Bordeaux Velvet Jet inks receive Global Organic Textile Standard (GOTS) certification

Bordeaux reports that its Velvet Jet inks pass the most rigorous level of testing and received the Global Organic Textile Standard (GOTS) approval. GOTS is recognised as the world’s leading processing standard for textiles made from organic fibres and treatments. It defines high-level environmental criteria along the entire organic textiles supply chain and requires compliance with social criteria as well. In a statement supplied by Bordeaux, the company announces that Velvet Jet’s GOTS certification provides yet another credible assurance for textile manufacturers that its pigment ink are also the most ecological choice, while maintaining high quality characteristics including uniform coverage for quality prints on any type of fabric while preserving the natural feel of the fabrics.

Velvet Jet brings a true ecological solution for textile print shops. First, with its GOTS seal this allergenic-free, water based and safe to use ink, assures it is the most ecological ink to use for digital textile printing. In addition, with its single pretreatment to all types of fabrics there is no post treatment required, no need to steam and wash post printing, thus there are no wash and dry cycles. As a result there is a tremendous reduction in electricity and water consumption and the entire process is shorten.