Patchwork of different types of material dyed using bacteria in a lab at biotech firm Colorifix in Norwich, Britain October 22, 2019. The dyeing stage has one of the biggest.Colorifix, like French rival PILI, harvests a color gene in nature and inserts it into a bacterial cell, tricking it to fill up with the color as well as duplicate. In Colorifix’s dyeing process, cells jump onto the fabric and release the dye on it, after which the solution is briefly heated up to kill them.Chief Executive Orr Yarkoni said Colorifix is about to launch industrial-scale trials in partnerships with fashion groups, including H&M, and textile manufacturers such as Switzerland’s Forster Rohner and India’s Arvind. The tests will be conducted at dye houses already supplying those brands.“For the first pilots, I hope we have everything up and running by Christmas. “Given our size it takes more work to enable a scalable solution.”Colorifix’s other backers include Swiss investment firm Challenger 88 and Cambridge University.

Source: Egypt Today November 27, 2019 11:03 UTC