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Leather manufacturing to be reborn in Arabian Gulf

27/07/2004

BLC Leather Technology Centre is assisting in bringing a modern tannery from concept to life in the Middle East, according to J. Avery, company’s process consultant and project manager.

 

The UAE has long been without a leather-making industry. Established tanning companies became extinct after failing to embrace the modern attitude to industry and commerce, established towards the end of the last century, and the utilisation of hides reached an all time low. As a result, there is no company in the country producing camel leather today.

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