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DyStar’s newly launched Levafix® Amber, Scarlet and Red CA-N dyes
demonstrates our continuing commitment to supporting ecological
and economical wet processing of textiles.
Sustainability services
DyStar Textile Services (DTS), a DyStar division , offers a number of services
that are aimed at improving sustainability performance of customers
across the supply chain. DTS helps brands, retailers and their partners
– textile mills, dye-houses, laundries, printers and tanneries to improve
environmental performance. DTS has four business units - Color
Solutions, Ecology Solutions, Testing Solutions, and Sustainable
Textile Solutions. Each business unit has its own sustainable solutions
to deal with the three most common failures in the textile and
apparel industry.
Ecology Solutions
DyStar Ecology Solutions package is designed to help textile producers
meet the demand for responsible and sustainable production. As part
of its econfidence® program, DyStar advises customers on issues relating
to ecology and recommends suitable products to meet ecological
specifications.
The econfidence® program is designed to provide assurance to our
textile customers that the dyes and chemicals we supply comply with
legal and retailer RSL (Restrictive Substance List) requirements. It is an
assurance that our products are in full compliance with chemical and
environmental legislation in every market in which they are sold.
The econfidence® program allows us to build partnerships with the
textile supply chain to foster more sustainable textile production.
“DyStar Japan continues to receive a number of
requests to release the ecological certification of
our products. These requests are increasingly
coming from our customers who are becoming
more concerned with our approach to ecological
issues. Our contact Testing Solution continues to
be a reliable partner to our ecological mission
and adds value and integrity to our brands, as
well as the traders of finished garments.”
Color Solutions
Takase Koji
Sales Area Manager – North East Asia
Color Solutions International (CSI) is the leading provider of color
standards and color communication tools for sustainable color
communication services.
As a constituent of the DyStar group, CSI supports brands and retailers
by providing color tools, building color palettes, engineering colors
and standards, and distribution to brands, retailers or industry partners.
The following sustainable solutions from CSI facilitate making the
right chemical decisions at color design stage. The benefits include
reduction in paper used, and reduction in the number of shipments
of samples.
Color inspiration
Inspiration for color comes from many sources. CSI produces trend
inspirations in the form of regular updates to its customers. These
trend inspirations are the result of our own evaluation of color trends
in the market based on the professional trend services and the input
of our customer’s needs.
With the CSI color inspirations the designer can simply specify the
color required by referencing the desired seasonal trend inspiration
and CSI can immediately send the color and color standards for use.
This helps reduce the costly and wasteful process of lab dipping and
color approval for each new color.
Color palette
During the design process, there is often the need to reproduce
palettes or display groups of colors. To assist in the visual use of color,
CSI provides fabric based design tools. These design tools can be used
in creating the color palette during the design process. The CSI design
tools are reusable and therefore a sustainable option to printing on paper.
CSI also offers its customers a website in which they can search for CSI
colors that they want to display in their virtual color palette, providing
for an additional option to be more sustainable and reducing their
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