The New Era in Finishing Sector: Atmospheric Washing
Jeanologia has developed the Atmos process, an atmospheric, circular, zero-discharge wash that can replace traditional stone washing with water and chemicals, enabling sustainable jeans production.
Since 1994 their mission has been to create an ethical, sustainable and eco-efficient industry, marking a new era through sustainability, digitalization and automation. The company is leading the transformation of the industry with its disruptive technologies: laser, G2 ozone, e-Flow, SmartBoxes, Colorbox and H2 Zero, capable of increasing productivity, reducing costs, water and energy consumption, and eliminating harmful emissions and discharges, guaranteeing zero pollution.
Jeanologia, a leading Spanish company in the development of eco-efficient technologies, marks a new milestone in the textile industry by achieving the authentic vintage look of natural aging and stone wash – without the use of water, pumice stones or chemicals – through Atmos, an innovative circular atmosphere washing process with zero discharge. The company ushers in the age of air in the textile industry to achieve an authentic vintage look in both denim and color, in a sustainable, faster and more cost-effective way.
Instead of using conventional water washers, Jeanologia uses air washers that extract oxygen from the atmosphere and convert it into ozone to treat garments through a controlled and safe abrasion process without the need for stones, water or chemicals.
In this respect, the founder of Jeanologia, Enrique Silla, predicts that “in the next few years the mixture of water and chemicals will be replaced by a mixture of air and ozone. We will find two types of industrial washing machines on the market: water washing machines and air washing machines.”
“In the 1970s, the aging of the garments was reproduced with a process that mixed water, chemicals and pumice stone, thus giving rise to the famous stone wash. This process, which is still used today, has a high environmental impact, as well as being totally inefficient” – he pointed out.
For Silla, atmospheric washing is a major breakthrough in ozone technology for garment finishing. “We are facing the most important revolution in blue jeans since we launched the first textile laser in 1999,” he said.
After the launch of its first air washer in 2005 under the name G2, Jeanologia has positioned itself in the market as a leader in ozone technology for the garment finishing industry.
Now it’s gone one step further, and thanks to its know-how, its INDRA- patented system and its G2 technology, the company is able to achieve an exact control of humidity and temperature to achieve the authentic vintage effect and natural aging without using water, chemicals or pumice.
“The new stone wash look and natural aging effect is called Atmos”- the president of Jeanologia concluded.