TEXTILE PRINTING

Achitex Minerva Group produces and distributes products for both continuous and discontinuous printing of textiles (screen and digital printing).

The constantly updated and expanded wide range offers Customers versatile products which can be used for printing upholstery and furnishing fabrics and garments, with excellent quality results.

Today, our portfolio of textile printing products includes:
•    ready-to-use pastes and pigment dispersions for continuous printing
•    screen printing ranges (water-based, Plastisol, PVC-free Plastisol-like, silicones)
•    digital printing pre-treatments
•    pigment-based inks for digital printing

Most Achitex Minerva printing products are on the Inditex list and hold GOTS, bluesign® and ZDHC certifications.

The range can be modified in response to the demands of the market and our Customers, without any reduction in quality.

THICKENERS

MINERGUM PF

Natural thickener for direct printing and vat discharge printing. Usable for both flat screen and rotary printing machines.

MINERPRINT® CLEAR CP

Synthetic thickener specially developed for printing pigments, characterized by good stability to hard water and electrolytes which occurs even after the addition of pigments in the printing paste. The product has a notable thickening power and swells easily: it can also be used to re-thicken thin printing pastes. It gives the prints good uniformity and good colour rendering. Being in liquid form, it is perfectly dosable and is suitable for automatic colour kitchens.

ZDHC LEVEL 3 INDITEX B (1) A

MINERPRINT® CLEAR F30

Salified synthetic thickener, which swells easily in water, can be used in square and / or rotary pigment printing, in solvent-free systems. Its particular formulation allows to obtain prints characterized by an exceptionally soft hand, as well as by remarkable colour rendering, brilliance and uniformity. It can be used on all textile substrates, in particular, thanks to the final soft hand, it is recommended for printing fabrics intended for clothing.

ZDHC LEVEL 3 INDITEX B (1) A

MINERPRINT® CLEAR MC

New concept of synthetic thickener developed specifically for printing pigments, characterized by good stability to hard water and electrolytes which occurs even after the addition of pigments in the printing paste. The product has a notable thickening power and swells easily: it can also be used to re-thicken thin printing pastes. It gives the prints good uniformity and good colour rendering. Being in liquid form, it is perfectly dosable and is suitable for automatic colour kitchens.

GOTS 6.0 ZDHC LEVEL 3 INDITEX B (1) A

MINERPRINT® CLEAR MCS

New concept of synthetic thickener developed specifically for printing pigments, characterized by good stability to hard water and electrolytes which occurs even after the addition of pigments in the printing paste. The product has a notable thickening power and swells easily: it can also be used to re-thicken thin printing pastes. It gives the prints good uniformity and good colour rendering. Being in liquid form, it is perfectly dosable and is suitable for automatic colour kitchens.

GOTS 6.0 ZDHC LEVEL 3 INDITEX B (1) A

MINERPRINT® CLEAR SP4

Synthetic thickener specially developed for printing pigments, characterized by good stability to hard water and electrolytes which occurs even after the addition of pigments in the printing paste. The product has a notable thickening power and swells easily: it can also be used to re-thicken thin printing pastes. It gives the prints good uniformity and good colour rendering. Being in liquid form, it is perfectly dosable and is suitable for automatic colour kitchens.

GOTS 6.0 bluesign® ZDHC LEVEL 3 INDITEX B (1) A

MINERPRINT® DISCHARGE CLEAR

Blend of natural and synthetic thickeners, used in pigment discharge printing with REDOXONE PRINT CONC and white spirits. Thanks to its special formulation, the printed fabric can be stored even for one day before steaming (better to avoid hot and humid environments) without the risk of irregular print development. It can be used both in rotary, manual and hand-machine printing.

ZDHC LEVEL 3 INDITEX A A

MINERSINT MR

Homogeneous synthetic thickener which finds its main use in printing with reactive dyes on light cotton and blended fabrics. The product is already salified, does not settle over time and swells very easily in water. It is recommended where good sharpness is required, in particular when printing threads, especially in systems without white spirits.

ZDHC LEVEL 3 INDITEX A A

THICKENER SF N

Synthetic thickener, of new conception, with a strong thickening power, specially developed for the printing of pigments. The product has a notable thickening power and swells easily: it can also be used to re-thicken thin printing pastes. It gives to the prints good uniformity and good colour rendering. Being in liquid form, it is perfectly dosable and is suitable for automatic colour kitchens.

ZDHC LEVEL 3 INDITEX A A