CleanKore introduces black denim programme

06/10/2022
CleanKore introduces black denim programme
Sulphur black is one of the new products to be rolled out by US-based CleanKore, the developer of a dyeing method that retains the authentic white core of yarns, and its partner Archroma, a chemicals supplier. “We are combining our CleanKore technology with Archroma’s Diresul black pre-reduced liquid dyestuff to provide the denim market with beautiful, sustainable fabric,” Ryan Ripley, CleanKore’s business development manager, tells Inside Denim.

In addition to savings in water, chemicals, energy and production time, according to Archroma’s in-house impact calculator One Way, this new solution eliminates the need for potassium permanganate spray, thus avoiding the yellow cast that the chemicals can give on black denims. Products can also be laser finished, and thus achieve low EIM scores, using Jeanologia’s rating system.

Umberto De Vita, Archroma’s global indigo manager commented: “The sulphur black project that we have recently launched in collaboration with CleanKore allows us to add one more solution to offer to denim manufacturers and brands looking to create safer and enhanced black denims and save precious resources.”

Image: CleanKore and Archroma.