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            Meeting aspirations for sustainability and aesthetics
          

        

      

      
      

        
From footwear and fashion accessories to furniture and automotive upholstery, consumers desire the luxurious look and feel of leather – but they also expect both sustainability and safety. Dow offers solutions for natural and synthetic leathers to provide sustainability and aesthetics that consumers want, along with regulatory compliance that brand owners and manufacturers need.


      

      
  

    
  


    

  




    





  

    

      
      

        

          
    
            
              
              
            
              
              
            
          

        

        
  
  

      

    

    


    
    
    
    

        
        

  

    

    
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Enhancing look, feel and performance




    




    



    
To produce the soft, durable and functional leather for everyday applications, leather manufacturers rely on a range of chemistries, including binders, lubricants, processing aids and additives. Dow offers a portfolio of proprietary silicone, acrylic and polyurethane chemistries, combined with leather application experience. This powerful combination helps formulators develop both the high-performance coatings needed for use in tanneries – and the solutions that support wet-end processes.





    




    
  







     

        
            
        
        
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Wet-end processes		Leather finishing
  • LEUKOTAN™ Tanning Agents can be used with or to replace aromatic syntans and vegetable extracts.
    

  • Our distinct acrylic and hybrid chemistries, including LUBRITAN™ Acrylic Retans, can be used as full or partial replacements of fatliquors to provide haptics and water-repellent performance.
    









    





    
        
            
        
    
    

        
        



    
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The exclusive, global distributor for the brands described above is TFL.


Some DOWSIL™ Silicone Chemistries can be used in wet-end or finishing processes.


Many of these products are also suitable for synthetic leather finishing.





    




        
    


    




  

    

    
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Dow silicone and organic solutions for natural leather treatment




    




    



    
Enhancing the look, feel and performance of leather goods with Dow’s robust portfolio.





    




    

    
        
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