We adopt a high sense of responsibility for the planet and people, and we refuse to accept the term “waste” in production. In fact, humankind knows how to color with what the nature has to offer since the First Age. They use the herbal palette of the nature around the body and clothes. Inspired by ancient natural dyeing methods, we fulfill our responsibility for the future and pay attention to what we leave behind. Our natural dyeing technique saves 88% water and 55% energy, compared to synthetic dyeing. You can safely use the products made with the sustainable technology developed by Ficus, in many areas such as knitwear, woven clothing, functional and decorative home textiles, and you can share our sensitivity to the future with us while you satisfy your own needs today.

It is thanks to our unique technique that we could manage to secure the standardization in dyeing textile products with ecological and sustainable methods. When it comes to dyeing with the fabrics made of cellulosic fibres like cotton, we refuse to use any salt or hazardous chemicals in any part of our natural dyeing technique even though harmful chemicals and salts are needed to fix the dyestaff and to get a permanent color; but rather we make it permanent with the help of ecological stabilizers and natural enzymes. With the help of the dyestuff, natural enzymes and bio-resins offered by the nature, we have adopted an eco-friendly and innovative approach at every single stage of our production process. Therefore, it is for the first time that no salt is required in textile and fabric dyeing.

Turkey is so rich in resources for colour plants, which gives us a great potential for the raw materials. The dyestuff we use is  derived from the natural plant extracts which we obtain from natural waste not consumed directly by people. We process natural plant extracts obtained from the parts of plants such as the bark and leaves, which cannot be used by people directly, turning them into natural fibres like organic cotton, with the help of ecological stabilizers and enzymes. Our natural dyeing and printing technique employs the color pigments that already exist in nature, and in that way, we  make good use of the leftovers of the food consumed. The water left over from our natural dyeing process can also be cleared of the dye, purified and released directly to the soil. That is to say, we use as much as we need, in our relationship with nature and transform more than that. We always remember to support the nature as we make use of what it has to offer us.

Even though the nature is not shy about offering the raw materials to people, the difficulties encountered in meeting the large-scale production demand and dyeing the fabric with the Industrial Revolution gave way to the natural dyes, almost completely synthetic and chemical dyes. It is a self-sacrificing process to achieve permanent color in textile products with the natural dyes, especially in textiles and standardization in large-scale production. With the innovative technology developed by Ficus, the color is rendered permanent while it meets the demand on an industrial scale. Thus, for the first time in textiles, it is possible to secure high-fastness standardization in dyeing fabrics thanks to our natural dyeing and printing technique.

In today’s society where both the producers and consumers have some concerns about ecology, we make the sustainable production possible hanks to our natural dyeing and printing technology that we have developed with an inspiration from the traditional methods. Our colour scale, which we obtain from natural dyestuffs by using the technology we have developed in line with today’s needs, with a high sense of responsibility for the planet and people, offers twenty-six different color options and continues to further expand. The technology offered by Ficus opens the color chart of the nature, to share based on thoroughly sustainable methods.