Каталог «Русская кожа» - 2015

2. Russian leather is a perfect quality, centuries-old traditions
and secrets of craft. Technologies change – skills stay.
Le pelletteria russa presenta una qualità indiscutibile e si basa
su tradizioni antiche e la sua tecnica manifatturiera è ricca di
pratiche a tutt’oggi segrete.
Le tecnologie cambiano ma l’abilità resta.

3. Dear organizers, participants, and guests of the LINEAPELLE
International Leather Fair!
Russian Tanning and Shoe Union welcomes you at the world’s
largest exhibition of the industry. Leather manufacturers
from all the continents came to Milan to show their best
products and to make new business contacts.
Natural leather is an irreplaceable material for shoes, clothes,
and accessories. It is used in the furniture and automotive
industries. Tanning resources are both a strategic material
and a national treasure for the countries all over the globe.
Since ancient times, leather, one of the most valuable natural
materials, played a special role in the human lives.
This is the first time Russia presents a collective stand at
LINEAPELLE. It unites 10 large companies from different
regions of the country: St. Petersburg, Yaroslavl, Ryazan,
Nizhegorodsk Oblast, Smolensk Oblast, Tver and Yakutsk.
Russian companies have been supplying their products
to almost 30 countries of the world for over 20 years.
Participation in this prestigious exhibition is a unique
opportunity to show the latest advances and original designs,
and to find new business partners.
Russia has rich historical experience in processing animal
skin into tanning goods. Traditionally, our country is seen
as a large producer of natural leather and its derivatives.
We can be proud of our national tanning school and unique
traditions. It is no coincidence that in the beginning of the
20th century, an expensive men’s fragrance called “Russian
leather” was highly popular in France. In those years, our
country was one of the leaders in the global tanning market.
Natural leather curried in Russia was in high demand and
made the basis for top quality products.
Today Russian tanning companies continue to modernize
production, improve their technologies, and abide by the
strictest ecological requirements. We can surely say that
modern Russian leather is a high-technology, competitive
product going in line with the latest trends of the global
leather industry.
Welcome to the collective Russian stand!
Nelli Myakunova
President of Russian Tanning and Shoe Union
Welcome to the visitors of the LINEAPELLE International Leather Fair Russian stand.
It is my particular pleasure to note that today our country is presenting competitive leather products at the exhibition
held in a fashion capital of the world.
Leather production and processing are the traditional branches of the Russian light industry.
Many regions of our country inter alia North Caucasus and Siberia have long-standing traditions of leather processing
and unique specialization in this sphere.
Besides, many contemporary Russian enterprises of leather industry were established in close cooperation with the
well-known worldwide manufacturers from Italy, Germany and other countries.
In recent years Russian leather industry has demonstrated active development and undergone significant upgrading.
The stakes are placed on the development of raw material processing technologies and increase of the end item
quality.
Guests and participants of the Fair will be able to get acquainted with the latest achievements of our companies and
estimate their industrial capabilities.
Combination of traditions and modern production facilities based on the best international practices allows Russia
to propose unique products in the international leather market.
Viktor Evtukhov,
State Secretary, Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation

4. CJ-SC KHROM, a leader of Russia’s
tanning industry, is located in
the antique city of Yaroslavl.
The tannery was established in
1862. Originally, it belonged to
the famous Ikonnikov merchant
family. After the Revolution of
1917, the enterprise produced
chrome, rawhide, split, fleshings,
and fur. During World War II, the
factory actively produced goods
for the needs of the Soviet Army,
particularly military shoes.
Modern production facilities of CJ-
SC Khrom use the state-of-the-art
equipment and the most advanced
technologies. Over the last years,
the factory has been extensively
retrofitted and upgraded. All
workplaces and warehouses have
been repaired. Much attention is
given to resolution of ecological
problems.
CJ-SC KHROM currently specializes
in the production of chrome-tanned
natural leather of especially popular
types: Nappa, Nubuck, Velour,
and Pull-Up, of all categories and
colors, Patent leather, Patent nappa
leather, Crust, black and colored
leather, split, haberdashery leathers
with artistic design. The factory’s
specialists are constantly working
on widening the assortment. The
enterprise’s competitive produce is
distributed to many Russian regions
and foreign countries, including
Portugal, Italy, Macedonia, Belarus,
and Ukraine.
The production of leather for
children’s shoes has been rapidly
growing in recent years. These are
soft, bright textured materials of
trendy and very beautiful design.
Haberdashery development is
one of the key objectives of the
enterprise’s strategy. Highly
qualified specialists that master
unique techniques and preserve
old tannery traditions work at the
factory to achieve this objective.
Bolshaya Fedorovskaya str., 44,
Yaroslavl, Russia, 150001
tel.: +7(4852) 450364
fax: +7 (4852) 450364
khrom@khrom.ru
www.khrom.ru
CJ-SC KHROM 1

