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How can chemistries be adapted to reduce environmental impacts post-manufacture?.What are the key standards and quality-control guidelines that need to be met?.Can odour-control technologies be effective and sustainable?.Title of Presentation: Sustainable alternatives for odour control on garments Lance Li, Senior Formulation Chemist of Textile and Liquid Formulations, R&D, Microban International Inc (USA) He currently writes for Sustainable Nonwovens and Technical Textiles International and edits Smart Textiles and Wearables. Adrian has written and edited numerous nonwovens and textiles-related publications including Nonwovens Report International. Can technology help industry control complicated supply chains to its environmental impact and support its sustainable claims?Įxperienced industry specialist Adrian Wilson has chaired many of our conferences.Has the industry the industry truly grasped the urgency of the problem?.Who are the key brands and companies driving the changes?.What are the key processing technologies offering more sustainable manufacturing?.What can we learn during Sustainable Finishing Technologies and what did we learn at the World Congress on Textile Coating?.Title of Presentation: Emerging technologies and processes - can they truly provide sustainable manufacturing? Phil regularly works on the interface of retail and industry and is skilled in making complex subjects easy to understand and manageable for non-expert clients. Recently Phil has been appointed as Chairman of the Microfibre Consortium, a multi-stakeholder group which aims to reduce the formation and discharge of textile microfibres into the environment. He was a founder member of the RITE Group, formed in 2007 to promote a practical, balanced, inclusive approach to reducing the impact of textiles on the environment. Phil was a founder member of the Afirm Group which is the leading multi-stakeholder organisation for managing restricted substances in apparel, footwear and accessories and serves as chairman of the ZDHC MRSL Advisory Council (chemical inputs) and the ZDHC wastewater council. In 2007 he left to set up Colour Connections Textile Consultancy that provides advice, information and training on dyeing, printing, finishing, colour management, restricted substances management and sustainability to all parts of the textile supply chain from industry through to retail.
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On graduating, he took up a post with Courtaulds Research based in Derby, UK and then went on to hold industrial positions with Textured Jersey dyehouse in Leicester, UK and as global process development manager with Tencel fibres.Īfter a decade working in the dyeing and finishing industry Phil worked for Marks and Spencer as their Dyeing, Printing and Finishing Manager between 19 where he was responsible for creating and managing restricted substances management programmes and factory assessment programmes. Phil Patterson is Managing Director of Colour Connections Textile Consultancy ( and has a degree in Colour Chemistry from the University of Leeds (UK). Collaboration versus innovation, is it really a non-competitive space?.What are the emerging issues and solutions?.How do we resolve the conflict between performance and durability while meeting the heightened expectations of sustainability should we change or control chemistry?.What are the moral obligations behind the promotion of the most responsible chemicals and practices?.What are the key legal obligations intended to avoid the worst chemical-related practices?.Title of Presentation: On a knife edge - making quality textiles responsibly KEYNOTE: Phil Patterson, Managing Director, Colour Connections (UK) Chairman of the ZDHC MRSL Advisory Council (chemical inputs) and the ZDHC Wastewater Council, The Netherlands Chairman of the Microfibre Consortium, UK