Performance that innovates – innovation that performs: Clariant at Technotex India

Mumbai, January 17, 2013 – Clariant’s Textile Chemicals Business Unit is showcasing its innovative products, processes and effects at Technotex 2013 in Pragati Maidan, New Delhi, during January 17 – 19, 2013. These products add to an already unique portfolio and confirm Clariant as the innovation company in the textile chemicals industry. Clariant is a matchless system supplier of customized solutions and elevates the standards of the entire textiles value chain by offering benefits to all customers.

The company’s focus on closely inter-twined concepts for spot-on solutions that meet the demands of sustainability, protection, performance and fashion is being highlighted.

Sustainability

Clariant demonstrates its response to the challenge to make textile processes more sustainable with products, processes and know-how technology that address environmental concerns. These include:

• The Pekoflam® ECO/SYN system is a fundamental breakthrough in durable FR (fire retardant) finishes and heralds a new generation in the production of FR protective textiles. Clariant’s innovative, bi-component system of Pekoflam ECO and Pekoflam SYN, meets the needs of the textile industry for a more sustainable and high performance FR application that can be used with existing equipment and is free* of Oeko-Tex®1 restricted materials2), commonly still found in certain FR.
• The Foam Eco Care finishing sets a new benchmark in wrinkle-free finishes. This has been achieved with a new foam-based application improving fabric quality, cutting down production processes and generating benefits in water, energy and time-savings.
• The all-in-one bleaching auxiliary is the key to the new Blue Magic process. Based on Imerol® Blue liquid, it generates both economic and ecological advantages: water savings of 50%, energy usage cut by 40% and it reduces process time by half. Besides its advanced brightening effect, Blue Magic adds up to higher productivity, simplified handling, better uniformity and improved dye-ability, with less impact on the environment.

Protection

Clariant provides technical textile solutions that apply to any sector, from military and emergency services, to extreme environments and leisure pursuits. Key highlights:

• Microcapsule composite blend Nuva® N1811 delivers superior performance in repellency, stain protection and durability. The technology allows further crosslinking and efficient crystallization of the fluoro side chains which makes the overall finish highly efficient.
• New finishing and technical textile products, including new non-fluorinated water repellent agents, and the new Pekoflam flame retardant technologies.
• Optifix® CLC liq opens new creative possibilities and improves chlorine fastness for dyes and prints on PA and PA/EL, particularly for swimwear articles as well as cellulosic fibers and their blends.

Performance

Clariant’s Textile Chemicals Business Unit presents new performance-enhancing products for all the links in the textile chain. The multi-faceted range incorporates auxiliaries for package and beam dyeing, migration inhibitors for continuous dyeing and disperse dyes with outstanding wet fastness properties. Featured developments include:

• New Foron® shades with high fastness. The Foron S-WF range of dyes continues to expand and the color spectrum broadens to include three new shades — Turquoise for bright greens that can match cotton standards, Vermillion for bright reds and Atlantic Blue, a greenish blue dye as a metamerism control element.
• Afilan® MF3 liq: Spin finish for manufacture of staple fibers based on recycled polyester for nonwoven applications.
• Chlorine-resistant optical brighteners, such as Leucophor® BMBB and the Hostalux® ACK brighteners.
• Solusoft® SIH, a new hydrophilic silicone micro-emulsion which supplies a super-soft handle. It is suitable for all types of fibers.

…and Fashion

We are committed to providing know-how and technology to match the lifestyle of today’s end consumer is also showcased through:

• Quiospheres®2, a new high tech cosmetic microencapsulation for textile applications with proven benefits providing a feeling of well-being and wellness. It is a combination of high value cosmetic ingredients and a high tech encapsulation technique. The micro-encapsulations are designed into a technology which makes it possible for them to be applied homogenously on fabrics or garments. A gradual release and ― transphere of this care cosmetic is delivered by the reaction or activities of our natural skin enzymes and the new active tailored molecules of the capsules.
• Double Black. A synergy of dyeing technologies that creates the most stunning, deepest black shades under any lighting conditions, with great flexibility and excellent wash-fastness; designed to excite the fashion industry and possibly frustrate the paparazzi.
• Acid dyes with high fastness properties even in dark shades but without heavy metals. Brilliant acid dyes which bring a new color dimension in brightness: Lanasyn® Flavine F-5G and Nylosan® Brilliant Red 3-SR.

Valued partnership

Complementing the portfolio at the booth will be the integrated with Sanitized®3 range of highly wash durable antibacterial products for all the substrates.

Explained Mr. P. Rajasekaran, Head of Clariant’s Textile Chemicals business in India, “our textile business is now exploring new avenues in the field of technical textiles. Our business is committed to supporting the development of the technical textile industry. We want to support the government of India initiatives and make conscious efforts to be in touch with the various centre of excellence institutions operating in the different segments. Our textile dyes and chemicals business acts as an important link between the manufacturer and the end article producer - final consumer. Clariant in India has world class manufacturing facilities which are well supported by our product safety lab to meet new challenges.”

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