Tannery of the Year: Pittards-Ethiopia Tannery Share Company, Ethiopia

摘要

The state-owned Ethiopia Tannery Share Company, dose to the village of Ejersa, is on a site covering 65 hectares. It is 2.5 kilometres from a man-made Iake, Lake Koka, from which it has traditionally drawn its water resource, although it now uses water from geothermal springs that flow close to the site. The facility has been producing leather from local sheep and goat skins, and bovine hides since 1975, for a range of applications including gloves, shoes, lecthergoods and some upholstery. For the last four years it has been run on the state's behalf by UK-based tanning group Pittards, a company that believes strongly in the present and future potential of Ethiopia and of the tannery.