BERGAMO – Italian chemical supplier Erca has teamed up with Patagonia and zip supplier YKK to use its textile auxiliaries derived from waste vegetable oil to aid in polyester dyeing.
The Italian company’s ‘Revecol’ branded chemical range – used as levelling and dispersing agents – will now be used by YK in its dyeing processes across production sites in Vietnam after both companies were matched up by Patagonia.
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