Algodon Organico

Dyes for Organic Cotton
For more confidence in the performance of your organic cotton textiles

Organic Cotton – the fastest growing fibre in the world
The production of organic cotton hasincreased dramatically in the last 5 years from 6,500 te in 2001 to an estimated 30,000 te in 2006 according to Organic Exchange. Estimated global retail sales of organic cotton goods are expected to reach$ 2.6 billion by 2008. Many leading retailers and brands including Nike, Co-op Schweiz, Otto, Patagonia, Gap Inc, Levi Strauss and Wal-Mart now include organic cotton lines among their clothingranges. DyStar is the leading global supplier of dyes for cellulose fibres and is now able to offer a wide range of dyes that have been specifically approved for use on organic textiles by third partycertification organisations such as Control Union Certifications (CU), who control the Skal International Standard for Sustainable Textile Production, and the Institute for Marketecology (IMO) who are thefirst approved body to offer certification to the Global Organic Textile Standard (GOTS). These low impact dyes from DyStar meet the demanding requirements of the organic textile standards andprovide the basis for achieving a wide range of shades by all application methods (exhaust dyeing, continuous dyeing, cold pad batch, and printing). For further information please contact your DyStarrepresentative or visit our e-dyes customer service centre on our homepage.

We know what we’re selling... ...do you know what you’re buying?
As a leading global supplier of products and services forthe textile industry we have for many years recognised the need to communicate on ecological issues to our customers and have collaborated with other partners in the textile supply chain to minimise theenvironmental impact of the textile coloration process. Under the Econfidence programme we are actively seeking to establish supply chain partnerships to move towards more sustainable textile...