(Nanowerk News) Humanity’s interest in preserving animal skins dates to prehistory, but in the 21st century leather goods have become ubiquitous. Leather shoes, belts, jackets and handbags are part of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Tanners at the Chouara Tannery in Morocco have been transforming animal hides into leather since the 11th century. The tanning ...

Leather manufacturing could soon become aa less impactful process. ECCO Leather has taken what it says is “the first solid step towards waterfree leather manufacturing,” unveiling its new DriTan ...

A new 'greener' and cleaner chemical process could revolutionize the leather-tanning industry, according to a new report. 'Reverse' leather tanning, which essentially works backward from the point ...

Though we may consider ourselves intellectually and technologically superior to our cave-dwelling ancestors, we still adorn our bodies, transports, and homes with the skin of conquered animals. But ...

Following is a transcription of the video. Narrator: This is said to be the world's oldest leather-making tradition. It's called vegetable tanning, and it's a process that has been perfected over ...

A heavy industry that helped fuel Milwaukee's early growth, and has since seen a long decline, is behind a new development coming to the city's near south side. Law Tanning Co., which converts the ...

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Netherlands based Ecco Leather has developed a technology that could take the industry a step closer to water-free leather tanning by using the moisture already present in the hides. The new DriTan ...

Tanning animal hide makes a leather that is more durable and less susceptible from decomposition. It can be a malodorous process, because of all the animal remains and because the skins are sometimes ...

ON A RECENT VACATION in Morocco, my husband and I watched one of the oldest chemical processes in action: the conversion of animal hides into leather by a process that was already well-developed by ...