Huntsman Textile Effects, a provider of high quality dyes and chemicals to the textile and related industries with operations in more than 90 countries, has developed a new dyeing technology for polyester and its blends that helps to save water, energy and costs. Terasil Blue W is the name of the latest addition to its Tersail W/WW range of fast disperse dyes. It has been specially developed for high-performance sportswear and athleisure wear. Huntsman’s aim is to respond to the needs of the ever-growing sportswear market, which increasingly demands brilliant and deep shades with constant color reproducibility and lower resource consumption. Terasil Blue W products are bluesign-approved and suitable for Standard 100 by Oeko-Tex certified textile products.
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