Leather

In today’s industrialized leather industry intermediates are shipped all over the world. With a moisture content of around 50% they need long-term protection against microbial attack during weeks or months of storage and transportation. Failure to tackle this problem can have costly consequences.

LANXESS provides advanced anti-microbial preservatives against mold and fungi for wet blue and wet white intermediates. These highly concentrated products, with an active ingredient concentration of up to 90%, offer maximum protection from a minimal dosage, a good sustainability profile and an appropriate value for money. Our broad-spectrum preservation technologies are backed by experts in the leather industry. Working with you, we help you find the right formulation for your application, in your region.

Supplementary, LANXESS provides preservatives for the protection of leather process and finishing products against microbial infestation. Manufacturers of such auxiliary products can choose from a broad range of in-can preservation products. A selection of preservatives is shown below.