Cleaner Technology Transfer to the Polish Textile ... - Miljøstyrelsen

1.1 Programme description
Programme period The programme was initiated in 1992 and finalized in 1996. Priority areas
have been identified and their relevance and potential benefits have subsequently
been confirmed by the textile industry itself at technology transfer
seminars. The strategy from this point has been to go into specific technology
transfer, including implementation projects, for selected areas at selected case
companies.
Programme phases The phases of the programme have thus been as follows:
1. Survey of Polish experiences and dyeing procedures. Identification of
problem areas
2. Survey of Danish experiences and dyeing procedures. Identification of
areas of possible technology transfer
3. Halfway seminars in Poland and Denmark. Selection of priority problem
areas and pilot case companies for technology transfer and implementation
projects.
4. Elaboration of an idea catalogue
5. Final technology transfer seminar in Poland
6. Identification of full-scale demonstration projects. Identification of further
implementation areas and companies for full-scale demonstration.
The programme has been continued by an implementation programme,
including as a start, three implementation projects:
Implementation programme • Extended Counter Current Operation in Continuous Processes
• Implementation of Cleaner Technology in Batch Dyeing of Cotton
• Savings and Substitutions of Hazardous Chemicals
Criteria for
for selecting options
1.2 Survey of the Polish textile
industry
The survey of experiences and dyeing procedures in the Polish textile industry
comprised 20 companies, including detailed audits at 9 companies for identification
of cleaner technology options.
This survey has given a good background for the identification and selection
of problem areas. Our criteria for selection of relevant problem areas have
been that these should be:
• Environmentally important
• Of broad interest to the textile dyeing industry in Poland
• Economically possible to a textile company, and as far as possible even
profitable
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