Improvement of sheepskin quality after treatment against cockle with d... [premium content]
Infestations of lice and keds are the cause of cockle defect and the reason for considerable loss in the value of sheepskins in Ethiopia. The findings from extensive trials on two breeds of sheep shows that the cockle defect can be eradicated, coupled with a significant improvement of both skin grades and value.
World Leather - Apr/May 2012
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Innovation Part 1: Recycling and regeneration [premium content]
Twenty world standard tanneries have opened their doors for in-depth study as part of Tannery of the Year Awards 2009 and 2011. Considerable technical information has been published in World Leather following these visits, and there has been an emphasis on environmental aspects. This article is the first in a series that picks out some of the highlights from the innovation stories these top tanneries have shared with us.
World Leather - Oct/Nov 2011
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Expert questions Uttar Pradesh pollution ‘breakthrough’ [premium content]
The central pollution control board of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh claims to have come up with a new, salt-free method of preserving hides and has talked of compelling tanners to put the new technology into practice. But a seasoned industry observer has expressed doubt about the viability of the idea.
World Leather - Aug/Sep 2011
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Preservation and sustainable leather management [premium content]
To protect leather against microbial attack, Lanxess is launching a new series of preserving agents based on eutectic technology.
World Leather - Apr/May 2011
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Anthrax: danger in raw hides [premium content]
Anthrax can be transmitted to human beings via endospores by entering broken skin and germinating there, being inhaled and germinating in the lungs or by being eaten and germinating in the gastrointestinal tract. Spores can form after the hide of an infected animal is flayed.
World Leather - Apr/May 2011
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The Colombian leather sector: A renaissance banquet of feast and famin... [premium content]
The basis of the Renaissance was the willingness of people to adopt technology and concepts from other cultures. The Colombian leather sector, while very traditional, nevertheless still has a positive Renaissance outlook. Since there has been a very deep relationship between cattle ranching and leather, these facts can help explain the character of the leather sector.
World Leather - Dec/Jan 2010
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Cross-hide variations in physical properties: The determination of the... [premium content]
There are considerable variations in the degree of resistance to stretch across the hide of a living animal. The areas of butt, backbone and across the rib cage do not need to
stretch to the same degree as the belly, shanks and axillea parts. In addition, there are variations in the degree of stretch resistance in directions parallel and perpendicular to the backbone.
World Leather - Dec/Jan 2010
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Bangladesh: analysis of the leather, footwear and leathergoods industr... [premium content]
The leather sector - that is leather, leather footwear and leather-goods manufacture – is
perceived as one of the important economic sectors in Bangladesh. An important feature is
that the businesses in this sector are privately owned, with only a few units belonging to
multinational companies. Wet blue leather produced by the tanneries is generally sold in the local market, while a considerable volume of crust and finished leather, footwear and leather goods are exported.
World Leather - Dec/Jan 2010
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A new aqueous transfer coating system for splits [premium content]
Transfer coating of splits is a well-established process in leather finishing. The physical properties and the optical advantages are significant. The state-of-the-art technology is solvent-based systems, applied either via spraying technology or with rollers and doctor blades onto silicone matrices.
World Leather - Dec/Jan 2010
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Advances in the degreasing of hides [premium content]
A new lipase degreasing product provides additional benefits such as improved grain tightness, better flatness, cleanliness of the hide, improved dyeing levelness, and has the potential to reduce fogging characteristics and improve hydrophobing. In addition, the replacement of surfactants by lipase offers significant ecological benefits within the degreasing process and in the subsequent treatment of wastewaters.
World Leather - Dec/Jan 2010
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