Manchester Especialidades Químicas creates leather division
Brazil's Manchester Especialidades Químicas, a specialty chemical producer that has worked in the ceramic, textile, paint and varnish, hygiene and cleaning, effluent and surface treatment sectors for over 20 years has set up a Leather Division. Adolfo Antonio Klein, a leather technician and environmental consultant, has been appointed head of the commercial leather department at the new division, whilst leather chemist Luís Carlos Schneider will head the technical department.
The company's headquarters are located in Criciúma, Santa Catarina, just 200 kilometres south of Florianópolis, the state capital. It has two branches, one in Itatiba and the other in