Products Developed

Special Features of the Products Available for Commercialization

• ALCROTAN
• ALUTAN
• ORGANOZIR
• SPECTRATAN FE
• ECOCHROME 2000
• SILICHROME
• ECOSYN
• ECO CHROME - S
• PROTAC-M
• BIOTAN

ALCROTAN
(Chromium Aluminium Syntan)

• Homogeneous chemical formulation
• Contains both chromium and aluminium
• Affords leathers which can be dyed to rich shades
• Enables the manufacture of light fast leathers
• Shows > 95% exhaustion
• Resists precipitation up to a pH of 5.5 - 6.0
• Aluminium contained in the syntan is irreversibly bound
• Shows high affinity to vegetable tanned leathers
• Has potential for both self- and re-tanning applications

• Homogeneous chemical formulation
• Contains aluminium
• Binds irreversibly
• Resists washing even at a pH of 7.0
• Affords leathers which can be dyed to rich shades
• Enables the manufacture of white leathers
• Shows > 93% exhaustion
• Resists precipitation to pH of 5.5 - 6.0
• Serves as an efficient chrome saver
• Affords soft and full leathers
• Helps to obtain tight nap in suede
• Protac M
• Biotan

• Homogeneous chemical formulation containing zirconium
• ZrO₂ content 18-22%
• Fuller whiter leather with no drawn grain
• Shows > 95% exhaustion
• Resists precipitation up to a pH of 5.5 - 6.0
• Offers ~95^oC as a solo tanning agent and above 100^oC shrinkage in combination with low offer of chromium
• Standardized at 2 kg/batch levels and available for commercialization

• Chromium – Iron mixed tanning agent
• 27% metal oxide content
• Offers above 115^oC shrinkage temperature and high exhaustions of chromium and iron
• Devoid of all known drawbacks of iron tanning and satisfies international norms for physical and chemical properties
• Resists precipitation up to a pH of 5.5 - 6.0
• Enables development of natural shades in combination with vegetable tannins
• Available for immediate commercialization

• Homogenous formulation without formaldehyde
• 16-18% Cr₂O₃ content
• Can be used as a pickle free tanning system
• Offers high shrinkage temperature, high uptake of chromium and is similar to conventional chrome tanning salts
• Reduces TDS, chlorides, sulfates and chromium load on effluent from identified sectional stream
• Leathers obtained are fuller and have smoother grain than conventional wet blue

• Homogenous formulation of silica and chromium
• Offers above 100^oC shrinkage temperatures at offers above 1% metal oxide
• Excellent softness, suppleness, stretch, fluffy and smooth grain and strength
• Enables reduction in offer of fatliquors
• Provides sheep like character to goat based leathers
• Available for immediate commercialization

• A multi-functional matrix with sulfonated aromatic compound
• A homogeneous matrix free of formaldehyde
• Syntan does not undergo photo-oxidation on ageing
• Use of this syntan in tanning enhances the uptake of chromium to above 93%
• The syntan provides a means for pickle - free chrome tanning thereby reducing the total dissolved solids (TDS) in the effluent
• The presence of this syntan enables a reduction in the offer of filling syntans in wet-finishing by 30 - 40%
• The use of this syntan provides an overall saving of Rs 1000 - 2000 per ton of raw material processed

• Chrome shavings contribute to 9 - 10% of the raw material processing and accounts for 0.8 million tons of waste globally
• Current usage is only in the area of leather boards, building materials and hydrolyzed products
• Stringent regulations call for safe disposal of chrome bearing solid wastes
• Chrome shavings have been used as reductant in BCS manufacture in the place of molasses and sulfurdioxide
• The product has 18 - 20% Cr₂O₃ content and exhibits high uptake of chromium
• The presence of organic oligopeptides in the product enables pickleless tanning
• The quality of leathers are comparable to normal wet blue leathers
• This methodology provides a green route to the utilization of chrome shavings

• Multifunctional syntan from solid waste and biodegradable natural materials
• Alternative to phenol formaldehyde based retanning agent
• Provides a synergistic effect on the leather
• Suitable product for upper leathers

• Ecobenign tanning agent
• Prepared from collagenous material
• Suitable for biodegradable leathers