Royal Smit & Zoon - Leather chemicals manufacturer

Royal Smit & Zoon is the world leading manufacturer of chemicals for leather manufacturing. We provide solutions for beamhouse, tanning, wet end and finishing with our three main brands Smit, Codyeco and Nera.

With various sustainable innovations we are offering true differentiators for the leather industry. We are committed to continue to develop new sustainable products and solutions throughout our product offering, as each drop makes a difference.

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Low bisphenol retanning solutions

Discover our special range of wet end solutions optimized on bisphenol for high quality leather. We offer syntans with low bisphenol values and introduce BioTan XP 01L, an innovative retanning agent with no detectable bisphenol.

Discover our solutions for:

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Furniture

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Fashion

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Latest news

ACLE: Zeology leather taking Shanghai by storm

Royal Smit & Zoon will be present at the ACLE from September 3-5, 2025. The exhibition in Shanghai brings all of the steps involved in leather production together, from the sourcing of hides, to tanning and finishing.

Royal Smit & Zoon presents ambitious new Sustainability Strategy for 2030

Today, Royal Smit & Zoon, a recognized sustainability leader in the leather industry, launched ‘Drops of Difference’, its’ new Sustainability Strategy for 2030.

New podcast series ‘Leathertainment on the Go’ now available on YouTube and Spotify

Royal Smit & Zoon is excited to announce the launch of ‘Leathertainment on the Go’, a brand-new podcast series hosted by our colleague Florian Schrey and leather expert Tanner Leatherstein (Volkan Yilmaz)