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Archroma launches EARTH SOFT system based on

Siligen® EH1 with one-third plant-based active content

Archroma, a global leader in specialty chemicals sportswear, towels, bed sheets, etc. as it provides an
towards sustainable solutions, today announced the excellent wearing comfort by supporting a good
launch of EARTH SOFT, a new softening system for moisture transportation and delivering a smooth and
textile and fashion applications, based on Archroma's soft touch.
latest innovation, a vegan silicone softener, Siligen®
EH1, with 35% plant-based active content. The new softener, and the EARTH SOFT system
which also includes a Hydroperm® wicking agent to
Siligen® EH1 is the latest addition in the plant-based boost hydrophilic properties on synthetic and
innovations developed by Archroma in recent years, blended fibers, can be applied on all natural and
such as EarthColors® dyes and Appretan® NTR synthetic textile fibers.Siligen® EH1 is suitable for
binders, as alternatives offered to manufacturers and both woven and knitted articles. It can be applied by
brands looking to reduce the use of fossil fuel based padding process, as well as by exhaust process as it
ingredients without compromising performance. shows a very good shear stability and a low foaming
profile. It can be used on white articles and those
The range has been developed in line with the treated with optical brighteners, as it doesn’t cause
principles of “The Archroma Way to a sustainable thermomigration nor phenolic yellowing.
world: safe, efficient, enhanced, it’s our nature”. More
than 35% of the Siligen® EH1 softener's active Paul Cowell, Head of Competence Centers for Brand
content is based on plant-based, renewable raw & Performance Textile Specialties at Archroma,
materials. In addition, the product features ultralow comments: “The new EARTH SOFT system based on
cyclic siloxanes (D4, D5, D6) which are classified by Siligen® EH1 softener adds to our growing portfolio
the European Chemicals Agency as “Substances of of innovations based on natural and renewable
Very High Concern” due to their very persistent and plant-based resources. This new breakthrough
bioaccumulative properties. innovation by Archroma helps us and our partners in
the textile and fashion industry to minimize our
Siligen® EH1 is ideally suited for shirts, underwear, dependence on petroleum fossil fuel products.”

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