Center of Excellence
Our Centers of Excellence for leather and performance coatings offer leadership, best practices, research, support and training to our clients and industry partners. We have centers within both our Leather and Performance Coatings divisions. These meet the demand for high performance products and solutions with a better environmental impact.
Stahl Centers of Excellence and their areas of expertise
A Stahl Center of Excellence is a team, shared facility or entity and focuses on a global industry specialism or serves as a generalist knowledge hub for a region. Every center can draw on the expertise of every other Stahl Center of Excellence.
China, Guangzhou | Leather Finish
Shoe, garment, leather goods and upholstery – internal and external training – collaboration with our Italian Center – China
Shoe
Garment
Leather goods and upholstery
China, Suzhou | Performance Coatings
Automotive – packaging film – packaging paper – synthetic materials – coated fabrics – textiles – specialties (medical, supportive gloves) – China
France, Graulhet | Edge Paint
Customized edge paint for leather – manufacturing processes – shoe & leather care products - R&D - sustainability – customer co-creation – global
Germany, Leinfelden | Leather Furniture Upholstery
Product development – customer trials – application development – showroom for technologies and trends – global
India, Kanpur | Center of Excellence for Sustainable Leather Technologies
Shoe, garment, leather goods and upholstery – sustainable leather making – Stahl Campus – internal and external training – waste water treatment – pickle-free technologies
Italy, Castelfranco di Sotto | Shoes & Leather Goods
Customized solutions for leather production – raw hides to aftercare – technology development – inhouse training – global
Mexico, Léon | Leather Finish
Footwear, fashion, automotive and tanneries – raw leather to finished leather and aftercare – testing laboratory – Americas
Spain, Parets del Vallès | Leather Dyes and Apparel & Home Furnishing
Performance coatings – leather chemicals technology – polymer technologies – tailor-made solutions – research – global
The Netherlands, Waalwijk | Center of Excellence for Automotive
High-performance car interiors – sustainable interiors – smart surfaces – special haptics – customer trials – global
United States, Apex - North Carolina | Center of Excellence
High-performance, low-impact coatings for automotive, luxury goods, fashion and footwear, furniture and upholstery, electronics and medical markets