A feel for the forest [premium content]
A special focus of the February 2011 edition of Le Cuir À Paris will be leathers that have their roots in the forests of the northern and southern hemispheres.
World Leather - Dec/Jan 2010
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The manufacture of parchment and vellum [premium content]
In the last 1000-plus years little has changed in the manufacturing of parchment. The main differences between
then and now is the use of certain chemicals and modern machines make it possible to flesh and split the skins mechanically.
World Leather - 06 - Oct 2008
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Music, love, life: three reasons why these crocodiles shed no tears [premium content]
A rare breed of crocodile, the crocodylus moreletii’s numbers had reduced to levels bordering on the endangered before the leather industry stepped in to help with preservation initiatives. That may sound strange, but through a joint venture involving investors, the state protection agency for crocodiles, Cocomex, and Eduardo Huber, an artisan in leatherwork, a new brand of leathergoods made exclusively from the hides of Morelet crocodiles, Cocolé, has been formed.
World Leather - 08 - Dec/Jan 2007
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Prevent Leather Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina [premium content]
The need for a new tannery within the ASA-Prevent Group was conceived in 2003, with work on the new venture beginning in October 2004. This new tannery is now well-established in the town of Visoko located some 25km outside the capitol Sarajevo and was custom-built for the conversion of up to 2,000 hides per day into automotive leathers.
World Leather - 07 - Nov 2007
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Yak leather - a rough diamond with inner strength and beauty [premium content]
Yak is not a leather that often crosses the tanner’s path, yet there are just over 14 million of them in the world today and they continue to play a vital role in many traditional societies in the world.
World Leather - 04 - June/July 2007
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Leather properties required in the moulding process [premium content]
The current move towards the use of leather in computer
goods, household appliances, water sports and interior
décor may lead to adaptations in the leather properties
being required as leather-moulding techniques are used in the manufacture of these products.
World Leather - 04 - June/July 2007
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Parchment and vellum through the ages [premium content]
Parchment is an ancient writing material made from processed skins, mostly from calves, sheep and goats. It was much more durable than papyrus, and was widely used until the arrival of paper in Europe around the twelfth century. From earliest times its use has been highly valued, not only for its suitability as a writing material, but also because it lasts almost indefinitely.
World Leather - 03 - May 2007
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Solar reflective (cool) leather [premium content]
A new technology for leather has been developed to reduce the build up of solar heat and provide the level of comfort consumers expect from a natural product.
World Leather - 01 - Feb/Mar 2007
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The hydrophobing of chrome-free leather [premium content]
Nowadays, hydrophobic qualities in high quality leather
are demanded for many fields of application. These
properties range from the so-called ‘pearl’ effect through
to ‘waterproofness’, as given by classical impregnation.
However, requirements for good waterproofing include water
resistance throughout the whole leather cross-section and
reduced water uptake. These characteristics have to remain
durable under static and dynamic conditions whilst at the same time the leathers should show reasonable water vapour
permeability. This is to ensure a high wearing comfort for shoe upper leathers and sitting comfort for upholstery leather.
World Leather - Dec/Jan 2006
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Automobile leather manufacture: Part 2 [premium content]
Practical considerations for the production of wet white.
World Leather - Oct 2006
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