Israeli firm Sonovia Textile’s new single-step Sono-coating process is high on sustainable quotient as there is no use of chemical binders, the chemicals in the process are re-circulated and reused and there is zero leaching of nano particles from the fabric surface due to washing or mechanical abrasion, according to chief technology officer (CTO) Liat Goldhammer.
The need for chemical binders is eliminated through a unique physical phenomenon called 'cavitation'.Israeli firm Sonovia Textile's new single-step Sono-coating process is high on sustainable quotient as there is no use of chemical binders, the chemicals in the process are re-circulated and reused and there is zero leaching of nano particles from the fabric surface due to washing or mechanical abrasion, according to chief technology officer Liat Goldhammer.#
“We save a minimum of 50 per cent of chemicals/additives normally while composing every finishing agent,” she told Fibre2Fashion in an interview.
Sono finishing, which will hit the market by end of 2020, lasts for the product lifetime—100 wash cycles at 75 °C or 65 wash cycles at 92 °C—both tested at industrial wash cycle protocols.
For the full interview, please click here.
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