I. Cashmere:

    Ordos Plateau boasts a famous type of cashmere goat reared for the production of meat and wool─ ─Ordos White Goats, applauded by the herdsmen as the pearl on the prairie. As the goat is mainly distributed in Sumus of Ertuoke Qi, it is referred to as Sumus White Goat for short. Sumus White Goat is classified as one of the twenty finest varieties in china. The 22-28 cm long hair which covers the skin surface of the Sumus White Goat provides good protection for the cashmere, thus its cashmere is known for its long fiber, softness and sheen, and a high ratio of cashmere production from wool, which is praised as “diamond fiber”, “king of cashmere”, “white gold” and “soft gold”. As goats causes serious damages to the pastures, counties all have set limitations on the amount of goats raised, hence the output of cashmere is also limited. As the largest cashmere producer in the world, China produces about 8000—10000 tons of cashmere hair every year, which takes up 3/4 of the total output of the world. The annual output of Inner Mongolia is 5342 tons, which amounts to half of the total output of China, and its quality is the highest.

    II. Features of the Cashmere

    1, Good warmth retention property and fine texture. Cashmere is a layer of dense and downy wool growing beneath the outer hair of cashmere goats to help them resist cold. Thus the colder the weather, the denser the cashmere and the longer its fiber grow.

    2, strong hygroscopic property.

    3, soft feel.

    4, luxurious and elegant. Cashmere can be classified by its color: white, purple, green velvet and red.

    III. Use of cashmere

    Cashmere is the treasure of textile fibres; whether considering its price or its applicability, cashmere assumes the throne in the kingdom of textiles. Cashmere products include cashmere sweater, cashmere scarf, cashmere shawl, cashmere coat, worsted cashmere shirt, and etc.. The production process is generally divided into two stages, primary processing and deep processing. In the first stage, cashmere hair is sorted, washed, combed and slivered, thus made ready for yarning; in the second stage, the cashmere yarns are spun, dyed, weaved (by machine), adjusted and packed. Each procedure must follow strict requirements. Before the liberation, China had no slivering machines and thus could only export cashmere hair; in the early 1980s, people at Dongsheng District of Inner Mongolia purchased a whole set of equipments from Japan through compensation trade, and thus built up the first large-scale cashmere processing factory in China ---- Ordos Cashmere Sweater Factory (which have developed into Ordos Cashmere Group so far). Its annual production capacity of dehaired cashmere is 680 tons, cashmere yarn 1200 tons, cashmere fabrics 300 thousand meters, cashmere scarf 600 thousand pieces, cashmere clothing100 thousand sets, cashmere shawls 50 thousand pieces, worsted fabrics one million meters and cashmere shirts 100 thousand.

    As the company lays great emphasis upon the quality of its products and its credibility in the market, its CKF dehaired cashmere is known for its whiteness and supreme quality in the international market. Among its products, its KVSS01-05 white dehaired cashmere is reputed as “No.1 Dehaired Cashmere in China”; its KWSS02-05 green velvet dehaired cashmere, KXSS02-05 purple dehaired cashmere, KYSS02-0532 dehaired cashmere are all popular among the customers. The “Ordos” cashmere products made of CKF dehaired cashmere are sold in more than thirty counties and regions, and are greatly favored by its customers.