A new 'greener' and cleaner chemical process could revolutionize the leather-tanning industry, according to a new report. 'Reverse' leather tanning, which essentially works backward from the point ...

Tanners at the Chouara Tannery in Morocco have been transforming animal hides into leather since the 11th century. The tanning process has gone unchanged since then, but it relies on heavy chemicals ...

(Nanowerk News) Humanity’s interest in preserving animal skins dates to prehistory, but in the 21st century leather goods have become ubiquitous. Leather shoes, belts, jackets and handbags are part of ...

The DyTan process claims to show significant water savings compared to other metal-free tanning systems. Credit: Archroma The DyTan process is the outcome of a partnership between Archroma and ...

Tanning animal hide makes a leather that is more durable and less susceptible from decomposition. It can be a malodorous process, because of all the animal remains and because the skins are sometimes ...

Fraunhofer UMSICHT developed a completely innovative leather tanning process that reduces emissions and production costs. The process can contribute to retain and strengthen leather-manufacturing ...

CORRECTION: This story was updated on May 29, 2015, to clarify the form of chromium used in leather processing. Turning animal hides into the supple, rich-hued leather in shoes, handbags, coats, and ...

Among one of Carbon County’s forgotten industries is the tanning of leather hides that was an extensive enterprise in the county. Tanning was such an important industry that one small village, Lehigh ...

ON A RECENT VACATION in Morocco, my husband and I watched one of the oldest chemical processes in action: the conversion of animal hides into leather by a process that was already well-developed by ...

A new 'greener' and cleaner chemical process* could revolutionize the leather-tanning industry, according to a report in the Feb. 15 issue of the American Chemical Society’s journal Environmental ...