Marimekko and Origin by Ocean joined forces in a pilot project that substituted a synthetic thickener within the print paste with Origin by Ocean algae-based thickener. A set of textile products was printed with Origin by Ocean OceanThix™ alginate, a print paste thickener made from Sargassum from the Dominican Republic.
Thickeners play a crucial role in the textile printing process, as they are the main component in the paste. Testing the use of bio-based thickeners in Marimekkos printing process was a step toward the companys goal of reducing the amount of chemicals used in the supply chain.