Alchemie's Endeavour Waterless Dyeing Process Shown At The Textile Exchange Sustainability Conference 2019 In Vancouver

Image Courtesy of Alchemie

CAMBRIDGE, England, October 2019  - Alchemie exhibited its new Endeavour process at the Textile Exchange Sustainability Conference 2019 in Vancouver where they presented and showcased the latest data from their breakthrough Endeavour Waterless Smart Dyeing process.

The Endeavour waterless smart dyeing process is a breakthrough new manufacturing technology platform for on-demand digital dyeing of textiles.

The technology delivers dramatic manufacturing cost reductions and profitability benefits.  It also enables a step-change in the sustainability of textile dyeing: eliminating waste water emissions and reducing carbon footprint by over 80%.

The digital on-demand process reduces minimum run lengths and enables rapid changeovers between colours and fabrics.

The Endeavour process delivers dramatic reductions in wastewater (>95%) and energy consumption (>85%) and enables cost reduction of around 50% in the coloration of textiles.

At the event, Alchemie discussed the latest technology developments and showcased key data from this revolutionary process – showcasing its exceptional colour consistency and dye fastness.

Endeavour is a digital process, which means that the dyeing process can be directly connected with the digital supply chain – even the consumer demand signal such as an e-commerce buy “click” – to enable economic on-demand manufacturing of short runs.

This capability dramatically reduces the turnaround time for prototyping new products in development and enables more agile supply chains that carry less inventory and reduce oversupply to enable more sustainable “fast fashion” supply chains.

Due to the digital nature of the technology, Endeavour is not limited to solid colours and shades, the system can be used to deliver unique patterns, two-tone effects, metallics and sided dyeing.

Exceptional quality levels can be achieved, delivering excellent colour consistency (<1% variation) and the potential for value-added chemistries to be applied.

The technology is capable of precision colour matching and shade control and can be used with a wide range of fabrics.

The Endeavour includes a fully automated colour lab sampling system to perfectly match a customised colour in a very short time making the Endeavour system a truly “end to end” high performance sustainable dyeing solution with ultimate performance.

·         More profitable production

·         Energy costs reduced by 80%

·         Elimination of waste water

·         Exceptional dyeing performance

·         High throughput on-demand digital dyeing