DryDye

It is well known that the textile industry is one of the largest consumers of water. Conventional textile dyeing uses vast amounts of fresh water and which then is disposed as waste water containing dyestuff chemicals.

On average, an estimated 100 - 150 liters of water are needed to process 1 kg of textile material. Water is used as a solvent in many pre-treatment and finishing processes, such as washing, scouring, bleaching and dyeing.

Water scarcity and increased environmental awareness are world-wide concerns causing a sharp rise in prices for intake and disposal of water.

Currently being readied for commercial introduction in the fourth quarter of 2010, the Yeh Group will be the first textile mill to implement a new waterless dyeing process developed by DyeCoo Textile Systems. The Yeh Group is pioneering this revolutionary new process and, consequently, has exclusive rights. The Yeh Group is branding fabrics using this process as DryDye™ fabrics. Elimination of the water process and chemicals will be a real and significant breakthrough for the textile dyeing industry.

This new process utilizes by-product carbon dioxide (CO2) for dyeing textile-materials. It is a completely waterless dyeing process using recycled carbon dioxide with only nominal amounts of CO2.

DryDye™ fabrics dyed with this unique waterless process will have the same quality of dyeing as current, conventionally-dyed fabrics.

The Yeh Group is an innovative, environmentally responsible producer of quality fabrics and garments to premium brands in the sports and intimate wear markets. By pioneering and implementing this new waterless dyeing process, the Yeh Group will eliminate their annual use of millions of liters of fresh water in dyeing fabrics.

DryDye™ fabrics will be available to consumers in early-2011 through select brand customers of the Yeh Group.