Supporting your leather product development and supply chain requirements through technical

excellence and dedicated laboratories.

Leather

Your industry, our focus

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Natural, durable, and versatile, leather is a widely used, popular material across many industries including fashion, footwear, accessories, luggage, soft furnishings and interiors. However, it poses unique challenges to brands, retailers, and manufacturers in terms of quality, performance, and regulatory compliance, with risks including contamination with restricted chemicals, environmental pollution, particularly during the tanning phases, and counterfeiting. Verification testing is required before marketing products as genuine leather, and species testing may also be required to meet market access requirements. As high value items, leather goods must also meet quality and performance standards.

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Leather

At Eurofins, our service offer for leather covers the entire supply chain. Our global network of laboratories includes the world-class, specialist Eurofins | BLC Leather Technology Centre, which has been providing leather testing and verification services to brands, retailers, and manufacturers all round the world for 95 years. From wet blue testing early in the production process to chemical, physical, and performance testing of samples and finished goods, we can assess the quality and safety of your products as well as verifying authenticity and species. We can also support your environmental management and improve the transparency of your leather supply chain through DNA tracking. Where relevant, we can also advise and provide testing on vegan alternatives to leather.

What eurofins can offer

service scope

• Testing

• Inspections and audits

• Environmental audits (including LWG audits)

• Leather verification

• Species identification

• DNA Tracking

• Fault diagnosis

• Eurofins | BLC Leather Technology Centre Ltd.

• Accredited laboratories

• Comprehensive service

• Customised solutions

• Fast results

• Competitive prices

• Technical support

Benefits