Silvateam S.p.A. is a producer of tannins and specialty chemicals mainly for leather industry.[1] It was formed in 1854, when Carlo Giuseppe Battaglia built the first plant in Frabosa Corsaglia (Cuneo, northern Italy) for the extraction of tannins from chestnut wood.[2] The headquarters is located in San Michele Mondovì (Cuneo), with operations in Italy, Argentina, Peru and China. The group has approximately 800 employees with a turnover of 122 million euro.[3]
Activities
The company's activities were structured into three main lines of business: leather, food ingredients and animal nutrition.
The Leather business focuses on products for leather tanning and comprises vegetable extracts, synthetic tannins and fatliquors,