Smit & zoon first leather chemical company to use lignin modified polyphenolic leather chemicals Smit & zoon just filed a European patent application for ‘lignin modified polyphenolic leather chemicals’. This makes Smit & zoon the first leather chemical company to use lignin modified polyphenolic in its products. Smit & zoon’s product development team is currently…
Leather Naturally comments on new Nike material Leather Naturally was surprised and disappointed by the recent announcement by Nike to use a material reconstituted largely from tannery shavings as an affordable and effective material for some of their footwear. Our issue lies with the terminology being used in calling the product leather and in the…
This article is one in a series of articles, in which the ‘Tannery of the future’ sustainability tool is explained in more detail. In the previous article, we have shared the origin and goal of ‘Tannery of the Future’. (Click here for the article) The goal of the sustainability tool is to support tanneries and…
Stahl has long been a pioneer towards sustainability and transparency. They seem to be everywhere, are present at all the important conferences, are at the table when decisions are being made about compliance & sustainability and they appear to be one of the largest chemical suppliers for the leather industry. That’s why we wanted to…
In 2013 a group of experts from the Dutch leather industry gathered to run a project under the lead of MVO Nederland (the leading Dutch Non-governmental organisation specializing in sustainability). The groups main concern was the fact that Dutch consumers often have no clue if the leather article they purchased originated from a sustainable source.…
