Jeanologia and Archroma tie-up leads to cooler dye development
16/03/2021
Pad-Ox G2 Cold combines the oxidation and fixation steps, shortening the dyeing process and leading to resource savings, said the companies.
Archroma initially launched Pad-Ox for woven fabrics, and then used it as part of its Advanced Denim concept, using its Diresul low sulphide sulphur dyes and its plant-based EarthColors.
The Swiss and Spanish teams wanted to improve the process, focusing on an areas that “offered room for improvement”, according to a press release: temperature and fastnesses.
They developed a way to apply the Pad-Ox dyeing process at room temperature, while improving fastnesses and allowing higher contrasts after washdown. The companies said the binder-free technology leads to articles that are softer and have greater colour durability and solidity against rubbing.
Jean Pierre Inchauspe, business director of G2 Dynamic at Jeanologia, said: “This association is another step to change traditional, more polluting and water consuming processes for new ones, improving production stages, making them more efficient. This allows companies to be more competitive, increase productivity and offer a product that is sustainable, with high quality.”
Photo: Denim overdyed using Pad-Ox G2. Credit: Jeanologia
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