SOORTY ENTERPRISES

Laser Technology for jeans dry processing is now a commodity in Soorty Enterprises

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saving 95 % of the water used conventionally . The bleaching process is perhaps the most impactful , as it uses no water at all , Cheema explains . “ To bleach , mercerise and decolour the garments , we use ozone , which is a very aggressive gas ,” he says . “ Ozone makes it possible to complete these processes without any chemicals or water . It is reduced to Oxygen after being used .” Any wastewater is collected and treated at the company ’ s Effluent Treatment and part of it goes through the reverse osmosis plants for reuse in the manufacturing cycle . Soorty has its own jeans recycling facility , where it collects leftover

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