As byproducts of the meat industry, hides and skins, along with intermediate processed goods and finished leather articles, are shipped around the world in the course of manufacture and commerce. The globalisation of the industry has placed significant demands on product performance.
In tandem, requirements from regulatory authorities and end-consumers for improved product safety and environmental stewardship both in the application of biocides and through the leather article life-cycle, place ever greater compliance demands on product and supplier.
According to Nanette Hermsen, global marketing manager for Dow Biocides, the combined resources of Dow and Buckman will bring leading scientific advancement for improved products and systems to solve leather industry problems.
‘Joint efforts between Dow Biocdes and Buckman will leverage field applications knowledge, monitoring services, customer support, and the Busan brand leadership from Buckman and combine it with the global regulatory expertise, broad portfolio of antimicrobial products and customer application centres of Dow Biocides. A focus on local raw materials and formulations along with innovative applications development will yield sustainable solutions for leading tanners in the industry who require the highest performance along with regulatory compliance and global market acceptance of treated leather articles’, said Hermsen.
‘Buckman is truly excited about working with Dow as it allows us to bring new products and new combinations of
products to our customers, as well as the added strength of our combined resources’, said Robin Luck, vice president of global marketing at Buckman Laboratories International Inc.
