The project’s aim was to demonstrate the viability of a new process for applying different finishing chemicals to raw garments without using hundreds of liters of water. The new technology, named e-Flow, was industrially validated and launched on the market. It significantly reduces the environmental burden of the garment finishing industry.
Current technologies for surface treatment of garments are based on distributing the chemicals in a bath inside industrial washing machines. The technology e-Flow instead relies on Micro-nano bubbles which can get directly inside the fibres. In comparison, the e-Flow consumes 44% less energy, requires 86% less water and eliminates 97% of wastewater resulting from the traditional methods. Further, only a half the amount of chemical products is required for the treatment. These savings do not compromise the desired effect of the treatment. Softening treatments and functionalization treatments (for example water repellence, wrinkle free properties) using e-Flow even outperform their conventional counterparts.
The project was developed and financed between 2013–2015. e-Flow supplements the catalogue of Jeanologia, a global leader in innovative technologies for the garment industry.
Product available in the whole of the EU and Asia
- Project locations
- Spain
- Project website
- Jeanologia