Tata International’s Leather GBU has a significant share of finished leather exports to the Far East from its Indian operations. Some of the key service requirements of the customers are faster deliveries of small quantities and samples in multiple colours. In its  efforts to enhance services to the customers, the company has entered into a finished leather production agreement with a tannery in China.

A team comprising of Mr O. K. Kaul, President Leather GBU, Mr Rajesh Sharma, General Manager and Mr Ashwani Goel, DGM, visited the tannery for formalising the agreement. On July 9, 2004, a Memorandum of Agreement was signed by Mr O. K. Kaul on behalf of Tata International Limited and by Mr Tjia Tjat Tjoy Woen, President of Jiangmen City Lianyou Leather Factory Co. Ltd.

Tata International will procure orders, organise raw material and provide technical inputs to the tannery. Mr Rajib Ghosh, Leather Technician from Tata International has been posted in the tannery.

 This new initiative is another step in Tata International’s continuous efforts to remain competitive in the global leather business.