Now a diverse industrial group, Dire Industries’ beginnings, as well as its heart and soul, are in the tannery it acquired on the outskirts of Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa in 1972.

Mingxin Leather is celebrating its twentieth anniversary this year. It is proud of pioneering work it has done in the automotive leather sector...

Specialist sheepskin tannery Henan Prosper has ambitions to be one of the biggest and most successful producers in the world of leather from this raw material.

Six years ago, JBS had no tanneries: now it’s the largest producer of leather in the world. This achievement has come about through acquisitions, and then through careful planning, restructuring and investment ...

Bojos Tanning is a company that can trace its history back for almost a century, but perhaps the most dramatic event in that 100 years occurred in 2007...

For years, tanning industry entrepreneur Thomas Schneider dreamed of building his ideal tannery from scratch.

At one time, in the area around Brisbane, there were dozens of tanneries. Packer Leather, the only one still tanning, has survived through determination and its ability to move with the times...