Performance Certifications: Microbial Colouration & Finishing for Textiles

尽管颜色占消费者购买决定的80%，但纺织行业使用的着色剂仍有99%以上来自化石燃料，更不用说工业合成染色过程中可能涉及的危险化学品、致癌物质和重金属。**我们的创新**我们知道颜色很重要，所以我们愿意向自然界中的微生物寻求帮助。通过使用b-胡萝卜素、紫罗兰素、虾青素等自然产生着色剂的微生物，我们可以通过减少用水量、对化石燃料的依赖和废水污染来减轻着色剂行业的环境负担。与天然植物色素相比，微生物色素也具有巨大的优势，例如在低成本介质中生长迅速，相对容易加工，不受天气条件影响，相对较低的维护和高效率。

Despite the fact that colours make up 80% of the buying decision for consumers, more than 99% of the colourants employed in the textile industry are still derived from fossil fuels, not to mention the hazardous chemicals, carcinogens & heavy metals that may be involved in the industrial synthetic dyeing process.**Our Innovation**We know colours are important, so we would like to turn to microbes in nature for help.By employing microorganisms that naturally produce colouring compounds like b-carotene, violacein, astaxanthin, etc., we can alleviate the environmental burden of the colouration industry by reducing water consumption, fossil fuel reliance and effluent pollution. Microbial colours also have enormous advantages over natural plant-based pigments, e.g. rapid growth in low-cost medium, relatively easy to process, independent of weather conditions, relatively low-maintenance and high efficiency.