ERCA, a group of chemical companies headquartered in northern Italy near Bergamo unveiled some of its innovative and sustainable technology solutions for the textile industry at the recently concluded ITMA 2015.
The company that operates seven plants in Italy, Poland, Turkey, Brazil, China, India and will soon be extending its services with facilities in Malaysia. The solutions engineered by ERCA aim to encompass the environmental and ethical requirements that textile dyers and finishers have to meet in accordance with the commissioner’s standards. Some of the innovations on display at ITMA included ReactEVO - a simple and efficient process based on a new post-treatment concept in dyeing with reactive dyestuffs that leads to a drastic reduction in energy consumption and water volumes, significantly cutting the total treatment time. The product is also said to produce significant sustainability benefits. ReactEVO allows energy savings of up to 70 per cent, water savings to 50 per cent and processing time up to 20 per cent, according to the company. All ReactEVO auxiliaries (DYE, WBS, PHR and TWE) are also confirmed compliant with Oeko-Tex Standard 100 requirements and are bluesign and GOTS approved.
ERCA, in collaboration with multinational Japanese manufacturer, Asahi Kasei, has also developed a new dyeing process called OneTone. The process is the result of a study undertaken to dye Asahi Kasei’s ROICA Colour Perfect, an innovative and fully dyeable premium stretch yarn that is said to offer great tone on tone colour depth and an imperceptible matt aspect that can be used to match dye with all major fibres such as cellulose, nylon, wool and silk.
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