5. ZAO Khromtan was founded on the
base of an old tannery established
in 1864 by manufactor Alexandrov.
The main type of produce at that
time was rough-tanned hides – a
semi-leather used in the production
of shoes, hame, and other products.
During World Wars I and II, the
enterprise worked for the Russian
army.
Currently, ZAO Khromtan is a
modern, dynamically developing
manufactory of natural leather and
semi-leather with a capacity of over
100 million square decimeters per
year. The enterprise’s workshops
are equipped with technological
equipment of the leading Italian,
German, and French brands. The
newest chemicals are used in
leather working. The factory’s
specialists use the most advanced
techniques, which results in the
production of globally competitive
high-quality leather. The newest
chemicals are used in leather
working. A wide variety of colors
and textures makes it possible to
use the products for various models
of shoes, bags, and haberdashery.
Over 200 enterprises in Russia,
CIS, and other countries buy ZAO
Khromtan leather. The company
successfully cooperates with shoe
manufacturers of Italy, Spain,
Germany, Turkey, and Poland.
The main types of the enterprise’s
produce include: Wet Blue, Crust
semi-leathers and ready-made
leather. Including various splits,
shoe upper materials, linings,
and haberdashery leather. The
enterprise also produces softer,
high-quality materials for clothes.
A wide variety of embossed leather
with miscellaneous drawings is
presented in the catalogue of ZAO
Khromtan. Hard types of leather
for the production of shoe soles,
saddles for equestrian sport, bicycle
seats, pucks, insoles, cuffs, gaskets,
and various technical products.
ZAO KHROMTAN
ul. Danilova, 36,
Bogorodsk, Russia, 607600
tel.: +7 83170 21614
fax: +7 83170 2 28 93
hromtan5@mail.ru
www.hromtan.ru
ZAO Khromtan 2

6. JSC “Kozha” is one of Russia’s oldest
tanneries and the only tannery in the
Northwestern region of the country.
The company’s history began
in 1857. On the riverside of the
Malaya Neva, near the Gulf of
Finland, merchant Alexei Osipov
built a tannery. The merchant’s
relatives invested in this profitable
business. In a few years, the Tanning
Association was founded on the
base of the operating enterprise.
The military department was the
main consumer of its production.
The manufactory received orders
for equipment for the Imperial Army.
After the Great October Revolution,
the factory was nationalized. During
the Perestroika, it entered the
LENKOZHVEST joint venture among
other global manufacturers such as
Salimex-Schafstall and Salamander.
The factory underwent a technical
upgrade, which allowed it to produce
competitive products, 50% of which
were exported.
Today, JSC “Kozha” is a dynamically
developing enterprise with modern
equipment. It produces a wide
range of chrome, hard, Russian
leathers and semi-finished leathers
complying with global standards.
The main product is Nappa supple
shoe upper leather with natural
and grinded leather surface grain,
semi-aniline finish, smooth, and
with fine embossment of various
colors. The manufactory also uses
a special technique to produce
shoe upper leather with increased
elasticity, water absorbency, and
breathability. Such leather is also
used in the production of special
purpose (orthopedic) shoes. Another
area of manufacturing activity is
production of haberdashery leathers
with various patterns and artistic
trimming, the range of which is
constantly changing in line with
rapidly changing fashion trends and
buyers’ demands.
JSC “Kozha” has a solid grounding
in the external market. The
manufactory supplies European
partners with Crust semi-finished
chrome-tanned leather. Crust was
tested in Italy for compliance with
the EU product safety standards,
rated highly by experts, and
received a permit to be used in the
manufacturing of children’s shoes.
JSC “Kozha”
per. Decabristov, 7,
St. Petersburg, Russia, 199155
tel.: +7 812 600 85 07
fax: +7 812 350 04 11
office@koja-spb.ru
www.koja-spb.ru
JSC “Kozha” 3

