THE PRESENT INVENTION RELATES TO A MULTI-COMPONENT FIBRE (10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60), COMPRISING AT LEAST TWO ELONGATED FIBRE BODIES (11, 21, 31, 41, 51, 61 12, 22, 32, 42, 52, 62), WHEREIN A FIRST FIBRE BODY (11, 21, 31, 41, 51, 61) CONSISTS OF A FIRST MATERIAL COMPRISING A PHASE CHANGE MATERIAL AND A SECOND FIBRE BODY (12, 22, 32, 42, 52, 62) CONSISTS OF A SECOND MATERIAL AND ENCLOSES THE FIRST FIBRE BODY (11, 21, 31, 41, 51, 61), WHEREIN THE PHASE CHANGE MATERIAL IS NON-ENCAPSULATED OR IN RAW FORM AND THE FIRST MATERIAL COMPRISES A VISCOSITY MODIFIER SELECTED FROM POLYOLEFINES HAVING A DENSITY IN THE RANGE OF 890-970 KG/M3 AS MEASURED AT ROOM TEMPERATURE ACCORDING TO ISO 1183-2 AND A MELT FLOW RATE IN THE RANGE 0.1-60 G/10 MINUTES AS MEASURED AT 1900C WITH A 21.6 KG WEIGHT ACCORDING TO ISO 1133. FURTHER, THE PRESENT INVENTION RELATES TO A TEXTILE, A FABRIC AND AN ABSORBENT ARTICLE COMPRISING THE MULTI-COMPONENT FIBRES. (FIGURE 1)
