Tannery 製牛皮廠

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Tannery
Nadya Masidlover, Where Luxury Goes for Leather; As Hermès and others jockey for prime materials, a 171-year-old French tannery is in high demand. Wall Street Journal, Nov 07, 2013.
http://online.wsj.com/news/artic ... 4579181731679456174

Quote:

"Calves are slaughtered primarily as a source of veal and skins are a byproduct.

“In a building on the edge of a quaint Alsatian village, Mr [Jean-Christophe] Muller Haas[, owner of Tanneries Haas,] receives leather hides already salted for conservation purposes from farms * * *Inside the tannery, the calf skins are soaked in chemicals to remove grease and hair. * * * The hides are treated with a chromium-based chemical that turns them a light shade of blue, regardless of their final color. * * * They [hides] are dyed to the client's requested shade, then put through machines that give them a shiny or textured aspect. At each stage, employees check every inch for flaws or damage.

Note:
(a) Haas Tannery
http://www.haas-tannery.com/
(founded in 1842; Located south of Strasbourg)
(i) Its French-language website has a URL:
http://www.tanneries-haas.com/
(ii) The German and Jewish (Ashkenazic) surname Müller is “Middle High German müller” meaning miller.
(iii) The Dutch, German, and Jewish (Ashkenazic) surname Haas is “from Middle Dutch, Middle High German hase, German Hase ‘hare.’”