There are different types of cotton that are grown around the world, all of which have been in circulation in a variety of products to improve the human condition since ancient times. Types of cotton are primarily known by their different species, grown everywhere from the USA and Central America to South America, India and Pakistan, and southern Africa and the Arabian Peninsula.

How Many Types of Cotton Are There?

Actually, there are four types of cotton grown commercially worldwide:

• Gossypium Hirsutum – upland cotton, native to Central America, Mexico, the Caribbean
• Gossypium Barbadense – known as extra-long staple cotton, native to tropical South America
• Gossypium Arboreum – tree cotton, native to India and Pakistan
• Gossypium Herbaceum – Levant cotton, native to southern Africa and the Arabian Peninsula

Gossypium Hirsutum

Most of the world’s cotton production, in fact, 90 percent of it, consists of gossypiumhirsutum, commonly known as upland cotton. Upland cotton, relative to other species, is comprised of relatively short fibers. It’s widely used in a variety of consumer products where manufacturers are looking for quality and purity in an all-natural fiber. Upland, which makes up 95 percent of the cotton grown on US soil, is used in a number of nonwoven products in the feminine hygiene and baby care categories.

Gossypium Barbadense

While the second-most produced a type of cotton, gossypiumbarbadense only comprises about eight percent of global cotton output. An extra-long-staple cotton, you’ll see this variety used in some of the finest fabrics in the world. Commonly known as pima, it’s very soft, quite strong, and it resists pilling, wrinkling, or fading. Pima cotton is native to tropical South America.
Widely-copied, pima cotton is coveted for its apparel and bedding applications.

Gossypium Arboretum

Comprising less than two percent of global cotton production, gossypium arboretum is the species commonly known as tree cotton. This variant is local to India and Pakistan, and you’ll see it in wide use in societies that prize the fabric muslin.
A plain weave, muslin is a gauzy fabric that offers immense breathability while maintaining its form over time. This durability can be attributed to the high tensile strength of the tree cotton fibers from which it’s made. Muslin is also used in cooking as a filter, as well as in the medical world as a gauze.

Gossypium Herbaceum

Also known as Levant cotton, gossypium Herbaceum is native to southern Africa and the Arabian Peninsula. Also comprising less than two percent of the global market, Levant cotton is primarily spun into yarns to make a variety of fabrics.
In addition to its use in clothing, societies in the developing world turn to this cotton, born from a perennial shrub, for a wide range of medicinal purposes, including the treatment of nausea, headaches, fevers, hemorrhages, and diarrhea.

As you can see, cotton is a plant with near-limitless possibilities for a wide range of products. With upland cotton, we see the greatest production and application variety, with this type even used in the production of processed topsheets for nonwoven hygiene and baby care products. Whether it’s grown in the southern United States or southern Africa, cotton makes a difference in the quality of our lives worldwide, in our personal care, our clothing, bedding, upholstery, and much, much more.

2. COTTON WASTE

We are one of the leading suppliers of cotton wastes from India. Our product range includes comber noil, clean carding waste, clean flat strip, clean dropping, cotton linter and others.

Types of cotton waste:

• Comber Noil: (Bleached & Unbleached)
• Flat (Upper Carded Waste)
• Dropping (Lower Carding Waste)
• Clean Licker-in
• Cotton yarn hard waste
• Comber Noil

Comber Noil: (Bleached & Unbleached)

We provide one of the finest qualities Comber Noil. Comber Noil is a by-product of the yarn spinning process, produced when cotton is combed in comber machine to remove short fibers. Because of comber noil being trash free, it can be used for a number of purposes like, manufacturing of pharmaceutical and surgical cotton. Besides this comber noil is also be used in yarn production.
We can also offer you Bleached Comber Noil. It is ideal for making cotton balls, cotton buds and cotton pads. It is manly used in cosmetic field. It is highly hygiene and therefore is appreciated by our clients.

Flat (Upper Carded Waste)

Cotton flat is also a by-product of the yarn spinning process, produced in first carding machine. This fiber length is usually longer but has higher trash as compared to comber noil.

Dropping (Lower Carding Waste)

Droppings or lower carding waste are high in trash. Cotton dropping is obtained during yarn manufacturing. Its low cost and less fiber content makes it ideal for spinning low count yarn.

Clean Licker-in

Licker-in is also a by-product obtained during yarn manufacturing. Being fiber-rich and low cost, it is valuable in low count yarn spinning.

Cotton yarn hard waste

We are the leading Cotton Yarn Waste Suppliers in India. We can offer wide range of cotton yarn that is widely acknowledged for its innumerable uses.

Comber Noil

All waste is collected by pneumatic waste collection system and converted into bales. As all preparatory machine used in all th four spinning mills is state of the art, the quality of comber noil is very good.
We are producing world class quality yarn that matches with USTER 5% LEVEL. It is mainly due to best variety of cotton. No doubt we are taking special care of contamination during selection of cotton. For your guidance parameters of Comber Noil are as under :

3. COTTON YARN

There are two types of cotton yarn according to their manufacturing process.

1. Carded yarn.
2. Combed yarn.

Differences between card yarn and combed yarn.

Carded yarn

• The yarn is more hairy.
• The yarn is more irregular.
• The yarn is cheaper.
• The yarn is less shiny.
• Some trash may be present in the yarn.
• Neaps can be present in the yarn.
• Possibility of irregular twist distribution in the yarn.

Combed yarn

• The yarn is less hairy.
• The yarn is more regular.
• The yarn is more costly.
• The yarn is shinier.
• No trash can be present in the yarn.
• Neaps are not available in the yarn.