Inlegmash 2025: Huayou Supplies Russian Sock Makers from Stock

Inlegmash 2025: Huayou Supplies Russian Sock Makers from Stock

Inlegmash, held at the Expocentre Fairgrounds in Moscow from 11 to 14 March 2025, is the principal equipment and materials exhibition for the Russian textile industry. Zhejiang Huayou Color Spinning Technology Co., Ltd. exhibited for the second consecutive year, presenting stock coloured nylon yarn and the company's anti-slip polyester range to sock producers, knitters and distributors serving the Russian market.

A market rebuilding its supply chain

The Russian light industry has spent three years re-routing its raw material supply, and the buyers who visited the stand were explicit about what they needed from a new partner: a stable colour card, a documented quality standard, and a shipment that arrives on the date quoted.

The colour card answered the first requirement directly. More than 1,000 colours of nylon yarn are held for shipment, including 300+ colours of dope dyed DTY at 70D/24F, 1,000+ colours of dyed yarn at 70D/24F/2 and 335+ colours at 40D/2. For a producer who previously ordered from European spinners on an eight-week cycle, a stock position that ships in one to two days changes the planning horizon of the entire season.

Anti-slip yarn for the sports segment

The most technical conversation of the fair concerned grip. Russian producers of sports socks, gloves and knee protectors have been developing products for running, skiing and outdoor use, and the anti-slip function is specified by the brand rather than requested by the knitter.

Huayou's anti-slip polyester yarn was presented with its friction report under FZ/T 01054-2012 Method B, tested on the sole area of the sock: coefficient of kinetic friction of 0.78 horizontally and 0.86 vertically before washing, and 1.03 and 0.93 after repeated washing, with the conclusion that the locking function survives multiple washes and soaking in perspiration. For buyers who must defend a technical claim to a retail chain, a test report in this form closes the discussion faster than a sample alone.

Orders placed

A sports-sock brand based in the Moscow region placed an order for 600 kilograms of anti-slip polyester yarn for its autumn-winter range, with delivery through the company's usual forwarder. A sock producer in the Volga region ordered 350 kilograms of dope dyed nylon DTY at 70D/24F in eight colours, selected from the stock card at the stand and shipped within the week.

A distributor in St Petersburg requested a quotation covering 100D/48F and 70D/68F for weaving customers, together with the OEKO-TEX and GRS documentation required by its own accounts.

Practicalities that decide repeat business

Exporting into Russia rewards precision in documentation and packaging. Shipments are made on FOB, CIF or CFR terms from Shanghai or Ningbo, in standard cardboard boxes with fumigation-free wooden pallets available on request. Payment is by T/T, typically 30 per cent on order confirmation and 70 per cent before shipment.

For a first order, buyers were advised to confirm a sample before production and to inspect on arrival, reporting any defect with photographic evidence within an agreed period. Where responsibility rests with the supplier, credit is issued against the unusable quantity.

Returning in 2026

The company will exhibit at Inlegmash again in 2026, with an expanded anti-slip range and additional functional qualities for the outdoor segment. Russian buyers unable to attend are invited to request a colour card and sample set, or to arrange a factory visit in Zhuji, Zhejiang.

Zhejiang Huayou Color Spinning Technology Co., Ltd. is a high-tech enterprise specialising in coloured nylon, holding more than 30 patents. Its predecessor, Yuxin Group, was one of the drafting units for China's national industry standard for coloured nylon.