Even successful companies do not always have the time, facilities or suitably qualified personnel available to carry out research and development work. Whether you want to assess a range of products or develop new leathers, finishes, products or processes, BLC can provide the solutions to your research needs in a timely, cost-effective and confidential package.

BLC has an unsurpassed and internationally acknowledged pedigree in research and development, based on the intellectual capital and knowledge gained from 80 years of leading edge leather research. Use our team of dynamic and highly qualified scientists, engineers and leather technologists, backed with modern, state-of-the-art analytical equipment, to develop your confidential R&D requirements.

Working with tanners and manufacturers

developing new leathers and processes
optimising existing processes
confidential and independent product assessments
develop concepts from feasibility to a market-ready product

An example of a successful product is:

NOVOCOR AX - area yield improvement
Developed in conjunction with BLC Leathersellers Research Centre, a joint venture with The University of Northampton, this enzyme system, which is applied in the wet blue, degrades elastin giving a larger flatter gain. Now used by many of the world's best known tanners to gain area yield increases. For further information contact Novozymes

For further details contact info@blcleathertech.com or call +44 (0) 1604 679999.

Contract Research

Working with tanners and manufacturers

An example of a successful product is: