A central county textile cluster is rewriting the capacity ceiling of traditional dyeing through smart transformation. The latest data from De'an County's textile and garment cluster in Jiangxi shows operating revenue reached 15.013 billion yuan in 2025, up 23.85% year-on-year, with leading enterprises' orders booked through August and first-half output value expected to exceed 100 million yuan.
Smart Efficiency Leap
Yisheng Textile Dyeing, located in the Fenglin Industrial New Zone, started production in 2025 with a smart workshop that features fully automated equipment from weaving to finishing. Assistant General Manager Hu Lejing revealed that the full smart process has lifted the first-quality rate above 99%, with production schedules already covering August. By mid-May, the company had completed about 30 million yuan in output value, targeting 130 million yuan for the full year.
Yiyang Textile Group is also running at full capacity. Deputy General Manager Tan Yurong noted sufficient orders both domestically and overseas, with production lines operating around the clock. The company's functional and knitted fabrics supply the domestic market, while garment products are exported to Europe, the US, and Southeast Asia. After connecting to the park's integrated utility system, the company no longer needs to build its own wastewater treatment or heat supply facilities, significantly cutting construction and operation costs. Digital management through MES and WMS systems has boosted production efficiency by 25% and reduced labor costs by 15%.
Cluster Synergy and Green Foundation
De'an has built a closed-loop industrial chain covering spinning, weaving, dyeing, and garment processing. The cluster hosts over 400 enterprises, including 68 above-designated-size firms. The province's only 'industry brain' for textiles is located here, cultivating digital transformation benchmark enterprises. The park's 'five unifications' project (integrated heat, water, wastewater, reclaimed water, and sludge treatment) operates stably, cutting energy consumption and operational costs. Multiple companies have been recognized as national or provincial green factories, and De'an High-tech Zone has become a national green industrial park.
For buyers, the De'an cluster not only ensures capacity but also provides certainty in environmental compliance and cost control. The high first-quality rate from smart transformation directly reduces fabric defects and return risks, while the green manufacturing system helps downstream brands meet ESG scrutiny.
Market Signals and Export Outlook
Yisheng's main product, woven synthetic fabric, is sold to Europe and the US, serving over 200 global brands in apparel, luggage, umbrellas, and home goods. Overseas orders have grown steadily this year, keeping workshops fully loaded. The company plans to optimize production scheduling and increase R&D on new fabrics to boost product added value.
From an industry perspective, smart transformation of dyeing is a critical bottleneck in textile chain upgrading. De'an's practice shows that when digital control combines with green utilities, traditional dyeing plants can shift from high-energy, high-emission to high-efficiency, high-quality. For foreign trade firms, this means more stable delivery times and lower carbon footprints—both increasingly becoming hard requirements for Western buyers.