Chloris develops new agent for bio dye
Biotech company Chloris has developed a new bio activator for its Claessen Blue bio dye, which increases the penetration of the dye and depth of the colour while keeping the core of the yarn white.
The colour is also less reddish than it was before, and the white core enables the fading effect after washing, replicating indigo, said the company.
Claessen Blue is grown through fermentation. “Claessen Blue is a new colour, a new blue. The structure comes from an amino acid and it is friendly to the microorganism,” explained Chloris founder Dr Lei Sun. “That’s why the yield is high but the cost is low, so it is scalable."
The company is working with mills in China, Turkey (Bossa, Isko), Bangladesh (Pioneer) and Pakistan (Artistic Milliners and AGI), among others.
At Kingpins in Amsterdam, Chloris highlighted the potential of the biochemistry in fabrics, to demonstrate the colours to mills (pictured). New trials will start in the coming weeks.
“Brands and mills know the bio technology trend is coming," added Dr Sun.
Read more about Chloris and bio dyes in general in Inside Denim’s feature, ‘Biotech indigo at a tipping point’
