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Introduction to Enviro Leather
The new Enviro Leather option on some of our chairs means quality and innovation for our customers which remains the main focus of our sales. We care about the impact our business has on the environment and recognise that our customers also share this value. Good stewardship of the environment in which we operate continues to be an everyday focus, from both manufacturing operations overseas to the materials used to produce our chairs. We, through our suppliers, have enhanced our ability to make a positive impact on the environment by introducing the ‘Enviro-Leather’ range of bonded leather chairs. Enviro-Leather is made by bonding tannery leather fibres which would otherwise go into landfills. This process is used to create high quality products with environmentally friendly recycled content.
How is bonded leather made?
Genuine leather cuttings from factories and tanneries are recycled to manufacture an environmentally friendly material. This innovative leather-fibre material has been named ‘Enviro-Leather’. It is manufactured with specific properties which make it look, feel and even smell like leather. Another benefit of using Enviro-Leather is it is more durable and hardwearing than natural leather, it is also more cost effective.
Bonded leather is produced in a similar process to paper manufacturing. Leather scraps are dispersed in water and are shredded and milled by special grinders to free the leather fibres. Mixing these fibres with natural latex binders and other additives, a leather fibre pulp is produced. The pulp is then continuously poured and processed on a web, which is then dried and reduced to a uniform thickness. The surface is then embossed with a grain to make it look like natural leather and finally a polyurethane coating is applied to give a soft feel and rich colour.
Top Office Furniture are proud to be introducing the new Enviro-Leather to our comprehensive range of modern office chairs.
Click here to view all the Enviro-Leather office chairs we have available.