Cabin Interior and Electronics
Lantal Intros Green Digital Carpet Dyeing Tech
Lantal introduced a dyeing technology that promises significant savings of time, cost, and environmental footprint in the production of aircraft carpeting.
Lantal textiles digital deep-dyed fabric swatches
Lantal's new digital deep-dyeing doubles down on sustainability. (Photo: Lantal)

Swiss carpeting specialist Lantal on Tuesday introduced digital deep-dyeing technology, a sustainable process that promises significant savings of time, cost, and environmental footprint in the production of aircraft carpeting.

In contrast to traditional carpet manufacturing, which requires yarn to be dyed in the individual colors a pattern calls for, digital deep dyeing uses only undyed white yarn, and imprints the pattern directly into the raw fabric after the carpeting is produced. Moreover, digital deep-dyed carpets are “ultra-lightweight,” and can be created “within days,” greatly lowering production time, while the process significantly reduces water consumption and CO2 production over traditional woven carpet manufacturing, according to Lantal.

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