| Product name | Certifications | Ionicity | Affinity | Fibers | White Shade |
| Blancolux® ML/T |   |
AN | Medium | Cellulosic | Violet |
Certifications
Listed in the GATEWAY of ZDHC.
GOTS approved.
REVECOL® by ERCA TCS was recognized in Fondazione Symbola’s GreenItaly 2024 Report for Driving Sustainable Innovation in the Textile Industry
ERCA TCS – Textile Chemical Solutions, a pioneering company in sustainable textile chemicals and part of the ERCA Group, is proud to announce its inclusion in the prestigious GreenItaly 2024 Report. Published by Fondazione Symbola, Unioncamere, and the Istituto Guglielmo Tagliacarne, in collaboration with Conai, Ecopneus, Enel, and Novamont, this report highlights over 200 Italian companies at the forefront of innovation and sustainable economic growth.
The GreenItaly Report, spanning 300 pages of in-depth content, offers a detailed analysis of the trends, data, and stories that illustrate Italy’s green economy. It is a comprehensive study and one of the most influential publications on sustainable business practices in the country, highlighting how sustainability makes our economy stronger and more secure for the future. This year, the report emphasizes the growing trend of eco-investments, particularly among micro and small enterprises, demonstrating how sustainability has become essential to staying competitive and relevant in the market.
ERCA TCS represents an emblematic case of these initiatives, recognized in the GreenItaly 2024 Report for its commitment to sustainable textile chemistry and its significant contribution to strengthening circularity and consciousness in the textile sector, confirming the value and importance of the company’s innovations for a more responsible future.
The selection criteria for companies included in the report were based on:
The report features exemplary cases across sectors such as manufacturing, renewable energy, circular economy, and green technology, underscoring the role of sustainability within Italy’s business landscape.
ERCA TCS’s flagship product, REVECOL®, is spotlighted in the report as a groundbreaking innovation that transforms exhausted vegetable oil into high-performing, low-impact chemical auxiliaries for textile processing. REVECOL® reduces CO2 emissions by up to 72%, supporting a more sustainable textile industry. Additionally, its Product Carbon Footprint (PCF) is certified by bluesign® Academy, measuring the total environmental impact in terms of Global Warming Potential (GWP) throughout its lifecycle.
REVECOL® by ERCA TCS has earned certifications from leading industry standards, including GRS, RCS, ZDHC, bluesign®, and GOTS, making it a preferred choice for brands and manufacturers aiming to meet high environmental standards. ERCA TCS continues to lead in sustainable innovation, with REVECOL® being an essential solution for companies seeking to adopt more circular and environmentally responsible practices in the textile sector.
For those interested, the GreenItaly 2024 Report is available for free download on the Fondazione Symbola website. Pages 365 and 366 of the report are dedicated to the ERCA TCS section.
The report is available for download here: GreenItaly 2024
For further information please contact:
C.L.A.S.S. marketing@classecohub.org
GRUPPO ERCA: ERCA Group is an Italian innovation-driven chemical group with a global presence, operating responsibly. With 7 plants across Europe, Latin America, and Asia, ERCA focuses on developing, manufacturing, and marketing chemical specialties and intermediates. ERCA's technologies encompass ethoxylation, esterification, and amidation, quaternization, and urethane polymerization, allowing them to offer a diverse and comprehensive product portfolio for numerous markets and formulating industries, primarily personal care and cosmetics, textiles, leather, and paper. The group has a turnover of 150 million euros and employs 350 people worldwide, 100 of whom work at the Grassobbio plant, where REVECOL® by ERCA TCS is produced.
ERCA Textile Chemical Solutions: ERCA Textile Chemical Solutions is a leading Italian company providing responsible chemical products for the textile industry on a global scale. Thanks to its vision of continuous investment in people, research, and development, ERCA TCS is a strong driving force towards circular, ethical, and responsible innovation, also known as Green Chemistry. Its solutions are applicable to a wide range of textile products, proving to be the missing element to achieve 360° sustainability. ERCA TCS has the exclusive rights to the REVECOL® brand, a revolutionary range of 100% Made in Italy chemical auxiliaries produced through an upcycling process. It is a safe, certified, competitive, high-performance range designed for the entire textile industry. In November 2022, REVECOL® won the 1st Responsible Care® Award from Federchimica, the Italian Federation of the Chemical Industry. In 2023, ERCA TCS won the prestigious European Responsible Care® Award 2023, conferred by Cefic - the European Chemical Industry Council.
REVECOL® by ERCA Textile Chemical Solutions is a product range and an exclusive brand of ERCA TCS, a leading Italian company providing responsible chemical products for the textile industry on a global scale. REVECOL® by ERCA TCS is a revolutionary 100% Made in Italy innovation that utilizes critical waste materials and transforms them into a complete line of new-generation chemical auxiliaries that are safe, certified, competitive, and high-performing, designed for the entire textile industry. A complete range of products usable on all types of fibers, both virgin and recycled. In November 2022, REVECOL® won the 1st Responsible Care® Award from Federchimica, the Italian Federation of the Chemical Industry. In 2023, ERCA TCS won the prestigious European Responsible Care® Award 2023, conferred by Cefic - the European Chemical Industry Council. It has been included in the BAT (Best Available Techniques) by the European Community. Finally, REVECOL® products are certified GRS, RCS, ZDHC, bluesign®, and GOTS.
REVECOL ® by ERCA TCS is a partner of C.L.A.S.S. (Creativity Lifestyle and Sustainable Synergy), the international eco-hub based in Milan that, since 2007, has been supporting a new generation of fashion where the fusion of design, innovation, communication, and responsibility shapes a conscious and competitive business capable of playing both an economic and social role. C.L.A.S.S. supports the entire supply chain to trigger CHANGE in the system by activating VALUES that speak clearly to the contemporary consumer. C.L.A.S.S. knows that PERFECTION is not important, but that every single step in the right direction counts.