13th AICLST Congress · 2026 · K-TC-108-O
… The cleaner productions and nonchrome tanning agent and re-tanning agent which are a trend in the past few years and will be much more popular and mandatory in future due to the market …
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Anke Mondschein1, Michaela Schröpfer1, Michael Meyer1
The use of vegetable tanning agents could be an alternative to synthetic tanning agents with regard to sustainability and reduction of fossil based materials in leather production. In recent years, a new group of …
Open original PDF →XXXVIII IULTCS Congress · 2025 · L-O-006
Francina Izquierdo; Ivo Reetz; Anna Bacardit
… The biodegradability of the pretanned/tanned leathers was assessed using ISO 20136, revealing a 94% degradation rate compared to non-tanned collagen—considerably higher than that achieved with conventional tanning methods. Additionally, compostability, as …
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Roberta Gamarino
… As a chrome-free tanning agent, it eliminates the risk of generating carcinogenic Cr(VI). Another project demonstrated the application benefits of a resin structurally similar to melamine resins. This polymer, synthesized through aromatic …
Open original PDF →XXXVII IULTCS Congress · 2023 · O-211-208
Mishamo Wakaso Wajino
Since developing countries like Ethiopia have huge livestock resource potential and they must utilize available raw materials in order to eradicate poverty by generating the required revenue and create employment opportunity for their citizens …
Open original PDF →XXXVII IULTCS Congress · 2023 · P-04-66
Qi Yao; Hualin Chen; Hegang Ren
… Sparked from vegetable tanning, employing excess by - products of biomass glycerol and glycidol to produce high value-added chrome-free tanning agents will be in great significant. In this paper, a series of hyperbranched …
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Madhan Kumar Meganathan,3, Keerthivason Selladurai, Sathya Ramalingam, 3*
… The synthesized azo dyes were applied to zeolite-, vegetable-, and chrome-tanned leathers, showing good dye uptake, vibrant coloration, and lightfastness comparable to conventional dyes. Overall, this integrated waste-toresource strategy significantly reduces freshwater …
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Jayakumar Gladstone Christopher; Mohammed Hussien Seid; Prasanna Ramakrishnan; Akash Bhalla; Dagnew Negasa; Mishamo Wakasso; Sundarapandiyan Sundaramoorthy; Balaraman Madhan; Saravanan Palanivel
Enzymatic unhairing is an alternative to traditional sulfide -based unhairing processes in leather manufacture to achieve sustainable and cleaner methods. The leather manufacturers poised forward - thinking strategy to replace conventional methods. However, there are …
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Michela Signoretto; Sebastiano Tieuli; Elena Ghedini; Claudio Bortolati; Riccardo Pasquale; Francesco Serafini; Massimiliano Silvestri; Luca Frighetto
… Therefore, besides developing a new metal-free tanning technology, the LIFEGOAST project pointed attention to the requalifi cation of solid wastes derived from it. In this work, the solid waste coming from the leather …
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Gaidau C.*[1], Stanca M.[2], Niculescu M.[1], Sancakli A.[3], Arican F.[3], Tonea S.[4]
… free, metal-free, and glutaraldehyde-free tanning materials. The present research shows the possibility to use a renewable composite for sheepskin pre- tanning or bovine leather retanning with the final aim of replacingbasic chromium …
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