified' as the green base, and smart workshops as production units, ultimately achieving a leap from traditional printing and dyeing to high-value smart manufacturing.