The route to cleaner tanneries
05/09/2007
In a seminar supported by Brazil's overseas investment promotions agency APEX and by China Leather, representatives of the South American country's leather industry will present a series of innovations to their Chinese counterparts that, Brazil claims, could help the industry in China improve its environmental performance.
The innovations focus on the tanning process and on effluent treatment.
The seminar will take place tomorrow afternoon (September 6) and will be one of the sessions at the Environment Friendly Supplies Conference, which is part of the All China Leather Exhibition taking place in Shanghai this week.
One of the Brazilian tanning companies to take part will be Tanac. Its representative, Paulo Costa, will make a presentation on vegetable-based tanning agents as an alternative to chrome.
Another contributor will be Seta, which will present its Compact LETS product, which allows hides to be prepared for tanning without the use of strong acids or ammonium salts.
The vice-president responsible for technology at national leather industry organisation Assintecal, William Nicolau, said in the build-up to the seminar: "Environmental technology is gaining in importance all over the world, meaning there are business opportunities for organisations that can make the solutions available. There are also rewards for any organisation using these ideas—they will improve their productivity and their competitiveness in the market."
The innovations focus on the tanning process and on effluent treatment.
The seminar will take place tomorrow afternoon (September 6) and will be one of the sessions at the Environment Friendly Supplies Conference, which is part of the All China Leather Exhibition taking place in Shanghai this week.
One of the Brazilian tanning companies to take part will be Tanac. Its representative, Paulo Costa, will make a presentation on vegetable-based tanning agents as an alternative to chrome.
Another contributor will be Seta, which will present its Compact LETS product, which allows hides to be prepared for tanning without the use of strong acids or ammonium salts.
The vice-president responsible for technology at national leather industry organisation Assintecal, William Nicolau, said in the build-up to the seminar: "Environmental technology is gaining in importance all over the world, meaning there are business opportunities for organisations that can make the solutions available. There are also rewards for any organisation using these ideas—they will improve their productivity and their competitiveness in the market."
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