Rolfes Leather has a full analytical wet end laboratory for testing leather as well as Research and Development department.
The purpose of leather finishing is to enhance the leather, to give it a specific properties, colour and shine. It helps to protect the leather. The finishing of leather affects the feel, the look, and the touch of the leather. There are 3 popular leather finishes: aniline, semi-aniline and pigmented.
The retanning process gives the leather its required specific properties for each leather type or product that needs to be produced. Colour, softness, fullness, the break of the leather, and other properties that are required by the customer are all adjusted or imparted in the retanning process.
Rolfes Leather has a full analytical wet end laboratory for testing leather as well as Research and Development department.
Beamhouse operation are the steps leather must go through before retanning and finishing. Several process and steps happen in the beam-house, from soaking, liming, unhairing, deliming and bating and pickling. It is often said that leather is made in the beamhouse.
Rolfes Leather has a combined experience of over 70 years in the leather industry and we offer tailor made chemical solutions and technical expertise to our customers.
Rolfes Leather are in a constant quest for innovation and developing new products and process ideas to meet customer requirements.