An integral part of the long journey undertaken by a textile fiber to become a fabric is dyeing: divided into several stages, it is the process that gives the fabric its final color. The fiber, immersed in natural or artificial dye baths within specific machinery, will acquire various color shades, from the most delicate tones to the most vibrant ones. Subsequently, the color will undergo treatments aimed at making it more solid, uniform, and resistant.
The finishing of raw yarn into colored yarn is a long journey that Menchi oversees in the finest detail: to guarantee a fabric with an unmistakable color, the company collaborates with trusted and highly specialized finishing and dyeing facilities, each of which contributes to making the fabric of extraordinary quality. In addition to the wide range of colors that the mill offers to punctually satisfy every need, it also proposes exclusive highly customizable colorations that adapt to customer requests. To fully achieve its objectives aimed at excellence and quality, Menchi performs numerous color controls, continuously involving the customer to evaluate the effect that the color will have on the final fabric. Dyeing is a process that often involves chemical dyes: their use must be continuously regulated with the aim of avoiding environmental impact. Menchi therefore relies on a highly competent figure, the chemical manager, who is responsible for punctually updating the company on the regulations to be respected.
Over the years, the mill has specialized in four dyeing methods, through which qualitatively impeccable fabrics are created: stock dyeing, yarn dyeing, and piece dyeing.
Stock dyeing involves coloring the fiber before it is spun and woven, unlike yarn dyeing which consists of applying the color after spinning the raw material. Menchi’s creativity is fully expressed through these techniques, giving life to solid fabrics, melange, multicolor melange, as well as the possibility of characterizing them with original and creative designs.
Piece dyeing involves applying color to the already woven piece. The raw fabric is immersed in dye baths, giving life to a solid fabric rich in nuances and color plays. The advantages of this particular technique lie both in the speed of the process, which allows customer needs to be satisfied in very rapid times, and in the ability to give the piece a great variety of effects that cannot be obtained with the use of other techniques.