Taiwan-based JSRTEX adopts Alchemie's dyeing solution

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Taiwan-based JSRTEX, a leading textile innovator in Asia, has completed its first sustainable dye run using the ground-breaking EndeavourTM waterless dyeing system from UK textile industry disruptor Alchemie Technology.

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Alchemie’s Endeavour machine, which JSRTEX has purchased to dye polyester, uses 95 percent less water and 85 percent less energy than traditional methods. With textile dyeing being the most significant cause of pollution in clothing manufacture, the successful sustainable dye run at JSRTEX is a pivotal moment for the outdoor and fashion industry and a first in Asia. The Alchemie Endeavour system will address the most significant issues facing the dyeing and finishing sector today: water scarcity, carbon reduction, water pollution, and soaring energy costs. It is predicted that carbon emissions from dyeing and finishing textiles will rise threefold to more than two Gigatonnes of CO2 annually by 2050, making it one of the most polluting industries on the planet.

Alchemie Endeavour, developed in one of the world’s high technology clusters in Cambridge, UK, will form the centerpiece of a demonstration hub and showroom in Asia. Brands and manufacturers are welcome to request an invitation to come and see the sustainable dyeing process in action at JSRTEX’s plant in Taiwan.