7. Limited liability company Leather
Technology is one of the top three
leaders in the production of natural
leather in Russia. The enterprise
works on the site of the already
operating specialized factory OAO
BZHZ – the largest manufactory of
natural leather in Nizhny Novgorod
Oblast and Privolzhsky Federal
District. In April 2015, Leather
Technology LLC put its facilities
into operation. The project aims
to create a new process platform
for tanning and leather finishing.
The history of the chrome-tanned
leather factory started in 1976.
The enterprise is successfully
expanding and steadily operating
in the domestic and foreign
markets.Inthelastyears,advanced
technologies were introduced and
equipment was modernized at the
enterprise. Specialists use new
chemicals and master modern
work techniques.
Main types of products of
the Leather Technology LLC: Wet
Blue and Crust semi-leathers, Wet-
blue semi-leather split and the
Crust split, lining split, coated split,
and ready-made grain leather. The
enterprise produces shoe upper
materials, haberdashery and
furniture leather, and leather with
thermoplastic film. The article
range includes over 50 types of
ready-madeleather.Thisproductis
of a high quality and is competitive
in the global market. Russian and
foreign brand materials are used in
the manufacturing. The factory’s
research-and-development shop
is constantly working on new
technologies and color ranges.
The company aims to increase
the output volumes of products in
2015 – 2017.
LEATHER TECHNOLOGY LLC
(ex «Bogorodsk factory of chrom-tanned
leather» JSC)
Zavodskaya str., office 2
Bogorodsk, Russia, 607600
tel.: +7-83170 -27452
fax: +7-83170-27311 §
info@bgtan.ru
LEATHER TECHNOLOGY LLC
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8. АO Russkaya Kozha has been considered
the flagman of Russia’s tanning industry
for many years. The Ryazan factory
is one of the largest and most modern
enterprises of the industry in Eastern
Europe.
The tannery in Ryazan was founded
in 1916. It was a semi-handicraft
manufactory with about 70 employees.
Before the Great October Revolution,
the enterprise was private and later on
became state-owned. In the Soviet years,
the factory produced over 40 kinds of
haberdashery and shoe leather. At the
end of the 1980’s, a new stage in the
history of the Ryazan enterprise began.
The old workshops were replaced with
modern manufacturing facilities of
480,000 square meters in area. In 2005,
the enterprise became a member of
SATRA – an international organization,
which conducts unique research and
works on technological developments in
the tanning industry.
Nowadays the Ryazan tannery is a major
Russian producer of materials for shoes,
furniture, clothes, and haberdashery.
Its share takes up 35% of the country’s
total output of leather. However, 48%
of its produce is exported, particularly
to Italy, Portugal, Spain, France, and
Asian countries. The enterprise carries
out the full cyclical turnaround, from raw
materials to leather finishing. Quality
control is exercised at every work stage.
Shoe leather is the main type of products.
Every year, with respect to global trends,
the company prepares two new leather
collections for the spring-summer
and fall-winter seasons. Each of them
contains samples, which are aniline
and semi-aniline trimmed, supple and
hard, smooth and embossed, grain and
corrected, as well as splits and velours.
Specialists of the Ryazan factory produce
collections with leather of non-chrome
tanning. Haberdashery types of leather
are used in the production of handbags,
belts, including army belts, in the binding
of expensive editions of books, and they
are also widely used in the production
of specialized products and equipment
for horseracing. The DIZZARO leather
collection is intended for manufacturing
of home and office lounge furniture. The
enterprise’s specialists have mastered
a new technology and started the
production of leather for automobile
interiors.
AO Russkaya Kozha
Prizheleznodorozhnaya Str., 52,
Ryazan, Russia, 390002
tel.: +7 4912 30 65 37
fax: +7 4912 30 65 90
dalmazova@leather.ru
www.leather.ru
АO Russkaya Kozha 5

