Archroma, a specialty chemicals company, and Prosperity Textile, an international fabric manufacturer with production bases in China and Vietnam, have announced a collaboration focused on denim innovation. The companies said they will work together to develop, evaluate and implement new approaches intended to improve denim’s appearance, durability and performance, while pursuing sustainability goals.
The partnership is meant to connect chemical innovation with fabric manufacturing capacity. Archroma’s Jordi Calucho, Super Systems Denim Director, said an innovation becomes meaningful when it reaches the market, which requires a partner able to help shape, test and run it at scale. He said the two companies aim to give denim brands and consumers the appearance and lasting performance they want, produced in more sustainable ways.
Prosperity Textile Director Stafford Lau said the manufacturer’s 25 years in denim have given it experience in turning ideas into commercial fabrics. He pointed to the company’s smart factory infrastructure as a way to develop and test new concepts quickly and move the strongest ones into production. Lau said the partners would explore possibilities ranging from classic designs to more creative ones.
The collaboration connects upstream chemical expertise with downstream fabric manufacturing, a combination the partners expect to help move denim concepts from development into production. Sustainability is presented as a shared priority.