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COTANCE Round Table “The REACh Challenge & Innovation in the European Leather Industry”

COTANCE Round Table “The REACh Challenge & Innovation in the European Leather Industry”. European Leather Industry Preparedness for REACh Filipe Crispim GERIC / CTIC October 2008. 1. Pre-registration. At this stage, tanners are developing the following steps:

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COTANCE Round Table “The REACh Challenge & Innovation in the European Leather Industry”

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  1. COTANCE Round Table“The REACh Challenge & Innovation in the European Leather Industry” European Leather Industry Preparedness for REACh Filipe Crispim GERIC / CTIC October 2008

  2. 1. Pre-registration At this stage, tanners are developing the following steps: • Pressuring EU chemicals suppliers in order to give guarantees regarding substances registration according to REACh; • Proceeding to pre-registration of substances present in chemical products imported from outside EU.

  3. 1. Pre-registration Main chemicals directly imported from outside EU by European tanneries: • Basic chromium sulphate – mainly from Turkey; • Vegetable extracts – mainly from Argentina (Quebracho) and Brasil (Mimosa); • Dyes, which usually don’t exceed 1 tonne per year.

  4. 2. Imported hides, skins and leather Wet-Blue and Crust imported from outside EU is increasing day by day. Several companies are abandoning beamhouse stages and starting the industrial process from wet-blue and crust from outside EU origin, where the use of substances like the following are not restricted: • Azodyes; • Short-Chain Chlorinated Paraffins (SCCP’s); • Nonylphenol and nonylphenol ethoxylate. A more exigent control of this raw materials has to be implemented.

  5. 3. Convergence of REACh and market REACh could be a driving force impelling tanners to search for technological alternatives which correspond to the market tendency. Market recent evolution: Chrome tanning Natural tanning (vegetable extracts and other natural polymers) Wet-white (eco-tanning) Aluminium, zirconium, …; Glutaraldehyde; Syntans; Other polymers Registration exemption

  6. 4. Innovation / R&D Leather Technological Centers Innovation R&D Chemical Suppliers Tanneries

  7. 5. Tanneries weak and strong points Weak points: • Many companies of low dimension; • Forced new European tanning industry structure – increasing of wet-blue and crust imports; • Chromium sulphate imports; • Distance to chemicals suppliers – peripheral countries • Strong points: • An industry of high specialities consumption; • Market tendencies are compatible with REACh philosophy.

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