{"id":1285,"date":"2020-10-04T12:17:27","date_gmt":"2020-10-04T10:17:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.icotonidialbini.com\/materie-prime\/sea-island\/"},"modified":"2025-02-18T10:51:58","modified_gmt":"2025-02-18T09:51:58","slug":"sea-island","status":"publish","type":"icamaterie","link":"https:\/\/www.albiniyarns.com\/en\/materie-prime\/sea-island\/","title":{"rendered":"Sea Island"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover alignfull ica_hero\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/www.icotonidialbini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Hero_1440x690-2.jpg)\"><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-large-font-size\"><strong><strong>Sea Island<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<div id=\"infographics-block_5f6bb795cd429\" class=\"infographics alignfull\">\n    \t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"infographic-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"infographic-box\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"infographic_icon\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.albiniyarns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Origine.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"infographic_type\">ORIGIN<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"infographic_txt\"> Jamaica and Barbados<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"infographic-box\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"infographic_icon\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.albiniyarns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Manuale.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"infographic_type\">Harvesting<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"infographic_txt\">Manual<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"infographic-box\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"infographic_icon\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.albiniyarns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Balla.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"infographic_type\">Annual production<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"infographic_txt\">150 bales<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"infographic-box\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"infographic_icon\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.albiniyarns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Lunghezza.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"infographic_type\">Fibre length<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"infographic_txt\">37 mm<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide materie_bg\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide materie_imgsx\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide chisiamo_cols02\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column chisiamo_col02_sx\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"710\" height=\"475\" src=\"https:\/\/www.albiniyarns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Foto_01_710x475-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1161\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.albiniyarns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Foto_01_710x475-2.jpg 710w, https:\/\/www.albiniyarns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Foto_01_710x475-2-300x201.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 710px) 100vw, 710px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column chisiamo_col02_dx\">\n<p class=\"hp_main_tit\"><strong>THE CARIBBEAN COTTON<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The West Indian Sea Island is one of the oldest, rarest and most precious varieties of cotton in the world, discovered in the early 18th century in the British West Indies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It stands out from all other cotton species for its distinctive characteristics, such as the extraordinary length (37 mm), fineness (2.8 Micronaire) and strength of its fibre, the excellent percentage of uniformity (86%) and the remarkable brightness.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide materie_imgdx\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide chisiamo_cols01\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column chisiamo_col01_sx\">\n<p class=\"hp_main_tit\"><strong>THE CULTIVATION<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sea Island cotton is grown mainly in Jamaica and Barbados &#8211; areas which lend it fantastic climatic conditions. Its annual production is around 150 bales.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Albini Yarns has established an important partnership with ECCI Cotton, working directly with local growers and obtaining the exclusivity of 100% of the Sea Island cotton grown in Barbados and 90% of the one grown in Jamaica. Albini Yarns plays an active role and has direct control over the cultivation of Sea Island, following its production personally and ensuring high quality standards.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column chisiamo_col01_dx\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"710\" height=\"475\" src=\"https:\/\/www.albiniyarns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Foto_02_710x475-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1162\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.albiniyarns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Foto_02_710x475-2.jpg 710w, https:\/\/www.albiniyarns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Foto_02_710x475-2-300x201.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 710px) 100vw, 710px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<div id=\"certifications-block_5f79a1711cbd0\" class=\"certifications alignfull\">\r\n    \t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"certifications-row\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"certifications-box\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"certifications_icon\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.albiniyarns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Wisica.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"certifications_txt\"><span class=\"certifications_desc\">WISICA (West Indian Sea Island Cotton Association) inspects every single kilo of locally produced cotton and releases the Certificate of Authenticity for SEA ISLAND branded yarns, guaranteeing the purity of this precious raw material.<\/span><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group ica_dl_group active\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container\"><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The West Indian Sea Island is one of the oldest, rarest and most precious varieties of cotton in the world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1159,"menu_order":6,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"tags":[],"materie-prime":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v15.9.1 - 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