Polyprint – a guarantee of quality and sustainability in the textile industry
Polygal’s expertise in the application and decades of research and development guarantee the highest quality standard that is valued around the world.
Polygal Textile Applications and Products
Textile Market
The Polyprint brand has become synonymous with quality and sustainability in textile printing for decades. A comprehensive range of natural based thickeners meet the highest demands in textile printing applications and set new standards both technically and ecologically. Polyprint products are used both in classic application areas such as rotary and flat screen printing, as well as for digital printing.
By manufacturing highly specialised Polyprint thickeners at various sites, Polygal AG has secured a commanding competitive position on the global markets. The sodium alginate thickener for reactive printing, for example, is supplied from a production site in China and the chemically modified guar gum from the Polygal plant in Pakistan. In this way, Polygal can ensure that sufficient high-quality raw materials are available in the vicinity of its production sites and key target markets in Asia can be supplied quickly and directly. The Polygal site in Switzerland supplies customers in Europe and across the world with special products.
To comply with the constantly increasing requirements for quality and sustainability, Polyprint products are regularly tested and verified by the independent testing institutions of well-known eco-labels:
- GOTS – Global Organic Textile Standard
- ECO PASSPORT by OEKO-TEX®
Polyprint products are also listed in the ZDHC Gateway. The ZDHC Gateway harnesses the power of transparency and collaboration to eliminate harmful substances from global value chains.
Beyond that, Polygal AG also undertakes to meet quality standards of various retailers that go even further and supports its customers with an after-sale compliance service.
Printing on cotton and viscose with reactive dyes
Polygal AG offers a wide selection of thickeners that are ideal for reactive printing. The thickeners are used in conventional and digital reactive printing on cellulose fibres such as cotton or viscose – primarily for fashion and home wear items – are sodium alginates. Pure sodium alginate products guarantee very good printing results, and they also have outstanding washability properties. As natural thickeners, sodium alginates are readily biodegradable. Alginate thickeners are also offered as blended solutions with synthetic components or with modified polysaccharides.
- Polyprint RX-6 M1
- Polyprint L-4006 ECO
- Polyprint L-2010
- Polyprint L-2008 M2 / Polyprint L-2008 M2 - CH
- Polyprint L-2008 M1 / Polyprint L-2008 M1 - CH
- Polyprint L-2006 / Polyprint L-2006 - CH
- Polyprint L-2004 / Polyprint L-2004 - CH
Printing on cotton- and cotton blends with vat dyes
Polygal AG offers a wide selection of thickeners that are ideal for reactive printing. The thickeners are used in conventional and digital reactive printing on cellulose fibres such as cotton or viscose – primarily for fashion and home wear items – are sodium alginates. Pure sodium alginate products guarantee very good printing results, and they also have outstanding washability properties. As natural thickeners, sodium alginates are readily biodegradable. Alginate thickeners are also offered as blended solutions with synthetic components or with modified polysaccharides.
- Polyprint LB-631
- Polyprint LB-630
- Polyprint LB-620
- Polyprint LB-610
Printing on polyamide, Lycra, silk and wool with acid- & metal complex dyes
Polygal AG offers outstandig solutions for printing on polyamide, Lycra and natural fibres such as silk and wool for conventional as well as for digital printing. A typical area of application for acid and metal complex dyes is the printing of swimwear (polyamide/Lycra). For this application Polygal offers its high-quality depolymerised guar gum products, which are produced in the Pakistan plant in Karachi.
Furthermore, the Polygal AG range also includes special products that achieve optimal print results on difficult fibres such as silk or wool. Printing on silk requires the use of highly specialised products. Longstanding experience and extensive specialist knowledge set Polygal AG apart as an expert with an impressively broad selection of suitable solutions.
- Polyprint S-240 MV
- Polyprint S-240 LV
- Polyprint S-240 HV
- Polyprint A-500
- Polyprint A-235 VLV
- Polyprint A-235 LV
- Polyprint A-231 MV
Printing on polyester with disperse dyes
Printing on polyester with disperse dyes generally involves the use of chemically modified, tamarind-based thickeners. Polyester fabrics place especially high demands on printing processes and the printing auxiliaries. Polygal AG offers the following products to guarantee maximum uniformity and colour yield as well as excellent hand feel properties.
- Polyprint CT-170
- Polyprint AF-43
