Tannery of the Year: China shortlist announced

25/09/2012
World Leather magazine has revealed the names of the tanneries that have been nominated for Tannery of the Year for China in the third programme of the competition. The list contains the names of ten excellent leather producers in a range of locations across China, from which two finalists will emerge to compete in the final in Hong Kong in March 2013.

Tannery of the Year is a competition aimed at finding the best examples of tanneries across the world that have built the principles of corporate social responsibility into their way of working. All Tanneries of the Year are 100% committed to corporate social responsibility, working as hard as they can to help the communities with which they share energy, water and other resources and making the least impact they possibly can on the environment. They are also sound businesses and operate on a stable and sustainable financial platform. They are all wonderful examples of best practice in the leather industry.

The shortlisted tanneries for China this time are, in alphabetical order:

- Dongming Bright Leather Company Limited, Xinji, Hebei province
- Henan Prosper, Mengzhou,Henan province
- Huanghua Defu Leather Products Company Limited, Cangzhou, Hebei province
- Ouhai Tannery, Wenzhou, Zhejiang province
- PrimeAsia Leather Corporation, Huangjiang, Guangdong province
- Sichaun Leshan Zhenjing Leather Products Company Limited, Leshan, Sichuan province
- Xuzhou Nanhai Leather Factory Company Limited, Suining County, Jiangsu province
- Zhejiang Qida Tannery, Hangzhou,  Zhejiang province
- Zhejiang Kasen Industrial Group Company Limited, Haining, Zhejiang province

- Zibo Dahuanjiu Polygrace Tannery Group Company Limited, Zibo, Shandong province

We wish all candidates good luck.

World Leather is grateful for the important backing Tannery of the Year has from the APLF exhibition, chemical manufacturers BASF, Lanxess and Buckman, the International Council of Tanners, and the International Union of Leather Technologists and Chemists Societies.