Case Studies for Textile Printing (11)

CASE STUDIES FOR TEXTILE PRINTING
CASE NO. 11
Description: Kemp Furniture used several process
modifications to reduce their overall waste volume. As
a furniture manufacturer, the traditionally used solventbased
inks to print wood grain on plywood and fiberboard.
Courses of Action:
With only minor changes in operating procedures, the
company substituted water-based inks for the solvent-based
inks.
Savings :
The net result of this initial change was to reduce
solvent waste by 30 - 40%. These waste solvents were
reused, where possible, to clean pumps and piping. This
was all accomplished with no major capital outlay. Offsite
recovery of solvent was used and this solvent reused
in processing.