Mexican tannery signs 10-year contract to use polymer-bead technology
21/09/2018
Lefarc has a weekly production of 5,000 hides and produces finished leather for shoes and accessories. It supplies major international brands such as Timberland and Wolverine. Qualus said it believes finished products containing Lefarc leather made using its polymer-bead technology will come to market after March 2019.
The contract follows extensive trials, which, according to Qualus, demonstrated material reductions in process inputs and effluent production and “radically improved the sustainability of production, whilst maintaining high-quality leather output”.
On making the announcement, the chief executive of Xeros, Mark Nichols, said: “This contract with LEFARC confirms that our tanning technologies are viable and play a valuable role in the production of leather. In partnership with our customers, we can radically improve sustainability while sharing in the value our innovative technology creates.”
He added that Qualus is now reciving “considerable interest from leading tanneries” and said this is “a strong indication” of its technology’s potential to increase its deployment in the global tanning industry. “We expect to secure further contracts into the future,” he said.
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