Production
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In the raw material area the skins are preserved in salt, stored in controlled cool rooms and before processing, pre- sorted for quality and weight. |
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Soaking The skin is soaked to remove dirt and salt. |
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During this process tissue, flesh and fat remnants are removed by a roller mounted knife. |
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In order to achieve an even specified thickness the leather is reduced in substance. The resulting split-leather can than be processed further as suede. |
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During tanning the skin fibres absorb the tanning agents. That's when the skin becomes leather. |
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During this process water is removed. |
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The grain leather is brought to an even thickness. Irregularities are removed from the reverse side and the leather is separated into colour-batches. |
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Neutralising, filling out, dyeing and greasing. The asid resulting from the tanning process is Neutralized. Dyeing then takes place, where appropriate with anilin-dye-stuffs. |
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During this process water is removed. |
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Two methods are used to dry leather. The vacuum process during which moisture is removed by suction and the hanging process, when leather is hung and taken through ovens. |
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Following drying the leather is mechanically staked in order to soften it. Further processes take place in preparation for finishing. |
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Here the leather is given its final surface treatment and look. Through processes of base coat, colouring, embossing, ironing the leather becomes, depending on the demands of fashion, matt or shiny, two-tone or uni-coloured, smooth or grained. The art of finishing lies in working in wafer-thin layers without disturbing the natural look of the leather and its characteristics such as suppleness and breathability. |
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In between every process quality is controlled. Final control checks to ensure each individual production is to specification and sortation into various trades. |
