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Cuoio di Toscana

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Report on leather production completed for the Italian consortium 'Vero Cuoio'. Exhibited at 2013's 'Pitti Men' at the launch of the new brand 'Cuoio di Toscana'. Commissioned by Galasso agency.
The report follows the leather process in nine different tanneries in the San Miniato area, capturing the people, the atmosphere, the machinery and the craftsmanship of the process.
Vero Cuoio ensures the high quality of real leather manufacturing and is very active in spreading the leather culture worldwide. Vero Cuoio guarantees the Made in Italy excellence for both the fashion brands and the customers.

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  • Santa Croce Sull'Arno, Italy. Bonistalli & Stefanelli SPA, hides and skins tanning. .Tanks for the slow tanning. The hides are immersed for several days in baths of vegetable tannins that penetrate in the structure of the skin transforming them into leather.
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  • Ponte a Egola, Italy. Gi Elle Emme tannery. A tannery drum, machinery on wood or other materials in which the skins are processed at various stages of the 'Riviera' and tanning.
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  • Santa Croce Sull'Arno, Italy. Bonistalli & Stefanelli SPA, hides and skins tanning. .Pressing of black colored leather fast-tanned.
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  • Santa Croce Sull'Arno, Italy. Italcuoio tannery SPA. Tanks for the slow tanning.
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  • Ponte a Egola, Italy. Gi Elle Emme tannery..After the tanning, the skins are hung on shells for drying in a specific room. Temperature and humidity levels are very important.
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  • Santa Croce Sull'Arno, Italy. Alcyone tannery SPA. Pressing.
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  • Ponte a Egola, Italy. Gi Elle Emme tannery..Leather shaving machine.
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  • Ponte a Egola, Italy. Lamonti Cuoio tannery SPA. Portrait of a worker.
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  • Ponte a Egola, Italy. 'Volpi SRL' tannery. .Gloves used for the extraction of leathers from 'drums' after the tanning.
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  • Ponte a Egola, Italy. SELI tannery S.p.A. Series of tannery drum, machinery on wood or other materials in which the skins are processed at various stages of the 'Riviera' and tanning.
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  • Santa Croce Sull'Arno, Italy. Italcuoio tannery SPA. After the 'riviera' process, the skins are hung on a shell to dry before starting the process of slow tanning in the tank..
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  • Santa Croce Sull'Arno, Italy. Italcuoio tannery SPA. Hides after the 'Riviera', the initial phase necessary to prepare the skin for tanning.
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  • Santa Croce Sull'Arno, Italy. Bonistalli & Stefanelli SPA, hides and skins tanning. .Portrait of a worker near a pile of black colored leather.
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  • Santa Croce Sull'Arno, Italy. Bonistalli & Stefanelli SPA, hides and skins tanning. .Black colored leather fast-tanned.
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  • Ponte a Egola, Italy. Lamonti Cuoio tannery SPA. Skins at the phase of slow tanning in the tank. This type of tanning lasts several days. The vegetable tannins penetrate the skin, making them very durable. This is how leather for shoe soles is created.
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  • Santa Croce Sull'Arno, Italy. Italcuoio tannery SPA. Skins at the phase of slow tanning in the tank. This type of tanning lasts several days. The vegetable tannins penetrate the skin, making them very durable. This is how leather for shoe soles is created.
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  • Santa Croce Sull'Arno, Italy. Italcuoio tannery SPA. Leather extracted from  tannery drums after the 're-tanning' step.
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  • Ponte a Egola, Italy. Lamonti Cuoio tannery SPA. During the operation of degreasing and elimination of residues.
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  • Santa Croce Sull'Arno, Italy. Bonistalli & Stefanelli SPA, hides and skins tanning. .Drying process, detail.
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  • Santa Croce Sull'Arno, Italy. Alcyone tannery SPA. Portrait of a worker during the extraction of the skins from tannery-drums after tanning phase.
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  • Ponte a Egola, Italy. Gi Elle Emme tannery..Leather stock.
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  • Ponte a Egola, Italy. Gi Elle Emme tannery..After the tanning, the skins are hung on shells for drying in a specific room. Temperature and humidity levels are very important.
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  • Santa Croce Sull'Arno, Italy. Bonistalli & Stefanelli SPA, hides and skins tanning. .Portrait of a worker in the unrefined hides department.
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  • Ponte a Egola, Italy. Gi Elle Emme tannery..Pressing.
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  • Santa Croce Sull'Arno, Italy. Bonistalli & Stefanelli SPA, hides and skins tanning. .A skilled worker in leather trimming.
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  • Santa Croce Sull'Arno, Italy. Bonistalli & Stefanelli SPA, hides and skins tanning. .Detail of the leather during trimming.
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  • Ponte a Egola, Italy. Lamonti Cuoio tannery SPA. Paints used in leather finishing.
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  • Ponte a Egola, Italy. CMC Group International Group tannery. In the finishing process, the leather is colored by skilled workers and hung for drying.
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  • Ponte a Egola, Italy. CMC Group International Group tannery..Colored leather stretched for drying.
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  • Santa Croce Sull'Arno, Italy. Italcuoio tannery SPA. Through a computerized system, the outlines of the soles are drawn on each piece and cut with high-precision machinery.
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  • Santa Croce Sull'Arno, Italy. Italcuoio tannery SPA. Soles leveling. 
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  • Santa Croce Sull'Arno, Italy. Italcuoio tannery SPA. Scraps of leather after cutting. Each piece produces approximately 20 pairs of soles.
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