Since it's founding in 1876, The Hulshof Royal Dutch Tanneries has grown into a modern ISO 9000:2000 certified “world center of excellence”. The company is still located in Lichtenvoorde, a small town in the eastern part of the Netherlands. Hulshof employs 200 highly involved employees and today it processes approximately 300.000 fresh North-West European Bull hides annually.
These hides are being processed in the most environmentally friendly and efficient way the industry offers. We apply the same method for by-products of hide processing. These products are distributed to the food-industry and are represented by our subsidiary Hulshof Protein Technologies. The grain side of the hide is processed and sold as semi-manufactured food additive. The major part of the hide is processed into the finest quality upholstery leather in our
leather finishing facility all on the same site.
In Europe Hulshof possesses a leading position in commercial and residential furniture, marine and the aviation markets. In order to keep this position, we work close with designers, customers, suppliers and partners to improve our current offerings but also focus on the future developments. Only by interacting with these parties, we can anticipate and change our technology and competency to the constantly changing environmental circumstances.