A leather manufacturer in the Sichuan province of China has carried out successful trials of Smit & Zoon Group’s Zeology tanning system on fresh yak hides.

Sichuan has a larger domestic yak population (around 4 million head) than any other part of China; the animals thrive on the alpine grasslands there and provide milk, meat, hair and a source of fuel in the form of dung. They are also used a beasts of burden and for sport.

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