Alchemie Technology has been named the Best CleanTech Textile Dyeing Solutions Company at the prestigious SME Midlands Enterprise Awards 2024. The award celebrates Alchemie’s groundbreaking work in revolutionising the textile dyeing industry with its innovative and sustainable solutions.

The SME Midlands Enterprise Awards are widely regarded as a benchmark of excellence, honouring the exceptional businesses that drive economic growth and innovation in the heart of England. Celebrated as the birthplace of the Industrial Revolution, the Midlands is home to the most outstanding small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) that make this region a cornerstone of British industry.

This year, the awards have focused on recognising enterprises that have made significant contributions to sustainability, customer service and technological innovation. Among these, Alchemie Technology has distinguished itself for its unparalleled impact in the clean technology sector. Winning this award is powerful recognition of Alchemie's unwavering commitment to environmental sustainability, innovation and advanced technologies.

Alchemie Technology, known for its pioneering low-carbon digital textile dyeing system Endeavour, has made significant strides in reducing the environmental footprint of the global textile industry. Endeavour dramatically cuts energy consumption by up to 85% and reduces wastewater by over 95%, addressing some of the most pressing environmental challenges in textile manufacturing. This award underscores Alchemie’s commitment to driving sustainable change within one of the world’s most polluting industries.

“We are honoured to receive the award as this recognition reinforces our mission to transform the textile dyeing industry and create a sustainable future”, said Dr Alan Hudd, CEO and founder of Alchemie Technology. “We are proud to be part of a community that values innovation and environmental stewardship.”

Alchemie will showcase its cutting-edge lab system Discovery at the Digital Textile Manufacturing Technologies Conference 2024 in Charlotte, North Carolina, USA, from 16–17 September. This will be the company’s first US demonstration, marking a significant milestone in how disruptive digital textile manufacturing technologies will become key incentives and drivers for meeting brand owners’ goals, reducing environmental impacts and enabling more profitable production.

Alchemie’s solutions

Alchemie Endeavour stands as a pioneering digital dyeing technology, enabling dye houses to significantly reduce their carbon and chemical footprint while achieving substantial cost reductions, improving the bottom line from the first day of production. Alchemie’s innovative solution eliminates energy and CO2 emissions by up to 85%, enables chemistry savings of up to 30%, and reduces water usage by up to 95%, eradicating wastewater pollution in the dyeing process when compared with traditional methods.

Alchemie Novara is a non-contact, low energy, low chemistry, digital finishing solution. It enables product innovations including single-side finishing, 2D finish to shape and the application of multiple finishes to one fabric that are not possible using the traditional method of immersing the entire fabric in a chemical bath. Novara enables textile finishing houses to dramatically reduce their carbon and chemical footprint and reduce costs, using 85% less energy and up to 50% less chemistry.

Alchemie Discovery is equipped with key features such as Alchemie’s state-of-the-art digital non-contact jet dye applicator with Jetronica nozzles. The system ensures hassle-free dye recipe-to-production, generating dye recipes and enabling fast colour-matching without traditional lab dip processes. With precise 10-micron droplet control of 20,000,000 drops onto A5-sized fabric swatches, Discovery delivers unparalleled accuracy and precision.

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