2.1 billion metric tons of carbon emissions. That’s the global fashion industry’s staggering contribution to global emissions, posing a grave threat to climate stability. Traditional dyeing methods have been unsustainable for decades. Consuming unnecessary vast amounts of water, using high-energy intensive processes, and producing harmful chemical waste as a result. Therefore, with the world prioritising environmental conservation, energy efficiency, and carbon reduction, there’s a growing demand for low carbon, digital dyeing technology.
This is where we come in. At Alchemie Technology, we are challenging the status quo and driving change with our cutting-edge digital textile dyeing solutions. Our technology reduces your operational expenditure (OPEX) by up to 50% and labour costs by 60%, all while significantly cutting environmental impacts. Designed to meet the needs of both small-scale and large-scale textile manufacturing, our solutions make sustainable dyeing seamless and scalable.
Accelerate production while reducing wastewater
The apparel industry consumes approximately 5 trillion litres of water annually just for fabric dyeing, highlighting the inefficiency of traditional dyeing methods. Conventional processes can require up to 200 litres of water per kilogram of fabric, slowing down production while generating excessive wastewater.
Take jet exhaust dyeing as an example - it relies on high-temperature water (up to 135°C) for up to 4 hours, consuming vast amounts of energy from fossil fuels to generate steam. This results in prolonged drying times and significant process inefficiencies.
For every ton of polyester dyed using conventional methods, 30 tons of toxic wastewater is produced. This wastewater, often released into waterways, is a major contributor to global industrial water pollution (20%), harming ecosystems and public health.
To meet today’s production demands while reducing environmental impact, the industry needs a smarter, faster, and cleaner alternative.
At Alchemie Technology, we are transforming textile dyeing by eliminating water usage entirely from the dyeing process. Unlike traditional dyeing methods, which require large amounts of water to soak and heat fabric, our digital dyeing technology uses no water in the dyeing process, greatly reducing energy consumption. By directly applying dye with precision nozzles, we ensure that only the exact amount of dye needed is used, drastically reducing the excess chemical usage typically seen in conventional methods.
Lowering energy consumption and carbon footprint
Traditional dyeing methods have caused the textile industry to release a massive carbon footprint from start to finish - around 10% of annual global emissions.
Our technologies aim to mitigate climate change and keep global warming below the critical threshold of 1.5°C by transitioning from wet dyeing to dry processing. At the core of Alchemie’s dry dyeing technology lies our patented digitally controlled nozzles, providing unparalleled precision, achieving 1.2 billion 10-micron droplets at high velocity per linear metre of dyed fabric, ensuring the highest level of accuracy. Such performance cannot be achieved from inkjet or spray methods due to their droplets lacking momentum. Thereby significantly reducing energy consumption, using our Discovery and Endeavour™ systems, making textile production more sustainable.
- Discovery is a digital lab system that supports Endeavour™. With Discovery, it takes only minutes to complete lab dips and enables brands to streamline communication of recipe optimisation internationally.
- Endeavour™ is a fully digital, end-to-end production-scale dyeing system, supporting web widths of up to 1.8 metres. It enables high-volume, precision-controlled dyeing with minimal resource consumption, maximising output, reducing costs, and accelerating time to market for brands.
Precision, efficiency, and zero waste production
One of the most significant advantages of digital textile dyeing is its unmatched precision and efficiency. Traditional methods often result in dye wastage, batch inconsistencies, and fabric defects, leading to higher material waste and inefficiencies. Our Endeavour™ system is capable of replacing three to five traditional jet exhaust systems, enabling you to reduce inventory and improve sustainability.
With Alchemie’s solutions dye application is digitally controlled ensuring consistent quality of colour uniformity with minimal dye waste. In both our systems, you will only ever use the necessary amount of dye to meet your colour requirements. This precision allows you to adopt an on-demand production model, instead of take-make-waste, reducing overproduction – a crucial step towards a circular economy.
Digital textile dyeing is the solution
As demand for clean-tech, sustainable solutions continues to grow, digital textile dyeing is proving to be the sustainable alternative of choice. The likes of H&M and more brands have already adopted digital textile dyeing solutions. And you can see why. Halving your OPEX, eliminating wastewater, reducing energy consumption, and enhancing efficiency. Therefore, digital textile dyeing is the solution for the textile industry. With our Discovery and Endeavour™ systems readily available for you to adopt and implement, together we can create a world with zero pollution from textile dyeing and finishing.
Looking to transition to cleaner, more sustainable textile dyeing, discuss with us at – enquiries@alchemietechnology.com