Gerhard Wolf, head of global technical service for  leather at BASF, is relying on innovations and economy for Europe: ‘All the leathers can be manufactured with simple, economical processes and can be varied in numerous ways; after all, we always regard cost-effective production as especially important, and that also applies to new trends.’
Fashion experts Manuel Vila, BASF Curtex, Spain, and Tom Markelj, BASF, Ludwigshafen, add: ‘With regard to the leathers in this brochure, numerous innovative products were used, which enable surprising fashion effects to be achieved. In this way, our customers can be pioneers in new fashion trends.’
All of the leather presented here is intended to inspire. It is very versatile and can be adapted to serve as shoe upper leather, bag leather and garment leather.