Textile News ‎ Karl Mayer Offers Indig-O-Matic System Based On Clariant's Advanced Denim Dyeing Germany-based Karl Mayer Textilmaschinenfabrik GmbH has revamped its Indig-O-Matic modular warp yarn preparation system for denim weaving to integrate Switzerland-based specialty chemical company Clariant International Ltd.'s Pad/ Sizing Ox dyeing technology that is part of Clariant's Advanced Denim dyeing concept. According to Clariant, the Advanced Denim process, which may be used with existing mill equipment, enables reduction of the number of boxes used in conventional dyeing from 12 to one and cuts water consumption by up to 92 percent, with minimal wastewater generation; energy consumption by up to 30 percent; and cotton waste by up to 87 percent compared with conventional slasher dyeing processes. The Advanced Denim concept was based on ... More in textileworld.com