Inside Bossa’s TENCEL™ Modal with Indigo Color Technology Denim
Since its launch in February, TENCEL™ Modal with Indigo Color technology has been adopted by a number of mills around the globe.
Turkey’s Bossa is one of the denim manufacturers experimenting with the new TENCEL™ Modal offering, which has indigo pigment embedded at the fiber production stage. Rather than dyeing the fibers after the yarn is created—which is a resource-intensive process—TENCEL™ Modal with Indigo Color technology incorporates dye into the production process. This is a savings in water, chemicals and energy compared to conventional indigo yarn dyeing.
Bossa created both rigid and stretch denim materials out of TENCEL™ Modal with Indigo Color technology. The mill’s marketing chief Ozge Ozsoy caught up with Carved in Blue to share its experience with these new fibers.
Carved in Blue: Tell us about your TENCEL™ Modal with Indigo Color technology development. Why did you want to use this fiber in your collection?
Ozge: We always follow innovations and make sample production with new sustainable fibers. Lenzing fibers are very important for us. TENCEL™ Modal with Indigo Color technology also excited us, and we wanted to try it immediately.
Carved in Blue: What fabrics did you develop? Is TENCEL™ Modal with Indigo Color technology in the warp or weft?
Ozge: We used TENCEL™ Modal with Indigo Color technology in the warp. In the development stage we combined indigo modal technology with many sustainable fibers like TENCEL™ Lyocell, recycled cotton, organic cotton, Lycra T400, etc.
Carved in Blue: What laundry treatments did you develop which are suitable for this fabric?
Ozge: We made rinse and enzyme treatments at the washing stage.
Carved in Blue: What else do you plan to develop? What do you see as the future for TENCEL™ Modal with Indigo Color technology?
Ozge: We just made trials and developed some new items to see the indigo modal technology. But in the future, we want to use indigo modal with different sustainable fibers and in different constructions.
This is a really good sustainable development for denim production and the denim industry. But in the future, it can be improved, because we want it to get effects like indigo denim fabric at the washing stage.