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Operation of colouring material, which is almost always raw. Can be carried out at various moments during the processing cycle: when the fibres are tufts, tops, yarns or fabric and even as finished items.
Very promising early results for the PURACQUA Project, "Bioabsorption with inactivated fungal biomass". →
The Centro Tessile Cotoniero ed Abbigliamento S.p.A., following the Inspection Report n. 0907342, has renewed until October 11th 2010 the Oeko-Tex Standard 100 Class I Certificate, articles for newborn babies. →
(Or Perrotine printing) printing process carried out by a block-printing machine. →
Finishing process carried out especially on wool, at the end of the finishing cycle, in order to reduce the shine imparted by calendering and pressing while at the same time fixing that quality and to impart a certain degree of moisture so as to revive the fibres and definitively establish the dimensions of the fabric. →
Term describing the intersecting of yarns. More precisely the minimum number of intersecting warp and filling yarns giving the effect of weave and pattern to the fabric. The three basic weaves are: plain, twill and satin. →
(High Bulk) describes very bulky yarns, made of stabilized yarns and retractable yarns which, on contracting in water or steam, cause the normal fibre to bend and therefore all the yarn to swell. →