10 Dec 2025
Archroma and Lilienweiss join forces to deliver faster and localized color management services in Europe
Pratteln, Switzerland, December 10, 2025 – Archroma, a global leader in specialty chemicals focused on sustainable solutions, today announced its partnership with Lilienweiss, who will begin offering Archroma Color Management solutions across Europe starting January 2026.
Through this partnership, Lilienweiss will provide direct distribution across the region as well as custom color standards creation. European brands, retailers, suppliers and vendors will benefit from the shorter lead times, reduced shipping costs and easier access to Archroma Color Management’s full portfolio including the award-winning Color Atlas by Archroma®, supported through Lilienweiss’ local team of specialists.
Chris Hipps, Head of Archroma Color Management said: “Archroma and Lilienweiss share the same vision: helping brands, designers and retailers significantly reduce the time and costs associated with developing colors. By offering direct, local access to our solutions in Europe, we enable customers to win in their markets while minimizing environmental impact. Working with a trusted partner like Lilienweiss is a win-win for brands and their suppliers.”
The dedicated color management service available in Europe is designed to deliver sustainable and feasible color with greater speed and efficiency, thereby allowing brands and designers to focus on their color inspiration and required functionality and sustainability for their end article. They can be assured that their inspiration can be precisely communicated and efficiently executed at the mill.
“With our unique setup in Stuttgart, and home to the only textile color management service provider in Europe with both a dyeing laboratory and color standard production, Lilienweiss is closely connected to the inspiration, creativity and production teams of Europe’s fashion, home and textile industries,” Peter Maier, CEO and Head of Color Management at Lilienweiss, commented. “Together with Archroma, we now offer the world’s largest network for color management solutions, including color development, validated color standards, digital and hardcopy color libraries, and onsite technical support. We are proud to be a partner of Archroma Color Management."
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About Archroma
Archroma is a global, diversified provider of specialty chemicals serving the branded and performance textiles, packaging and paper, and construction markets.
Headquartered in Pratteln, Switzerland, Archroma operates with more than 4,500 employees located in 42 countries and with over 30 production sites.
Archroma is passionate about delivering leading and innovative solutions, enhancing people’s lives and respecting the planet. The company is committed to the principles of "The Archroma Way to a Sustainable World: Safe, Efficient, Enhanced. It's our nature!"; an approach reflected in its innovations, world-class quality standards, high service levels and cost-efficiency.
About Archroma Color Management
Archroma Color Management provides innovative solutions to manage physical and digital color standards and palettes along the whole textile chain for retailers, brands, vendors, and textile mills. Archroma offers the required tools—through web-based software and customized services—for color searching, color matching, color standards, and the communication of seasonal color palettes. Archroma's goal is to help its customers achieve accurate color first, accelerate their time to market with our tools, services, and support systems.
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About Lilienweiss GmbH
Founded in 1928, Lilienweiß offers customized textile services such as dyeing, finishing and colour management. Lilienweiß has over 20 years of experience in turning colour ideas and collections into textile colour standards: customized, technically convincing and fast. Lilienweiß develops reliable and cost-effective dyeing processes with focus on sustainability and resource-efficiency. All this has led to the creation of Lily, a technically engineered digital color library with over 32,000 colors: Lily — True Colors. With seminars and workshops in color management and on demand worldwide technical assistance, Lilienweiß supports its customers individually and effectively.
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