SKIN TO LEATHER

By: Mª Jesús Soler

INTRODUCTION

• My previous job

• An important decission

• Familiar bussiness

• My actual knowledge about skin process

RAW MATERIAL

• Slaughterhouse to warehouse

• Conservation with salt

• Reefer

• Check and clasification

• Send to the tannery

WET BLUE STAGE

• Chemical process

• Organic material to inorganic material

• Water and chemical products (Chrome)

• Drums

TANNED PROCESS

• Mainly process: tan and dye

• Leather

• Chemical products (Fats,chrome,anilyne,resines)

• Strict rules about enviroment

FASHION BRANDS

• Check the leather

• High quality

• Colours

• Square feet

• Europe companies

CONCLUSION

• It is really surprisingly how can only three skins become a luxury bag

• The leather world needs high level production process to obtain the demanded quality

• I expect you have understood a little bit of this interesting business, and that´s all…

THANKS FOR YOUR ATTENTION