Officina39 @ ITMA 2023
(Source: Officina39)
A whole portfolio of ecological solutions at Officina39’s “home edition” is being presented during ITMA in Mila/Italy from June 8-14, 2023.
The work was conceived within the context of Circul Art 2, a project curated by Cittadellarte, Fondazione Pistoletto, Biella/Italy, and produced in collaboration with Officina39 srl, Biella, with the aim of integrating artistic production, fashion, and business around the theme of sustainability. The Artist Ryts Monet has chosen the image of the planisphere made by decrease, wearing down and consuming a denim fabric support until the image of an exhausted Earth was generated, reduced to shreds. The intention of the work is to raise questions about the impact that the hyper-consumerist market and the massive extraction of resources already have and will have in the future both locally and globally.
Decreasing the exploitation of resources and virgin materials is one of the priorities of Officina39 with Recycrom, a full range of pigment powders 100% derived from recycled used clothing, fibrous material and textile scraps, obtained through a cutting-edge upcycling process. Recycrom Ready to Dye is a new range of 15 standard ready-in-stock colors, obtained from a minimum of 65% recycled textile pre- and post-consumer materials, to achieve fashionable dyes and colorations for use on cotton, wool, polyamide (PA) or any cellulosic and natural fiber or blend. Recycrom Pure allows brands to make custom dyes from their own scraps and textile waste, Recycrom Ready to Dye offers them the possibility to choose and create their own colors from a standard color card, a palette of darker and brighter shades, guaranteeing a true upcycling of textile waste without any chemical synthesis. From 100 kg of textile waste comes the amount of Recycrom Ready to Dye needed to dye 20,000 T-shirts.
On June 9, Andrea Venier, Managing Director of Officina39, took part at the forum “Transforming The World of Textile Colourants through Green Chemistry” to illustrate to the ITMA audience the potential of Recycrom - The Recycled Dyestuffs from Textile Waste. The talk was part of the review “The Rise of Recycled, Natural and Bio Dyes and Their Positive Impact on the Environment”.
Recycled binder from laminated glass
The Ecobinder R Series is recycled binder from laminated glass. Being made of 100% post-consumer recycled polymer obtained from the recycling of windshields and other types of safety glass, this free-of-phthalates binder has lower CO2 emissions than oil-based alternatives, while guaranteeing high reactivity, strong adhesive properties, great flexibility, and soft handle. Applicable in printing, spray, coating, and dyeing processes, it can be colored with normal pigments or combined with Recycrom, for a total circular solution.
Pumice stone-free waterless solution
The ITMA sees the debut in the Aqualess family of Aqualess Activator, a 100% pumice stone-free waterless solution to bust the abrasion effects of Aqualess Aged, a bluesign approved waterless technology. Aqualess Activator works at room temperature in conventional machine to give “stone wash effects” to indigo and black denim, without involving pumice stone and water. This technology not only greatly reduces consumption, but also creates 90% less sludge than pumice stone and does not damage machinery.
Fabric fading technology
MadeToFade is a technology for creating faded worn look directly on dyed fabric by continuous application method, producing a vintage effect always on trend in a more sustainable way.
Officina39 Novapret Worn, MadeToFade, is the vintage finishing agent that adds value to dyed fabric through easy and simple application, which decreases water and energy consumption, for a unique washed look. It is suitable as post-treatment after conventional dyeing (e.g. reactive or direct).
Recycrom = trademark
bluesign = registered trademark
