In a world increasingly conscious of the environmental impact of manufacturing, there is clearly a great need for the textile dyeing and finishing industry to make substantial savings in its consumption of water, chemicals and energy. According to Femke Zijlstra, Head of Sustainable Development at DyeCoo of Weesp, The Netherlands, the industry needs an average of 100-1501 of water to dye 1 kg of textile, with approximately 28 billion kg of textiles being dyed annually. Several companies have now developed commercial technologies for dyeing, finishing and coating textiles that offer tremendous savings, often achieved by applying only the required amount of dye and/or chemical finish to the surface of the fabric via the use of the latest sensor-based controllers.
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