WOOLMARK AND COLOURIZD INTRODUCE LOW-CARBON WOOL COLOURING SOLUTION

Woolmark has partnered with Colourizd to introduce a new, low-carbon method for coloring wool and wool blends. The new method, named QuantumColour, significantly reduces resource consumption during the dying process.

Specifically, the new method uses only 0.5 liters of water per Kilogram of yarn, while eliminating the need for bleach, pre-treatment, and wastewater discharge.

“After extensive testing on Merino wool and wool blends, we realized the team at Colourizd is on to something truly revolutionary for the wool industry,” said Woolmark General Manager Processing Innovation & Education Extension Julie Davies. “The QuantumColour process provides durable solutions, creating faded to saturated tonal depths of color for wool and wool blends. And since it uses very little water, suppliers can choose to color wool and wool blend yarns without the need for wastewater processing infrastructure.”

The current dominant method for dying wool employs a variety of chemicals, including caustic soda, acids, bleach, and salts, and requires 60L to 120L of water per Kilogram of yarn. The new method eliminates all these chemicals by directly injecting a bluesign-certified pigment into yarn fiber bundles.

“Woolmark represents the gold standard within the wool industry, and they will be instrumental in helping to offer our lower impact, higher performance process to new markets,” said Colourizd CEO Jennifer Thompson. “Our current clients include Kontoor Brands (Wrangler and Lee), Cone Denim, and Gant, and working with Woolmark will allow us to reach an entirely new market, bringing sustainability and performance solutions to wool manufacturers around the globe.”

Woolmark and Colourizd introduced this new technology during Pitti Immagine Filati, in Florence, Italy.