Premium leather begins long before the finished product reaches a designer, manufacturer, or customer. At NOVA LEATHERS, every hide and skin passes through carefully controlled stages of selection, tanning, treatment, finishing, and quality refinement.
Our tannery combines experienced craftsmanship, modern machinery, controlled processing, and quality-focused practices to transform carefully selected hides and skins into consistent, durable, and high-quality finished leather.
Explore the key stages of our leather manufacturing process below.
Selecting the Right Hide for Exceptional Leather
Every quality leather begins with the right raw material. Our hides and skins are carefully selected according to type, quality, size, natural characteristics, and intended application.
This initial assessment helps us maintain consistency throughout the production process and ensures that the material is suitable for achieving the desired leather quality and finish.
Developing Consistent Colour and Character
Dyeing is a critical stage in developing the leather’s final appearance. Using controlled dyeing processes, we introduce colour evenly throughout the leather while maintaining the desired tone, depth, and visual character.
Careful process control helps achieve consistent results across production batches and different leather specifications.
Transforming Hides Through Controlled Tanning
Drum processing plays a central role in leather manufacturing, allowing hides and skins to undergo controlled chemical and mechanical treatment.
Through carefully managed processing conditions, the leather develops the stability, structure, softness, and characteristics required for subsequent stages of production.
Enhancing Performance Through Precision Treatment
Specialized chemical treatments help develop the physical and aesthetic properties required for different leather applications.
Our controlled formulations and processing conditions are selected according to the desired softness, strength, colour, handle, and finishing requirements, helping produce leather that performs consistently in its intended application.
Achieving Consistent Leather Thickness
Shaving is an important precision stage used to bring leather to the required thickness and improve uniformity across the hide.
By carefully controlling thickness, we create a more consistent foundation for subsequent processing and help ensure reliable results in the finished leather.
Refining the Shape for Better Usability
After the main processing stages, leather is carefully trimmed to remove unwanted edges and irregular portions.
This creates cleaner, more manageable hides while improving the usable surface area and preparing the leather for the next stages of production.
Precision Control of Leather Thickness
Splitting separates the leather into layers while bringing the material closer to the required thickness and specification.
Our controlled splitting process helps achieve uniform thickness and improved consistency, allowing the leather to be prepared for different applications and finishing requirements.
Developing Softness, Texture, and Natural Character
Milling uses controlled mechanical action to enhance the leather’s softness, flexibility, texture, and overall handle.
This stage can also help develop the desired grain character, giving the finished leather a more refined and distinctive feel.
Preserving Shape and Improving Surface Quality
Toggle drying carefully stretches and secures the leather during drying to help maintain its shape and improve surface characteristics.
Controlled drying contributes to dimensional stability, surface smoothness, and consistent presentation, preparing the leather for further finishing.
Creating the Final Look and Performance
Finishing is where the leather receives its final surface characteristics. Depending on the required specification, controlled finishing processes can enhance colour, appearance, texture, protection, and overall performance.
Our finishing capabilities allow us to develop leather suited to a wide range of applications while maintaining the quality and consistency expected from NOVA LEATHERS.
Interested in any of the leathers you have seen? We will be glad to send you samples. This way, you will be able to see the different qualities and finishes and keep a memo as a reference for your projects. Browse our leather catalogue and select your favorite colours.
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