Bentley Motors introduces olive tanned leather option
Bentley Motors has introduced leather tanned with Pasubio’s Olive Mill Wastewater (OMW) technology for its vehicles as part of its Beyond100 sustainability journey. Read More...
PRINT & DIGITAL
No time to stick your head in the sand
In ILM's July/August 2023 print/digital edition, Content Director Martin Ricker noted some of potentially significant changes in the the pipeline for tanning process itself to create a fully biogenic carbon material. Read More...
Wet-green tanning agent certified by USDA
Germany-based leather chemicals business Wet-green has announced that it has been awarded the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Certified Biobased Product Label for its OBE 1 tanning agent for Olivenleder. Read More...
Eco-friendly material focus for Skoda
Skoda has highlighted the use of recycled and eco-friendly materials, including olive extract tanned leather, in its vehicles interiors for World Environment Day on June 5.
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Novel free-of-chrome tannages for automotive applications
Around 70 industry professionals representing the whole automotive leather supply chain, mostly from across Europe, gathered at Munich’s leading five-star Hotel Bayerischer Hof on May 22 for the ‘ILM Automotive Leather Supply Chain conference’. Two of the opening presentations focussed on novel FOC tanning systems.
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Olive leaf tanning specialist to speak at Automotive Conference
Dr Heinz-Peter Germann, Head of Product Development at ecological leather tanning specialist Wet-Green, will be a key speaker at the upcoming “ILM Automotive Leather Supply Chain” conference taking place in the Bavarian capital city of Munich on May 22, 2017.
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Heller-Leder wins Ecodesign award with olive tanned leather
German footwear and upholstery leather tanners, Heller-Leder have won the “Bundespreis Ecodesign” in the category ‘product’ for its Blattwerk (olive tanned) leather collection.
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