The document describes Rainbow-technology, which uses yarn with increased dye affinity to allow patterns and colors to be added after weaving, without needing to dye yarn or hold excess inventory. This allows for more flexible and rapid production of fashion items in various colors. The technology reduces costs for retailers and manufacturers by minimizing inventory and lead times. It also allows for small production runs of fashionable colored items.

1. Fast – flexible – fashionable without inventory risk Schnell – flexibel – modisch ohne Lagerrisiko Fast - fashionable - flexible without inventory risk

2. Content Rainbow-technology Optimization of the value chain Typical applications Processing of rainbow-yarns Security & environment

3. What is SwissCotton Rainbow? Example: Rainbow – fabric Rainbow – yarn Regular yarn

4. Rainbow-technology Yarn with increased dyestuff – affinity Patterns become visible after piece dyeing Possibilities in coloring: Tone-on-tone Color / white Various color levels Heather effect Marled effect

5. The Rainbow team

6. Advantages in the textile chain Trade 75% Production 25% costs Rainbow-effect Rainbow-effect costs

7. Rainbow-advantages in trade Cost drivers in retail trade: Lack of inventory, empty sales rack Surplus inventory Target: Extremly flexible supply 

8. The artist of metamorphism  Adaptive like a chameleon

9. Examples of Rainbow-articles

10. Examples of Rainbow-articles

11. Applications with potential Multicolored: tone-on-tone, colored / white Several color versions, even in small units Especially economical are patterns with a low portion of Rainbow-yarn Fashionable colors in small lots Garment dyed items

12. Production process 16 weeks 3 weeks Rainbow: SC Rainbow weaving finishing sewing dyeing retail trade Conventional yarn yarn dyeing weaving finishing sewing retail trade

13. Typical applications Never out of Stock programs (NOS) Corporate wear e.g. Colored woven fabric matching corporate identity colors Quick reaction on color trends City-casual articles (dyeing with exhaustion process)

14. Advantages in fabric production Shortened lead time for color versions No expensive dyed yarns No dyed yarn left-over Substitute for heather- and marled- yarns Embroidered fabrics in different color versions Increased production lots Less inventory on all production stages

15. Processing Tinted Rainbow-yarns make patterns visible during weaving/knitting/sewing Bleaching, mercerization is possible Perfectly suitable for reactive-dyes in the exhaustion process Color fastness like untreated cotton Incorrect colorations can be removed as usual and be dyed anew

16. Security & environment Reduction of salt and alkali Higher exhaustion of the dye Pre-treatment is ecologicaly safe Oeko-Tex Standard 100 plus

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