Premiere Vision Leather outlines top developments
03/12/2015
Italian tannery Conceria Stefania spent four years developing Silverlining, a silver-treated leather for shoe linings which slows the development of odour-causing bacteria.
French tannery Pechdo’s Easy Touch leather was marketed as the first conductive leather to enable wearers to use touchscreens though their gloves.
Pittards’ Microspike option for lamb or goatskin gloves increases the comfort and lifespan of the product by reducing the development of bacteria due to transpiration.
Australian merino skins are useful for interiors when patients are bedridden or chair-bound, according to Jean-Pierre Théron, a sales director for Rives. “The skins undergo mineral tanning so that they can be machine-washed,” he said.
Portuguese tannery Carvalhos offered leathers that are water resistant for up to two hours and ideal for sports and outdoorwear.
Jean-Charles Duchêne from Megisserie Alric said tanneries are being asked to produce washable leather suitable for machine washing or dry-cleaning. “When times are hard, economically, labels make few leather garments and tend to use leather as an adornment on textiles, he said. “Vegetable and synthetic tanning is almost wholly incompatible with washing; washable leathers are generally chrome tanned.”
Mégisserie de la Molière and Alric were also among tanneries presenting washable leather.
Credit: Premiere Vision/TANEKA_Incube
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