Leathers for Industrial Bookbinding

A brief description

Bonded leather / 0,3 – 0,8mm
Fulfils the requirements of a modern, very economical book binding material. In addition it is surprisingly similar to real leather. This material can be embossed in different styles: calf-neck-ring embossing, Cabretta-fine hair cell embossing, Kid-very fine hair cell embossing, cattle embossing [flat], Toro-medium fine cattle grain as well as cattle shrunk-grain. Please ask for our full range of available colours.

Goat full grain leather / 0,6mm
Attractive and low priced Semi-Aniline dyed article, dry-tannage with genuine and very natural grain appearance. Also, thin and suitable for all flexible bindings, as well as fulfiling all technical bookbinding needs.

Sheep skiver leather / 0,3mm
Very thin and highly valued skiver article. Available in dull or glazed and goat-grain embossed with aniline character. Other natural grain looking patterns are available. Most suitable for all economical and flexible bindings. Provides a nice cutting yield.

Bovine leather, semi- Aniline dyed / 1,0 – 1,2mm
Fine-grained bookbinding bovine leather, completely dyed through, easily pared/thinned. Provides an excellent cutting yield. This leather has a very luxury appearance and has good hot tooling and foil gilding properties.

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Edition: 2010
Our application recommendations are in line with our present state of knowledge. They do not, however, exempt the customer from performing his own tests to determine the suitability of the supplied articles for their intended purposes. We guarantee the satisfactory quality of our leather articles subject to general terms of sale and delivery.

Outstanding Quality & Great Value in Industrial Bookbinding Leathers

For more than 85 years, the Franz Hoffmann wholesale- and export company in Stuttgart, Germany has been the leading specialist in fine leathers, bookbinding leathers, certified restoration and archival leathers, and natural skin parchments. We have been the trusted partner for generations of bookbinders. Our company's exclusive focus on this sector brings many advantages, especially for large edition binders, industrial bookbinderies, and publishing companies. 

When you choose Franz Hoffmann-Stuttgart, you can expect:

• Individual, expert and personal advice and service
• Extensive technical guidance across a very broad product range
• Prompt service! This also applies the delivery of special colours and leather items outside of our main product range
• Strong competitive edge with easy flexibility on minimum orders of Fifty (50) Square Meters, by utilising high-performance German tanneries
• With minimum order quantities, most leathers are available in "ready-to-bind" formats/templates, already edge-pared and in nice uniform thickness to fulfil the distinction of being the "Unique" leather supplier
• All leathers are verified as especially high- quality bookbinding leathers, having also the desired characteristics for beautiful embossing and tooling, in both blind and gold
• FHS leathers and leather fibre materials are manufactured in environmentally friendly ways, without the use of Azo dyes and other pollutants, in accordance with the German Chemicals Prohibition Ordinance

Leather fiber material, bonded leather, Chimera S

Chimera S has a remarkable likeness to genuine leather. The difference between Chimera S and that of cow, calf, sheep, lamb, and goat leather are only discernable to an expert.

The main features of this new product are the high tear strength and elongation properties, as well as high light-fastness (high tolerance for light exposure), abrasion, and aging-stability.

Chimera S includes less than 1 ppm of pentachlorophenol, and corresponds to the pentachlorophenol regulation. It does not include any forbidden AZO colouring agents and no hazardous substances as regulated by German law. The production process is certified as per ISO 9001-2000 certificate.

Particularly outstanding features of Chimera S are its very good UV- and light resistance, its excellent aging stability, its ability to withstand washing, and its exceptional embossing and lamination properties.

We produce thicknesses as low as 0.6 mm, thus rendering splitting or skiving unnecessary.

Results of the industrial prototype test

Physical Data

Thickness tolerance (mm): +0.15/ - 0.05. All tests were conducted in both the vertical and horizontal directions. Test methods are available on request.

Chimera S is buffed on one side (standard). Two side buffing can be done for higher thicknesses on request. The product is available on rolls of 135 cm width. Pallet weight is approximately 1000 kg. The number of rolls per pallet depends on the thickness of the material.

In order to guarantee optimal properties of the material within one year, Chimera S should not be stored over 40°C or exposed to sunlight.

All additional information, sample requests, and orders can be directed to company Franz Hoffmann- Feinleder at www.feinleder-hoffmann.com or obtained directly from company Ledertech at www.ledertech.de.

Chimera S- technical paper [Download- PDF]