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How can we achieve and prove sustainability in chemicals?

Published: March 30, 2022

Every fabric used in the production of shoes, leather goods, furniture, car interior, garments, or other areas which use flexible material uses chemicals to make the final material. Even natural materials such as organic textile or leather use chemicals to give the final material a performance.

Turning leather scraps into yarn

Published: November 29, 2021

Korean start-up ATKO Planning, has devised a process that re-uses leather scraps and turns them into a textile yarn to be used for footwear and apparel applications.

Ecco launches new technical performance leather

Published: November 24, 2021

The leather production arm of Denmark-headquartered tanner and shoe manufacturer/retailer Ecco has released Motion 2.0, a new collection it says “redefines leather as a material able to breathe, respond and perform”.

A unique material that needs to keep re-defining itself

Published: April 7, 2021

We talk a lot about leather being one of the oldest and most versatile materials, available to the first humans as a ‘waste product’ from their hunter gatherer diet, which included meat and milk.

CLRI develop cooling leather technology

Published: July 15, 2015

A new project currently underway at the CLRI (Central Leather Research Institute) in India uses chemicals that can imitate real skin and keep the body-feel cooler than the outside temperature.

Sulphide-free hair save process

Published: August 20, 2014

Spanish leather chemical maker Cromogenia Units has devised a novel sulphide-free hair save liming process known as the ECO system. The system uses a reducing agent and enzyme treatment under strict processing conditions to remove the hair.