In recent months, under strong pressure from brands and certification bodies, more and more companies are recognizing how to guarantee the traceability of leathers is essential in the tanning process. For ethical purposes, traceability requires that each leather can be recognized as coming from a farm and from a subsequent ethical slaughter. Unfortunately, this translates […]
BE.TRACE: TRACEABILITY AND BACKWARD TRACEABILITY, TWO SIDES OF THE SAME COIN
Independently from the sector a company operates in, the products it makes, its size or its reference markets, traceability is a necessary element and not just an added extra. It is a useful tool for helping to improve company competitiveness, increase product value, and return an additional element of trust to clients. The origin of […]
“LEARNING” HOW TO BE A TANNER AT GER
THIRTY HOURS SET ASIDE FOR 15 EMPLOYEES TO LEARN TANNING TECHNIQUES THAT ARE USEFUL FOR SUPPORTING OUR CLIENTS IN AN EVEN BETTER WAY. THIS IS THE FIRST COURSE THAT GER HAS ORGANISED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE ISTITUTO GALILEO GALILEI IN ARZIGNANO. Training is an indispensable element for company growth. An opportunity that each businessperson must […]
改善 KAIZEN
“LEAN THINKING TO US MEANS GIVING OUR CLIENTS CONCRETE ADVANTAGES”. THE CHANGE THAT STARTED WITH A NEW BUSINESS UNIT INVOLVES THE WHOLE COMPANY. Italy, Japan, a two-way exchange. Just like the leather, measured using our devices, that has finally reached the Toyota factories and the productive approach used in those factories that is now part […]

Not only leather! SELEVISION applied for checking the thickness of rubber sheets, a case study.
A couple of months ago we installed a SELEVISION system for checking the thickness of rubber sheets. The customer, FDM srl from Milan, thanked us with this illustrative video of the advantages that he himself has found from the use of Selevision. An universal application, suitable for multiple sectors, which allows the on-line thickness control. […]

1977: GER’S FIRST CUSTOMER, CONCERIA CORRADI, BUYS GER’S FIRST MACHINE, M0001
CONCERIA CORRADI: A GLOBAL SUCCESS, A FAMILY REALITY THAT UNITES ARTISAN EXPERIENCE WITH 4.0 TECHNOLOGY AND, IN 1977, GER’S FIRST CLIENT. “Our father Giovanni would ring the bells in the local church every Sunday. But between masses he would run to the company and continue his work”. The success of Conceria Corradi began in 1971, […]

4.GER: Welcome to the data era!
WE OFFER THE INSTRUMENTS FOR MEASURING THE COST-EFFECTIVENESS OF YOUR PROCESSES WHEN YOU ENTER THE BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE WORLD. What is every entrepreneur’s dream? To find an “instrument panel” with all the necessary indicators for showing what speed their company is working at and what the output is in real time, with alarm lights that show […]

Italy aligns with Europe in the protection of the words “hide/cuoio” and “leather/pelle”: great victory for UNIC!
On 28 May, the Italian Council of Ministers approved a new law to protect the terms leather and hide. The same, which will replace a previous law of 1966, established the concept of leather and hide as materials deriving from animals and at the same time prohibits these words for any other type of material […]

False facts about leather
The tannery world is under the constant and increasing attack of ecologists and environmentalists who believe that tanning causes pollution and does not respect animals. But are these beliefs really true? Many of them are “fake news”, which damages not only the supply chain but also leather companies and those who work for them. Basing […]

SIMAC TANNING TECH 2020
SIMAC TANNING TECH 2020: I.GUN e I.DATA ABSOLUT PROTAGONISTS The 2020 edition of the SIMAC TANNING TECH has ended on February 21st and it’s time for evaluations. Despite the impact of the Corona virus on the influx of Asian customers, we have seen a lot of participation and we can certainly say we are […]