ColorJet Group, the largest manufacturer of digital inkjet printers in India is going to participate in the Knit Show to be held at Tirupur from August 7 to 9. The company would be showcasing its direct to fabric digital printing machines using water based pigment inks aimed at green digital printing. Along with, ColorJet it will also be showcasing samples printed on its best-selling direct to fabric digital printing machines; the METRO and VASTRAJET that use groundbreaking and environmentally friendly, water based pigment inks.
Traditionally, printing through all other inks whether through screen or digital, a square metre of fabric consumes approximately 100 litres of water till finishing. Major pollutants in the discharged waste water are highly suspended solids, chemical oxygen demand, acidity etc. The wasted water if not treated properly, pollutes the environment. Water based pigment inks are the answer to the pollution challenges faced by the fabric screen printers of Tirupur and its surroundings.
Incidentally in February 2011, the Madras High Court decreed that all dyeing units in Tirupur would have to shut down for violating pollution norms. They would only be reopened when they implemented zero-discharge protocols in order to protect the surrounding farmlands and rivers, it said.
