Tata International is the international business arm of the Tata Group. Business operations in Tata International are organised as five key strategic business units (SBU), namely, leather and leather products, steel, minerals, engineering and bulk commodities and chemicals.

The state-of-the-art leather manufacturing facility of leather and leather products SBU was set up in Dewas, Madhya Pradesh, in 1975. It is one of the three largest goatskin tanneries in the world and a world-class manufacturer. It is India’s largest exporter of leather and leather products.

After being the first company in the leather industry to achieve ISO 9001:1994 certification in 1995, Tata International Limited, Dewas, was also the first company in the leather Industry to be recommended for ISO 9001: 2000 on July 19, 2002.

Tata International Limited, Dewas received ISO 14001:1996 certification on April 25, 2002 from RWTUV Germany for its all-round improvement initiatives towards environmental management systems. Anil Rairikar, CEO, TUV India Limited handed over the certificate to O K Kaul, president, leather and leather products, on July 19, 2002. Both the above certificates encompass the gambit of activities in the divisions handling finished leather, leather garments, footwear and footwear components.

The leather facility at Dewas has a world-class effluent treatment plant for liquid waste management, to go beyond mere compliance of regulatory requirements. Successful trial of the reverse osmosis technology has led to the conversion of liquid waste into operational resources for process and other needs. Currently, the treated water is used for horticulture purposes, improving the greenery in the complex.

The bio-methanation plant, which has been partly sponsored by Ministry of Non-Conventional Resources, is the only one of its kind in the world for hazardous solid waste management. Tata International Limited, Dewas has also patented the in-house developed technology.

Continual progress in our journey towards business excellence has this year culminated in our winning the Rajiv Gandhi National Quality Award, 2000 in the 'best of all' category on April 24, 2002.