KRONOS and Covestro team up for digital fabric printing innovation | Sustainability News Germany

Covestro, a high-quality polymer manufacturer from Germany, and US-based KRONOS, a prominent provider of titanium dioxide pigment, have joined forces to highlight the potential of cutting-edge materials in promoting the adoption of digital inkjet printing on fabrics. This partnership aims to drive forward the sustainability transformation within the textile industry. Through testing and validation, Covestro’s waterborne INSQIN® portfolio has proven compatibility with KRONOS 9900 Digital White, a white pigment dispersion. Furthermore, Covestro has introduced a new polyurethane dispersion, Impranil® DL 1606, specifically engineered to combat sagging in direct-to-foil (DTF) printing, a common quality challenge due to high ink loads. This innovative binder showcases exceptional anti-sagging properties, enabling the incorporation of high white ink loads and ensuring superior results in inkjet printing. Torsten Pohl, Head of Global Textile Coatings, Covestro said, “By joining forces with another raw materials supplier, we can address two key pigment ink challenges facing the growing digital inkjet printing market: formulation and sagging. Working together with KRONOS brings us another step closer to a more sustainable textile industry!” Jürgen Bender, Global Market Development Manager, KRONOS, said, “Thanks to this collaboration, we’ve ensured that our innovative KRONOS 9900 Digital White aqueous pigment concentrate is compatible with Covestro’s INSQIN® polyurethane binders – ideal for direct-to-foil textile printing. Moreover, the new KRONOS development addresses the need in inkjet applications for highest stability in bottle, drum, printhead, in-flight and on-substrate. Together, we’ve cleared a barrier to the uptake of more sustainable digital printing technologies.”