A4 Goes Green with Recycled Polyester
A4, manufacturer of premium sportswear and team uniforms, is now making all its most popular apparel, and the vast majority of its line, with recycled polyester.
FULL STORYArchroma, Pratteln, Switzerland, has announced the addition of two new metal-free and halogen-free acid dyes in its Nylosan S range.
The new Nylosan Navy S-3R and Black S-3N, especially developed for polyamides and blends, meet multiple market demands for blacks and navies. In addition to being metal-free and halogen-free, the S range comprises a wide gamut of colors with the new dyes targeting color matching and fastness specifications including being non-metameric to the color standard under multiple light sources.
Both dyes display the usual features allowed of the Nylosan S range. Archroma designed its new “CONSCIOUSLY DEEP” system to allow a highly efficient scour dyeing process reduced from six to two baths, resulting in reducing the process time by up to 36%, water consumption by up to 64%, energy by up to 46%, and CO2 emissions by up to 41% compared to conventional benchmark process, according to the company.
“Innovation is a key enabler of the Archroma Way to a sustainable world,” says Mark Dohmen, head of Archroma’s Competence Center Synthetics. “With the CONSCIOUSLY DEEP system based on the new Nylosan S navy and black colors we combine all three: safer ingredients free of metal and halogen, a more efficient process with less water, energy, and greenhouse gas, and enhanced value with a more desirable and durable article. That is how Archroma helps to transform our industry—because it’s our nature.” — D.S.
A4, manufacturer of premium sportswear and team uniforms, is now making all its most popular apparel, and the vast majority of its line, with recycled polyester.
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FULL STORYThe Vastex PTF-100 powder-to-film coating system in combination with an integral Vastex D-100 conveyor dryer increases production efficiencies for direct-to-film (DTF) heat-transfer apparel decorators.
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