9. The limited liability company
‘Rybinsky Kozhevenny Zavod’ located
in Yaroslavl Oblast is a dynamically
developing factory, which promptly
and flexibly responds to the global
trends in tanning. Its capacities allow
for production of 60 million square
decimeters of leather per year.
The manufacturing mill was founded
at the beginning of the 20th century
in the ancient town of Rybinsk located
at the confluence of three rivers:
the Volga, the Sheksna, and the
Cheryomukha. The town of Rybinsk
owes its name (the Russian word
‘ryba’ means ‘fish’) to the first-class
starlet, a species of sturgeon, which
was served during the feasts held
by the Russian tsars in the 18th and
19th centuries. The leather mill was
founded on the site of the distillery.
After the reconstruction in 1916, the
production of tough and chrome-
tanned leather started. During
World War II, the factory specialists
elaborated a new accelerated method
of tanning named ‘Rybinsky’.
The company’s facilities have been
updated several times. Nowadays
the workshops are fitted with
state-of-the-art equipment of the
internationally-recognized firms.
Choice raw materials and high-
quality chemical materials are used in
production. During its long history, the
plant has acquired regular domestic
and foreign business partners, both
among suppliers and purchasers.
The plant specializes in tough leather
for the shoe bottom, including
brightened leather and leather for
blinkers and saddles – plain and
with appliques, of various colors and
patterns. The plant also manufactures
Russian leather – a material for the
upper part of shoes produced with
the use of vegetable tanning matters.
The company’s catalogue also
includes split leather, Wet Blue semi-
leather, and chrome-tanned leather.
The highly professional personnel
of Rybinsky Kozhevenny Zavod
constantly improves its technologies
and develops new ones, widening the
range of the leathers produced.
OOO Rybinskii
Kozhevenny Zavod
ul.Stepana Razina, 36,
Rybinsk, Russia, 152919
tel.: +7 4855 217 916
fax: +7 4855 217 916
rkz_1@mail.ru
www.rkz1896.ru
Rybinskii Kozhevenny Zavod 6

10. The open joint-stock company
(OAO) Financial and Agro-Industrial
Group Sakhabult has operated in the
market of fur and leather products for
over 20 years. It is a major diversified
mill of this line in Russia with the
complete production cycle: from
acquisition and storing of fur and
rawhide to sales of products via the
corporate chain. The corporate group
works with high-quality raw materials.
The products of OAO Sakhabult are
remarkable for their frost resistance.
They can be used in the extreme
conditions of the North. In winter, the
temperature in Yakutsk may drop to
minus 60 degrees centigrade. This is
the largest city in the permafrost zone.
Yakutsk Tanning and Fur Industrial
Complex was founded in 1930. The
1970-80s saw the golden age of the
mill. The best process engineers from
different republics of the Soviet Union
were working there at that time. Some
unique technologies were introduced in
the company, including production of
shoe leather with preservation of hair
covering.
Workshop reconstruction and
equipment updating have been carried
out several times in the complex.
Its specialists underwent internship
in Italy. Nowadays OAO Sakhabult
includes more than 20 branches for
raw material stocking, peltry and fur
base, as well as a retail store chain.
By the way, the mill purchases animal
skin from the locals, many of whom
are engaged in hunting. In addition to
cattlehide, OAO Sakhabult uses sable,
muskrat, fox, wolf, squirrel, rabbit, bear,
wolverine, kolinsky, hide of deer, horse,
and other animals living in the territory
of the Sakha Republic. All production
departments of the corporate group are
fitted with high-technology equipment
from Italy. Articles manufactured by the
company’s experts have won numerous
awards of Russian and international
trade fairs.
The complex of Yakutsk produces
furniture leather, garment leather,
shoe leather, split curried to look like
suede, and over a thousand models
of ready-made items. The range of
products includes head dress, fur coats,
half-length fur coats, waistcoats,
mukluks, high boots, boots, indoor
shoes, leather accessories, and a
wide choice of souvenirs. Hunting and
fishing gear holds a specific place
among the products manufactured by
skilled craftsmen of Yakutsk. It includes
smoothbore and rifled weapons, knives,
cartridges of various calibers, tents,
sleeping bags, marquees, binoculars,
optical devices, camouflage clothing,
camping dishware, boats, fishing rods,
spinning rods, and many other things.
OAO Sakhabult
ul. 50 let Sovetskoy Armii, 3,
Yakutsk, Sakha Republic, Russia,
677008
tel.: +7 964 417 58 78
fax: +7-4112 21-10 00
sakhabult@sakha.eu
www.sakhabult.ru
OAO Sakhabult 7

11. The open joint-stock company
(ОАО) SPASSK-TANNERY is
a local economic mainstay
of Spassk-Ryazansky, a small
town located on the left bank
of the river Oka, close to the
historical and archaeological
reserve of federal significance
‘Staraya Ryazan’. Several
centuries ago, the center of
theancientRyazanPrincipality
was situated at the site of this
memorial.
The tannery was founded
in 1823. The small
manufacturing mill with
two liming machines and a
couple of tan vats belonged
to Afanasiy Pankrashkin, a
third-guild merchant. In the
Soviet period, the tannery was
nationalized. In the 1930s, it
specialized in the production
of tough leather for the shoe
bottom – sole and innersole
leather. During World War II,
the mill workers executed the
army orders. In the postwar
period, the main facilities
were updated, and the output
doubled. The factory had
difficulty going through the
Russian recession of the
1990s. Later, the production
revived. Large-scale workshop
reconstruction and equipment
updating started.
Today the SPASSK-TANNERY
is a modern, high-technology
manufacturing mill. Its range
of products is formed by
approximately 40 types of
leather. They include Crust
semi-leather, ready-made
shoe materials, natural
lining materials, leather for
clothes and accessories. For
many years, the factory of
Spassk has been a supplier
of shoe leather under the
government’s defense orders.
SPASSK-TANNERY
Zavodskoy proezd Street, 6,
Spassk, Russia, 391050
tel.: +7 (49135) 3-33-91
fax: +7 (49135) 3-37-06
spassk00@mail.ru
SPASSK-TANNERY 8

