Officina39’s sustainability journey continues with color experimentation and innovative applications tapping into the company’s advanced chemical know-how.
Officina39 rings in the new year with Smart Black, an innovation set to revolutionize the bleaching process of black-dyed apparel. Developed entirely by Officina39’s R&D team, which can count on a long-standing expertise in the field of sustainable garment dyeing, washing, and finishing, the Smart Black process brings cutting-edge technology to the table of the denim industry.
Specifically, it allows to obtain light colors from black-colored textiles without the use of caustic soda. The innovation has a processing temperature of 50 degrees compared to the 70-80 degrees that standard processing requires – thus saving energy –, it can be applied on elastomer-featuring stretch garments, and it prevents zip, press stud and button stains. As its application involves only one step of maximum 30 minutes instead of the traditional 3-step process, Smart Black helps water reduction by 60%.
Standing out in this innovative scenario is the Multicolor Denim Dreaming SS24 collection – present at Bluezone – showcasing Officina39’s range of technologies, all with one main goal: to set out to consume less and reuse more. Through the collection color possibilities are explored thanks to a mix of state-of-the-art developments such as:
- Nebudye D, a wide range of fresh colors to obtain a unique dyeing effect in nebulization/fog system machinery.
- Oz-One Powder, an advanced product to give garments a bleached yet eco-friendly treatment.
- Remover IND/J-N, Officina39’s solution to replace the use of Potassium Permanganate (PP) on denim and obtain a worn and distressed vintage look.
- Novantic series: a combination of selected dyestuffs with a special mordanting agent suitable to obtain surface dyeing to provide vintage or old look effects.
- Recycrom™: a patented dyestuffs range obtained through a cutting-edge upcycling process.
- Remover Activator: a technology that in combination with PP replacement products creates in one step general bleaching, localized corrosion and highlights effects on jeans. ● Just One Step Process, takes the Aqualess Mission (the combination of four processes that allows garment laundry processes to reduce 75% of the water use) a step further, combining several phases of it at the same time, saving time, energy, space and of course water. That means that a raw garment enters the machine and a garment with a basic vintage effect comes out ready to be dried, already treated, bleached and softened.
Keeping up the commitment to a more responsible industry, Officina39 can count two of its technologies – Aqualess Aged, to replace the old Pumice Stone treatment, and Remover IND/J-N – among the bluesign® APPROVED products, a sustainability credential that speaks to the company’s sustainable approach.
