Protection and comfort are nowadays more than ever fundamental functions of textiles in various end use segments. But the chemicals required for effect customization are going through serious revisions. These are globally driven by increasingly stringent regulations where safer handling and reduced environmental impact are key objectives. Additionally, there are also more and more challenging RSL compliance criteria to be matched for brand and retailer driven segments. And these need to respond to their consumers in a business environment that requires higher transparency and reduced environmental footprint.
Archroma’s continuous innovation process is directed towards products and process design which meet the trends of energy and water reduction. Archroma’s goal is to improve textile end-products by offering finishing systems that fulfil these needs, and which reduce the potential impact to workers, environment and consumers.
The platforms presented will therefore share our latest views on repellent technologies and related challenges, as there is still a lot of uncertainty in the market. It will also highlight recent innovations in our portfolio that have been designed to address these challenges. And where partially biobased polymers are used to lower the environmental footprint.
Further finishing innovations are addressing the need to move away from traditional fossil-based feedstocks. And also from traditional odour control, which is still a major function needed in apparel and performance wear.
