Archroma Introduces COLOR MANAGEMENT+ to Elevate Color Development and Execution for More Sustainable Textiles and Fashion
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Pratteln, Switzerland, June 5, 2024 – Archroma, a global leader in specialty chemicals focused on sustainable solutions, proudly announces the launch of COLOR MANAGEMENT+, an advanced color design and development solution.
This innovative platform aims to transform the collaboration between textile and fashion brands and mills, driving both economic and environmental sustainability.
COLOR MANAGEMENT+ integrates the industry’s most extensive off-the-shelf color atlas selection, cutting-edge design tools, and bespoke services designed for swift color selection and creation. This solution is further enhanced by engineered color standards developed with Archroma’s Super Systems+, ensuring reduced environmental impact and unparalleled accuracy in color reproduction.
By leveraging these comprehensive capabilities, brands and designers can concentrate on their color vision and the essential functionality and sustainability of their final products. This ensures that their creative inspirations are precisely communicated and efficiently executed at the mill level.
Chris Hipps, Global Head of Archroma Color Management, emphasized the significance of this innovation: “Selecting the perfect color is a critical component in textile and fashion creation, but it goes beyond mere aesthetics and consumer appeal. Today's designers must also consider fastness performance, eco-compliance, color consistency, and resource efficiency. Archroma’s COLOR MANAGEMENT+ integrates these considerations into engineered color standards, providing the necessary recipes and references for colorists and technical specialists to bring these colors to life in economical and resource-efficient bulk production.”
Within the COLOR MANAGEMENT+ framework, the Color Atlas by Archroma® provides access to a collection of over 5,700 unique colors suitable for cotton, polyester, and blends. This resource is available both as a physical library and an online searchable database, offering designers the flexibility to create custom colors as well.
Critically, each color standard within COLOR MANAGEMENT+ includes achievability criteria, encompassing technical and economic feasibility information.
These standards align with Archroma's commitment to sustainability, grounded in the Zero Discharge of Hazardous Chemicals (ZDHC) Manufacturing Restricted Substances List (MRSL) Level 3.
The color standards facilitate precise communication among mill colorists, textile technologists, and quality control specialists, ensuring faster delivery of the correct color and achieving reproducible results across different locations. This clarity in communication helps eliminate excessive lab dipping, shorten approval times, and improve first-time-approval rates.
Developed with bulk production in mind, the color standards within COLOR MANAGEMENT+ utilize Archroma’s robust Super Systems+ solutions.
These systems provide end article-specific processing solutions, durable colors, and intelligent effects, enabling brands to achieve measurable environmental impact, eliminate harmful or regulated chemicals, and enhance product value and longevity.
The solution is further supported by Archroma’s ONE WAY+ Impact Calculator, Sustainability Improvement Program (SIP), and SAFE EDGE+ compliance-data platform. Comprehensive global technical support is available to assist the supply chain in delivering consistent colors with reduced environmental impact.
Archroma’s COLOR MANAGEMENT+ is a cornerstone of the company’s “Planet Conscious+” vision. With the industry’s broadest product portfolio and a far-reaching global presence, Archroma is poised to accelerate the textile and fashion industry's shift towards the most sustainable processes, propelling it toward a more sustainable future.
About Archroma
Archroma is a global leader in providing specialty chemicals and sustainable solutions to textiles, packaging, paper, coatings, adhesives, and sealants.
Archroma is dedicated to enhancing sustainability and performance for its customers' products.
