Textiles & Fibre finish

Croda is the name behind some of the world's biggest brands providing practical environmentally minded solutions to the problems of everyday life.

Croda's Textile and Fibre Finish business offers total solutions for the manufacture & processing of all major fibres and popular textile substrates like cotton (including organic cotton), polyester, wool, acrylic, lycra, nylon & viscose yarn, knits, woven, terry towelling and technical textiles.

With the application expertise drawn from over a hundred years of innovation in fibres, dyes and speciality chemicals for textile industry, the robust team of Croda Textiles comprises of highly qualified chemists and application experts, anticipates customer needs, and provides innovative and customised solutions to customer challenges.

Croda's Textile and Fibre Finish business offer products under respected brand names like Cirrasol, Cresmer, Depsolube, Edunine, Lanapex, Lenetol, Lissapol and Matexil  which can improve processing performance, right first time ratios, reduce cost and facilitate eco certifications.  

The product range includes:

Fibre Finish

• Primary finish for fibre manufacture: polyester, acrylic, polypropylene, viscose
• Secondary finish for mill application : overspray and refinish
• Speciality finish : recycled PET and non woven

Fibre and yarn processing

• Preparation: scouring, bleaching and mercerisation 
• Colouration: dispersing and levelling, dyeing, washing off, speciality products
• Finishing: yarn lubrication, softening

Fabric processing

• Preparation (continuous and batch wise): de-sizing, scouring, bleaching, mercerisation     
• Colouration (continuous and batch wise): dispersing and levelling, dyeing, printing, specialty products
• Finishing: pad and exhaust
• Productivity boosters

Garments package

• Denim : enzymes for de-sizing, bio-polishing , anti back-staining, finishes, productivity boosters
• Non-denim : pre-treatment package, colouration package, finishes
• Finishing – speciality
  • De-odouriser & anti-microbial treatments
  • UV absorbers
  • Depth enhancers
  • Rain and stain repellents
  • Moisture management systems
  • Anti-cling treatments