Expanded colour options for Shima Seiki technology users
Specialty chemicals developer Archroma has expanded an existing partnership with flat-knitting machine technology provider Shima Seiki.
As a result, textile companies using Shima Seiki’s SDS-One Apex design, planning and virtual sampling system will have access to what Archroma has called “the industry’s largest library of colours for cotton and polyester”.
Apex users already had access to Archroma’s Color Atlas library for cotton, a totl of 4,320 colours. In addition, they will now also have access to all of the library’s 1,440 colours for polyester, taking the total number of colour choices to 5,760.
The companies said extending access to the colour library would help designers and manufacturers “to visualise and evaluate their design choices on realistic fabric simulations and then put them into production with dyes and finishes that meet their desired sustainability profile.”
