Huvis Produces Environment-Friendly Fiber ‘Cocona’ From ‘Coconut’
- Excellent in Antibacterial Disinfectant, Sweat Quick drying, and Shutting out Ultraviolet Rays
 
The largest polyester manufacturer in Korea  Huvis (CEO Sung-hwan Moon, www.huvis.com) announced that they will be the first in the country to launch an environment-friendly fiber product, CoconaTM.
Cocona fiber, developed by Huvis, is made by carbonizing the coconut shell, and it has a deeper meaning in the fact that it can reuse the coconut shell that is thrown out.  Coconut is abundant around the world, it is environment-friendly, and it is human-friendly.
 
The coconut material of the Cocona fiber has a fine vesicular structure, which is similar to charcoal fiber, but different in the fact that the structure is maintained after made into a fiber.  Because of this, the fiber is excellent in antibacterial disinfectant, sweat quick drying, and shutting out ultraviolet rays.  In other words, when preexisting charcoal fiber are made into fiber, most of the fine vesicular structure is clogged, therefore it loses its original function.  However, Huvis’s Cocona fiber is produced from special technology which it allows the fine vesicular structure to be maintained, and also it has a large surface area because it is pulverized into tiny particles.  Therefore, mixing even a small amount of Cocona in fabrics will reveal a vast difference in function than the preexisting charcoal fiber.
 
Huvis’s Cocona technology was imported from a US technology company that first developed it, and the excellence in this technology is established by the Times magazine, which selected this technology as one of the top 100 technologies developed.  This material is currently widely used in various sportswear, mountain climbing clothing, and underwear.  Huvis attained the right to use this technology domestically in 2006, and went through many tests to be able to incorporate this technology naturally.  Currently, Huvis is selling the whole quantity to the US license company through the OEM method. The Cocona fiber’s sweat quick drying function is known to be twice the preexisting polyester’s cool material, the disinfectant function is around 4~9 times the general polyester, and the shutting out of UV rays can be up to the same level as SPF(Solar Protection Factor) 50.
 
Huvis’ ESPOL team’s Yeong-geun Choi team leader said, “The market will continue to grow due to the customer needs for following the well-being trend and using healthy fiber products.”  He also said, “It is proved to have a superior function in deodorizing disinfectant than charcoal fiber,” and announced that they are currently making progress in producing regular t-shirts, golf wear, mountain climbing wear, marathon wear, socks, etc through the licensed company.  Huvis is researching to develop this product, not only in to filament used for medical purposes, but also into short staple for filling such as bedding, sanitary material, and mattress.  Huvis is expecting to sell 500 tons this year.