12. LimitedliabilitycompanyVyazemskoje
Kozhevennoe Predriyatije - LT
has been a leader among Russian
furniture leather manufacturers for
several years now.
The factory was established in 1875
in Vyazma town, Smolensk Oblast.
Originally, it produced chrome leather
types.
In the years of its existence, the
Vyazmafactoryunderwentlarge-scale
reconstruction and modernization.
The newest Italian technologies were
introduced in the 1980’s. At the end
of the 20th century, for the first time
in Russia, the production of furniture
material and Crust semi-leather and
their export to Europe was set up.
The factory produces ready-made
articles of furniture leather for sale
in the USA, Canada, England, and
other countries. In 2009, along with
the production of furniture leather,
the production of shoe materials was
revived. In 2011, new lines of activity
appeared – production of Velour split,
automobile and haberdashery leather.
Today the Vyazma factory is a full
cycle modern tanning enterprise
with a very wide range of produce,
40% of which is exported to Italy,
Portugal, India, and China. The
factory’s capacities are at 100%, and
the amount of orders considerably
exceeds the production capabilities.
OOO VKP-LT specializes in
Wet Blue and Crust semi-leathers
as well as ready-made leather. This
includes: furniture, automobile,
haberdashery, shoe upper leather
with natural and non-natural surface
grain, with ground as well as
lacquered and waxed surface grain,
lining leather, split – smooth, raw-
edge, surface-dyed and with velour
finish. All samples of the Vyazma
tannery are produced in a wide range
of colors.
OOO VKP-LT
ul. Panina, 1/2,
Vyazma, Russia, 215113
tel.: +7 48131 5 19 43
fax: +7 48131 5 25 73
vkplt@mail.ru
www.vkplt.all.biz
OOO VKP-LT 9

13. The Volga Tannery, operating in
Ostashkov of Tver Oblast, is one of
the largest Russian tanneries and the
oldest manufacturer of this industry
in the country.
The tannery was founded in the
middle of the 18th century, in 1730, as
a tanning manufactory of merchant
Savin. It was built on the shore of
the picturesque Seliger lake. During
the Patriotic War of 1812, boots for
the Russian army were made out of
Ostashkov leather, for which Emperor
Alexander I gave Kondratij Savin, the
tannery’s owner, a title of nobility
and awarded the manufactory with
a Russian State Eagle decoration.
The tannery’s products were
awarded medals at the international
expositions in Vienna (1873), Paris
(1877), and Glasgow (1901). In the
1930’s, the factory made covering
for coaches of the Moscow Metro.
AO Volga Tannery has rich traditions.
Many of the current employees are
successors of the famous dynasties
of Seliger tanners in the fourth and
fifth generations.
Nowadays, the factory in Ostashkov
is the flagman of Russia’s tanning
industry and a significant player in the
international market. The factory’s
current production capabilities allow
it to occupy up to 40% of the domestic
rawhide refinement market. The
catalogue of the AO Volga Tannery
contains over 70 kinds of leather.
That is a wide range of materials for
the manufacturing of men’s, women’s,
children’s, and sports shoes, as well
as equipment for hunters, soldiers,
and employees of the oil industry.
Ostashkov leather is also used in
the production of haberdashery,
furniture, and car furnishing. Most of
the manufactory’s regular clients are
large enterprises, international shoe
and leather product manufacturers,
well known in Europe, Asia, and
Russia.
At the start of 2014, a unique and
largest in the country collagen
production facility was put into
operation. Purified collagen protein
is a multi-purpose material, which is
widely used in the food industry and
cosmetology.
JSC Volga Tannery
Rabochaya Str., 60zh,
Ostashkov, Russia, 172735
tel.: +7 48235 52500
fax: +7 48235 52500
secretar@volgatannery.ru
www.volgatannery.ru
JSC Volga Tannery 10

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