Cosmo Speciality Chemicals has come up with Eco Clay, a clay-based sourcing agent, for the textile industry.

The company claims that it reduces load on Effluent Treatment Plant (ETP) by up to 30 per cent along with reducing COD/BOD levels in the wash effluent by eliminating/reducing the need for additional auxiliaries in treatment baths, that is, wetting, sequestering, demineralising and stabilising agents, surfactants, lubricants, softeners and defoamers.

Delhi-based Cosmo Speciality Chemicals is a 100 per cent subsidiary of Cosmo Films. The company is into specialty polymers & textile chemicals.

“We thrive to make innovative products and we will always try our best to drive meaningful innovation for the textile industry to deliver new solutions at a quicker pace to a broader audience. Because of its mechanical shearing on fabrics, Eco Clay helps to remove oils, dirt, greases, etc. The product lowers the maintenance time and cost while increasing the shelf-life of machines. Being an eco-friendly product, it is non-toxic to all aquatic organisms,” said Anil Gaikwad, Business Head, Cosmo Speciality Chemicals.

Eco-Clay works in a way that it helps in achieving minimum weight loss of the fabric as compared to chemical sourcing along with providing fabric with a smooth handle. Due to its unique natural chemistry and good sequestering and dispersing power, it helps avoid precipitation of insoluble salts in bleaching baths, and prevents scaling on the rollers of steam and wash boxes.

With distinctive wash performance and instant absorbency properties, it retains whiteness index with reduced usage of caustic while improving the bursting strength of the fabric. Action on natural pigment drastically enhances whiteness during the bleaching process. 0.5 per cent to 1.2 per cent dose for exhaust application is the recommended dosage of Eco Clay.