Specification
- 100% cotton, sateen weave
- Seven builds from 130 to 145 g/m², loom-state and finished
- Spun Nm 68/1 (Ne 40/1) throughout, in ring-compact and penye qualities
- Plain and woven satin stripe
- Various widths to order
Builds
| Weight | Pattern | Yarn | Finish | HS |
|---|
| 130 g/m² ±5% | plain sateen | Nm 68/1 (Ne 40/1) ring compact, both ways | loom-state | 5208.19 |
| 130 g/m² ±5% | woven satin stripe | Nm 68/1 (Ne 40/1) ring compact, both ways | loom-state | 5208.19 |
| 135 g/m² ±5% | woven satin stripe | Nm 68/1 (Ne 40/1) penye, both ways | loom-state | 5208.19 |
| 145 g/m² ±5% | woven satin stripe | Nm 68/1 (Ne 40/1) penye | loom-state | 5208.19 |
| 130 g/m² ±5% | plain sateen | Nm 68/1 (Ne 40/1) ring compact | dyed and printed | 5208.59 |
| 130 g/m² ±5% | woven satin stripe | Nm 68/1 (Ne 40/1) ring compact | dyed and printed | 5208.59 |
| 145 g/m² ±5% | woven satin stripe | Nm 68/1 (Ne 40/1) penye | dyed and printed | 5208.59 |
Ring compact and penye
Both qualities are Nm 68/1. Ring compact is compact-spun ring yarn — fewer protruding fibres, so the sateen face comes up clean and lustrous at 130 g/m². Penye is combed, which takes the short fibres out altogether: stronger yarn, fuller hand, less pilling, and it carries the heavier 135 and 145 g/m² builds. Penye is the grade specified for hotel supply and the upper retail tiers.
Plain and stripe
The stripe is woven into the cloth as a satin-faced band, not printed on it, so it survives industrial laundering and does not fade off-pattern. Plain sateen is the printing base; the stripe builds are usually finished as they are.
Applications
The base cloth behind most of the bed linen Turkmenistan exports — sheets, duvet covers and pillowcases — plus pyjama and homewear ranges, and hotel linen in the penye builds. The loom-state builds go to dyeing and printing houses; the dyed and printed builds are ready to cut and sew.
Related
Every loom-state cloth the Turkmen mills weave is listed under grey fabric, each on one page with all of its weights. The ranges they dye, print and finish are collected under dyed cotton fabric.
Loading and delivery
Loaded in rolls at the producing mill. Contracts are normally concluded FCA the mill or FCA Ashgabat, with rail, road and Caspian routings all available.