Indigo Brands (Pty) Ltd.

Indigo Brands (Pty) Ltd. is a textile mill in South Africa with a reported capacity of 149,911,891 USD. It spins, dyes and finishes textiles, leather or apparel using process steam. By capacity it ranks #3 of 6 textile mills tracked in South Africa. It emits about 3,282 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 765 cars.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-38476081.

En contexto: cómo se compara esta instalación

Con 149,911,891 USD, Indigo Brands (Pty) Ltd. está alrededor de la mediana de textile mill en South Africa (149,911,891 USD). Subsector: textiles-leather-apparel. Como textile mill, requiere calor de proceso intenso (típicamente 60–150°C) para sus operaciones industriales centrales — calor que debe ser suministrado por calderas, hornos o combustión directa, y las pérdidas a través de recipientes y tuberías sin aislar representan combustible desperdiciado. El aislamiento modular desmontable puede reducir esas pérdidas en un 80–96%, enfriando superficies a ≤45°C, con amortización a menudo inferior a 2 años. Las fábricas textiles utilizan vapor de proceso para teñido, acabado y secado, a menudo requiriendo control de temperatura muy ajustado durante largos tiempos de funcionamiento — la pérdida de calor continua erosiona ganancias.

Comparación de capacidad e intensidad de CO₂ calculada a partir de datos de instalaciones industriales de Climate TRACE; papel del sector basado en referencia de ingeniería.

What 3,282 t CO₂e a year looks like

This facility's reported annual CO₂e in the everyday equivalents from the US EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies calculator:

Equivalencies: US EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies. Emissions: Climate TRACE.

Capacity vs largest textile mills in South Africa

Reported capacity (USD), Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0).

Local climate

Indigo Brands (Pty) Ltd. sits in a hot-summer Mediterranean climate zone (Köppen Csa), at 33.9°S in the southern hemisphere.

Köppen zone: Köppen-Geiger world climate classification (Kottek et al. 2006, 0.5° grid).

How it compares & nearby sites

The #3 largest of 6 textile mills in South Africa by reported capacity.

Nearby industrial sites

• Levi Strauss - South Africa - Sa (Epping) · Textiles · 3,282 t CO₂
• Astron Capetown Refinery · Refinery · 795,914 t CO₂
• Sockit Manufacturing Pty · Textiles · 3,282 t CO₂
• Riebeeck Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 150,188 t CO₂
• De Hoek Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 147,132 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates -33.93531, 18.53987. View on OpenStreetMap.

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