Jeanologia — a Spain-based developer of sustainable apparel finishing technologies — has announced
it will open a demonstration and training center in Bangladesh to present its laser and ozone
finishing technologies. The company hopes that its initiative will help improve working conditions
in the country’s jeans manufacturing industry, which currently employs more than three million
people.
Jeanologia’s technologies offer significant water, energy and chemical savings; and do not
employ hazardous production techniques. Its textile laser reproduces sophisticated vintagewear
effects and offers decreased production time and increased accuracy and reproducibility without the
use of dangerous techniques such as sandblasting, manual scraping and potassium permanganate
spraying. The eco G-2 washer utilizes atmospheric oxygen and ozone and is designed to achieve an
authentic vintage look by apparel washing and color tearing. Its E-Soft technology converts
atmospheric air into nano bubbles that produce a smoothing effect when they come in contact with
the garments.
“After the successive tragedies that have taken place recently in Bangladesh, we wanted to
double our efforts with more than three million people working in jeans manufacturing,” said
Jeanologia President Enrique Silla. “Jeanologia’s philosophy is defined in one sentence: First our
people then our planet and it is recorded in our DNA. We are aware that we must all do our part and
only with technology and training we will be able to eradicate these situations.”
The center is scheduled to open in Dhaka, Bangladesh, in September 2013.
June 19, 2013