The textile manufacturing industry generates trillions of gallons of wastewater each year. Traditional textile dyeing and finishing rinses chemical dyes and water repellency onto fabrics. Post-production toxic water is then dumped into rivers and oceans. Last year, Golden Long John, a major textile supplier of the global footwear industry, introduced “GTT’s Empel” finishing platform in their Vietnam factories. Their partnership has led to the combination of their two industry leading technologies, the “Empel” high performance water repellent finish and Golden Long John’s direct dye process.

“We believe, cleaner is better and this is a big step forward for the fashion and textile industries,” said Martin Flora, President of GTT Business Development. “Similar to ‘GTT’s EMPEL‘ application, Golden Long John applies dye chemistry directly onto fabrics. Better performance with much less pollution is our vision for the future.”