Legacy in Colour: Sri Lanka’s Timeless Natural Dye Tradition | Print Edition

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In Sri Lanka’s textile sector, a deep-rooted custom in pure dyeing spans centuries and is intertwined with the nation’s wealthy textile heritage. The nation’s considerable biodiversity has yielded a various vary of botanical sources, offering a wealth of pure pigments important to the garment trade. Key trade gamers within the Sri Lankan attire trade, reminiscent of Hayleys Cloth PLC, Noyon Pvt Ltd, Dynawash, and Ocean Lanka lead this motion, leveraging pure dyes to cater to worldwide markets more and more prioritising environmentally accountable merchandise, the 4 firms stated in a joint media launch.

On the Ocean Lanka manufacturing unit.

Hayleys Cloth is on the forefront of eco-conscious vogue, revolutionising a brand new period in sustainable textiles. Its dedication to sustainability is vividly portrayed via natural, eco-friendly materials woven from pure dyes. Collaborating with nature, the corporate has harnessed the ability of Neem, Thulsi and a collection of pure dyes derived from pomegranate, mulberry, Mexican marigold, Mahogany wooden and black clutch, increasing the horizons of environmentally pleasant textiles.

Recognised among the many Prime 10 international improvements at ISPO Textrends Spring/Summer time 2024, Hayleys Cloth’s ‘Warna by Mahogany’ is the pure dye innovation that has turn out to be an trade recreation changer.

The corporate lately earned recognition for its ‘Midnight by Charcoal’ vary, a novel assortment of textiles that includes natural prints from biomass charcoal waste. In collaboration with its subsidiary, South Asia Textile Non-public Restricted, the ‘Midnight’ vary obtained worldwide acclaim, securing a spot among the many ‘Prime 10 Improvements within the Avenue Sports activities’ class at ISPO Munich.

As a subsidiary of MAS Holdings, Noyon Lanka has revolutionised sustainable dyeing with its revolutionary ‘Planetones’. This 100 per cent pure dye vary, accredited with the celebrated ‘Eco Dye Commonplace’ by the Management Union, marks a big stride in environmentally aware dyeing strategies. Planetones doesn’t use any metallic modent within the dye formulation. Providing a palette of over 50 vibrant colors for polyamides, this resolution covers 90 per cent of the color spectrum barring a superb white and jet black. This product is relevant to material, elastics, lace, nylon-coated trims and equipment in addition to purposes reminiscent of garment wash.

This innovation just isn’t restricted to simply vibrant hues however extends to substantial environmental affect via its dyeing course of, as assessed by “Bluwin”, with over 50 per cent reductions in water consumption, power utilization, GHG emissions, positioning ‘Planetones’ because the benchmark for eco-friendly dyeing practices within the trade.

T Hues, lately granted a patent in India, represents an revolutionary leap in Sri Lanka’s textile trade, ushering in a brand new period of sustainable garment dyeing. Born from a collaborative effort between SLINTEC, Unilever, and Dynawash, this innovation utilises tea waste to create a flexible 52-color palette. It contains a distinctive mix comprising 80 per cent pure and 20 per cent artificial dyes, providing outstanding versatility throughout numerous material compositions, together with cotton, nylon, and blends.

What units T Hues aside just isn’t solely its shade range but in addition its inherent sustainability attributes, boasting a damaging carbon footprint and antimicrobial properties.

With over US$1 million in orders from a number of main worldwide international manufacturers, T Hues has demonstrated the industrial viability of sustainable innovation and has gained confidence from main gamers on Sri Lanka’s capability to ship on this sphere.

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Sri Lanka’s well-known weft knitted material producer Ocean Lanka spearheads a sustainable revolution within the textile trade with its groundbreaking ‘Ocean Aqua+’ dyeing system. This revolutionary know-how, indigenous to Ocean Lanka and conceptualized by their proficient Dyeing and Shade Lab groups, stands as a testomony to the corporate’s dedication to environmental preservation. Redefining the material dyeing course of, ‘Ocean Aqua+’ has already made substantial strides in augmenting capability utilization and productiveness whereas championing environmental conservation. This visionary system is engineered particularly for dyeing deep and vibrant-colored materials, guaranteeing a seamless synergy between eco-consciousness and cost-efficiency.