SHEFFIELD – UK tech company, Xeros, which provides water saving and filtration technologies, has signed a major deal with Ramsons, South Asia’s largest supplier of garment finishing equipment. Under the agreement, Xeros’ water-saving technologies will be incorporated in Ransoms’ industrial garment washing machines, which are used in the manufacture of denim jeans across South Asia and Africa. The move is significant given water-stress challenges in Asia and ongoing efforts by the garment supply chain to incorporate water-saving technology.
Ramsons is the largest supplier of garment finishing equipment in South Asia. It has four production facilities and 15 service centres across six countries.
The scope of the agreement is to integrate Xeros’ XOrb and XDrum products across Ramsons’ range of denim processing machines which are produced at drum sizes from 500 litres to 5,000 litres.
The agreement also has potential to incorporate Xeros’ XFiltra technology, which is being scaled up for use in industrial sized machines.
Xeros expects to finalise a commercial agreement with Ramsons in Q4 2019 with garment finishing equipment which incorporates Xeros’ technology to be available in the market by the end of Q1 2020.
Mark Nichols, CEO of Xeros commented: “Our agreement with Ramsons is yet another major milestone in the commercialisation of our technologies under a license model, and the first with an OEM in the textiles market.
“The clothing industry is the second largest user of water on the planet, with each litre of water consumed also ending up as effluent, often containing unused chemical and particulate matter.
“By incorporating Xeros’ products in their machines, Ramsons has the capacity to make a significant contribution to extending precious resources throughout South Asia and Africa.”
