TEXTILE CHEMISTRY
The competitive textile market where Achitex Minerva Group has operated throughout its history demands product quality, customer service and a flair for innovation, and in response the Company is constantly engaged on research and development, with a particular focus on reducing the environmental impact of its processes.
Achitex Minerva Group textile sector includes a complete range of products for all phases of the fabric finishing process, from spinning to printing.
• Primary and secondary spinning products
• Sizing products
• Preparation, dying and finishing auxiliaries
• Powder and liquid Chemantrene dyestuffs
• Technical textile compounds
• Continuous and discontinuous printing
Printing products include:
• Minerprint® pigment dispersion
• ready-to-use pastes for continuous printing
• screen printing ranges (water-based, Plastisol, PVC-free Plastisol-like, silicones)
• photopolymeric emulsions for screen printing matrices
• digital printing pre-treatments
• pigment-based inks for digital printing
Most Achitex Minerva products for textile applications are on the list Inditex and hold GOTS, bluesign® and ZDHC certifications.
PRIMARY SPINNING
Most artificial and synthetic fibres cannot be spun and processed without the aid of a spin finish, due to the friction developed during the various production phases.
The spin finish is essentially a complex mixture of lubricants, emulsifiers, antistatics, cohesion agents, wetting agents and biocides, applied directly to the surface of the fibre downstream of the extrusion phase by means of kiss rolls, metering pumps or perforated thread guides.
They protect every single filament, absorbing friction and heat, eliminating electrostatic charges and ensuring cohesion between filaments.
The Achitex Minerva Group has been working on the formulation of these compounds for years, and it now has the know-how required to meet even the most complex demands from end users, regardless of the type of technology available and the fibres processed.
Spin finishes for primary spinning, lubricants for secondary spinning, oils for texturing and coning, antistatic and much more!
