Partners agree to keep cotton-based dye project going
Textile chemicals group Archroma has extended a partnership it set up with Cotton Incorporated in 2016.
Non-profit organisation Cotton Incorporated approached Archroma in 2016 and suggested a joint project to develop a dyestuff from by-products of the cotton industry. Cotton farming and processing generate by-products such as burs, stems and leaves. Cotton Incorporated recognised that these natural by-products, which are already going into packaging, insulation and other products, could also be used to produce dyes.
The Archroma research team applied the technology it uses to make the EarthColors range of biosynthetic dyes the company introduced in 2014 to create a new variety, Diresul Earth-Cotton. This dye based on cotton by-products offers warm, natural shades, Archroma has said.
Now the two partners have agreed to keep the project going.
