Leather Solutions | Leather production

The CHT Group offers a wide range of innovative special silicones for both wet-end and finishing applications. Years of experience in the development of silicone products facilitated the development of tailor-made silicone molecules for the latest trends in the leather industry. Our products meet highest demands on innovation and quality together with a strong attention towards sustainability which is increasingly demanded by the quickly growing market.

The silicone chemistry offers a wide range of special products for unlimited applications and no other chemical material offers such a variety of product properties like softness, gloss, water repellency, color deepening, antifoaming, antistatic behavior or hydrophilic character.

Various wax emulsion chemistries are used to produce water-based leather finishes. Main achievable properties are the improvement of touch, gloss, anti-sticking, abrasion resistance and water repellency. Specific types generate a certain appearance like the pull-up or crazy horse effect.

 

Special application fields

  • Recycled silicone emulsions for wet-end
  • Wetting back solutions
  • Waterproofing systems for nubuck and leather finishes
  • Wax emulsion for unique effects on shoe upper leather
  • Bio-based touch modifiers
  • Silicone additives for high slip / low friction

 

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Sector German title English title Type Date Language
Leather SolutionsSilikone für Leder-FormuliererSilicones for Leather FormulatorsePaper25.05.2022

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Product kinds

  • Binders
  • Defoamers
  • Hydrophobic agents
  • Surface and touch modifiers
  • Wetting, leveling, rheological and dispersing additives

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Product ranges

  • HANSA COAT L
  • HANSA OPTIMIZE L
  • HANSA PROOF L
  • HANSA TOUCH L
  • HANSA XFOAM L

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