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SOPHIED

26 European partners gathered for the joint research.

9.5. million euros used to improve European competitiveness.

4 years of collaboration, research and learning to propose results to the colour industry.

EUROPEAN COMMISSION

2002/61/CE Directive limits the use of some azoic dyes in many dyes using products.

COLOUR INDUSTRY & EFFLUENT

60% of domestic effluents and 40% of industrial effluents spread worldwide.

10-15% of all the dyes used in the industry are released into the environment during manufacture or usage.

Dye Class	Fibre Type	Degree of fixation (%)	Effluent Loss (%)	Benchmark Fixation (%)
Acid	Polyamide Wool	80-95	5-20	90
Basic	Acrylic	95-100	0-5	97
Direct	Cotton Rayon, Cellulosic	70-95	5-30	85
Disperse	Polyester	90-100	0-10	95
Metal-comp	Wool	90-98	2-10	94
Reactive Cotton	Cellulosic	50-90	10-50	70
Sulphur	Cellulosic	60-90	10-40	75
Vat	Cotton Cellulosic	80-95	5-20	90

Dye Class	Production
	Europe (*1000T)	World (*1000T)
Acid	24	100
Reactive	13	114
Disperse	22	157
Direct	9	64
Vat	4	40
Basic	8	44
Sulphur	3	101