Richina’s Fuxin leather unit takes shape

04/08/2010
According to reports, a new wet blue facility being built by Richina Industries in China’s Fuxin tanning complex, Liaoning province, is well underway. It is expected to be in operation by the end of October and is costing around 800 million yuan to build.

The plant will supply wet blue to the company’s leather producing facilities in Shanghai and will cover 300 acres of land. It is expected to process 3.6 million pieces of cattle leather, 2.4 million units of sheep leather and 3.5 million pieces of pig leather.

Richard Yan, managing director of Richina, said: “Our leather businesses have a long history of producing quality wet blue. The Fuxin project gives us the opportunity to again vertically integrate our business as we broaden and add value to our internal SRL and SLC supply chain. The Liaoning and Fuxin governments, especially Governor Chen ZhengGao and Mayor Pan GuoLi, and their teams have been very supportive to us during our strategic evaluation phase. We appreciate their efforts, and look forward to creating a world-class leather making operation at the Fuxin complex."

Richina Industries is the parent company of Shanghai Leather Company

and Shanghai Richina Leather Company, which cover automotive, footwear and garment leather production. Richina Industries also manufactures footwear, garments, athletic products, chemicals and adhesives for domestic and export markets.