ECOLOGICAL DYES
March 1st, 2005
BY KEITH NUTHALLA NEW European Union (EU)-funded research project is helping the European dye industry survive against intense overseas competition by developing new ecologically-sound niche products. The Euro 10 million SOPHIED project should wrap up next year. Its aims, said an in house technical note, are:*Identifying new dye molecules which are less toxic and synthesised biotechnologically for high added value markets;*Creating new safe enzyme-assisted processes for the production of existing dyes;*Inventing new clean-up technologies for detoxifying ...
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