Ence and ShareTex have conducted tests to recycle textile chemicals using an innovative technology that does not require high pressure, high temperatures or the use of harmful solvents. The new process will be further tested in the Spanish pilot plant of As Pontes, a joint venture between Ence and ShareTex, to facilitate the production of recycled textile fibres.
Print Equipment, a European provider of customised printing solutions, is presenting its sustainability strategy in a new video series. Under the title ‘Sustainability in focus’, founder and Managing Director Mario Panter provides insights into the extensive measures that the company has been taking for years to work in a resource-saving manner and with a minimised CO2 footprint.
Miraclon has joined the Consortium for Waste Circularity, the association promoting the circular economy of waste in the printing and packaging industry, as part of its current environmental, social and governance programme. Dr John Anderson, Head of Advanced Application Development at Miraclon, will take an active role in the CWC.
The presentation of the new Folacoat® Pure at Drupa was followed with great interest.
The response from trade visitors was positive, underlining the pioneering importance of this development in the field of sustainable coating solutions.
Thanks to a newly developed aLITE (advanced Light Initiated Thermal Emission) technology from adphos, the energy-efficient and completely CO2-free production of water-based decor on PVC films is now possible. The aLITE drying solution combines powerful photonic energy input with temperature-controlled impingement air to bring about local vapour absorption with defined moisture removal.
The Folex Group is striving to make its business activities as environmentally and climate-friendly as possible – even if this poses a particular challenge in film finishing. With a recently adopted transformation concept for more resource-efficient, less polluting and more climate-friendly production, the company aims to reduce its CO2 emissions by 40 per cent by 2030 and achieve climate neutrality by 2045.
Since Print Equipment was founded, the idea of doing business with the smallest possible carbon footprint and in a way that conserves resources has played a central role. This is why the company continues to focus increasingly on the use of renewable energies: In recent weeks, the company Elektro Birk from Oberkirch installed one of the largest façade photovoltaic systems in Germany on the entire east and south façades of the Print Equipment warehouses.
The call to reduce waste and increase the sustainability of textiles is growing louder and is increasingly being enforced through legislation. Brand owners, designers and textile finishers are therefore increasingly focussing on upcycling to meet this demand. Unpopular materials should be put to innovative new uses and no longer end up in landfill sites.
