Singapore-based dye and chemical manufacturer DyStar has released a new indigo dyeing system that it says will drastically reduce water and energy use during denim-making. The century-old company ...

Most of the discussion in sustainable textiles has centered around the fibers–manufacturers making a switch to organic cotton, or creating fabrics from natural, easily-renewable materials like bamboo ...

Colorifix, which describes itself as offering the world's first entirely biological textile dyeing without the use of petrochemicals, hopes its new investment led by Inter IKEA Group will fuel its ...

Coloring fiber or fabric with natural dyes can be painstaking work. But to know the dye potential of plants is to have some of the wisdom of the ancients. With the right chemical magic, the red ...

Textile chemicals specialist Archroma has launched an optical brightening agent that is being used in what the company claims is the world’s first process chemical-free and water-free dyeing solution.

In a small corner of rural Taiwan, set amongst other dye houses and small factories, the start-up Alchemie Technology is in the final phase of rolling out a project it claims will upend the global ...

Partnership yields innovative solution for significant water savings of up to 97%, Credit: Somelos. Archroma and Somelos have created a New Dry Dyeing/Ox Finishing process for the production of cotton ...

Most of the discourse surrounding personal protective equipment (PPE) is justifiably concentrated on the ability of a garment to minimize exposure to hazards, ultimately making workplaces safer.