DyStar® PARTICIPATING IN FOURTH BLUESIGN CONFERENCE

PRESS INFORMATION

2015-8

For Immediate Release

DyStar® participating in fourth bluesign® conference

Singapore – July 22, 2015 DyStar recently participated in the fourth bluesign conference to proudly support the introduction of blueXpert, the new, revolutionary tool for higher resource productivity.

With blueXpert, bluesign® technologies offers a solution for one of the biggest challenges for the textile industry - to dramatically reduce water and energy consumption in the textile wet processing. To build this innovative system, bluesign technologies cooperated with leading chemical suppliers, to collect the latest chemicals and process knowledge.

For many years DyStar's focus has been to reduce the environmental impact of the textile industry. They designed their econfidence® program to help the textile industry optimize their processes and to enable Brands and Retailers to select clean chemistry for their production. One of many recent innovations to reduce the water and energy usage in the dyeing process is the Sera® Eco Wash process that was also presented at the event.

DyStar is proud to be part of blueXpert implementation and will continue to support bluesign® technologies and the further development of blueXpert with their expertise on BAT processes and products.

About DyStar

DyStar® Group is a solution provider, offering customers across the globe a complete range of colorants, auxiliaries and services. The DyStar Group has offices, competence centers, agencies and production plants in over 50 countries to ensure the availability of expertise in all important markets. With a heritage of more than a century of product development and innovation for the textile and leather industry, DyStar has developed into new markets and now in addition serves the paper, plastic and many other specialty chemical industries.

DyStar's service division assist Brands & Retailers and their Industry partners from their first inspiration throughout the entire supply chain to ensure that they meet stringent quality and ecological specifications, reduce costs and shorten lead times. The service division offers state of the art color communication through CSI, textile and ecology testing through Texanlab, ecology and environmental advice, supply chain auditing and consulting for RSL compliant sustainable processes through Sustainable Textile Solutions programs.

The DyStar econfidence® program provides assurance that provided products comply with legal, voluntary and brand & retailer RSL (Restricted Substance List) requirements. It is an assurance that our products are in compliance with chemical and environmental legislation in each market in which they are sold.

Visit www.DyStar.com for more information.