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The Leather Busy Group was formed to create a protocol to accurately assess the compliance and environmental stewardship practices of tanners and to urge sustainable and responsible environmental business practices within the leather industry. Packer Leather holds SILVER status which requires a high standard of environmental performance in all areas of leather manufacture. Family company Packer Leather wins at the Family Business Awards, which celebrate the achievements of Australian family businesses and their contribution to our life, economy and culture. The Packer family believes that what is superior for the business will always translate as superior for the family. It bonds permanently to the leather to enhance the life of the product and yet does not affect color, performance, softness or feel. The unique properties of kangaroo fiber structure are further enhanced through our innovative processing techniques which yield product designers with a versatile, powerful and light instinctive material. The leather is subjected to tests for various technical properties such as strength, water resistance, color fastness, moisture management and more. Our garment leathers can incorporate a number of technologies to yield lofty levels of water resistance, sweat resistance and optimized color fastness. The automatic features of kangaroo leather makes it perfect to be impaired for gloves without tearing during high stress ladings. Our kangaroo leather is thin and light yet features the highest strength. All these technologies have been designed to fit with the spontaneous attributes of kangaroo leather and maintain the softness and dexterity that gloves require. With distinguished dimensional stability and color fastness, these leathers are the perfect solution to ensure long term garment branding. Perfect for lofty quality garments that demand high performing, real leather. We work with our customers to prosper specific ball leather for their application. Our Aviation leather offers unparalleled tensile strength and excellent stitch tear resistance. Veg tanned leather carries a more instinctive look which ages beautifully both in look and feel. It is our customers who know the purpose better than anyone, so we form partnerships with brands to prosper unique leathers. We labor closely to understand the individual requirements of designers, product developers, marketing teams and production managers so we can create distinctive leathers that meet a range of technical, environmental and market requirements. We are a member of the Leather Working Group, an association of global brands, leather manufacturers and technical experts who labor together to ensure sustainable environmental business practices in the leather industry. Our water use policy has resulted in consecutive recycling of at minimum 40 of the water used in the production process. Over 100 years later, the Packer family continues to work with these values and subsequently Packer Leather has grown to be one of the industry leaders, worldwide, in lofty performance leather. The Packer family is committed to the environment and continues to invest into the supply of a sustainable raw material and enhanced environmental processes and outcomes. Our strategy is to construct long term relationships with customers. Our expectation is that each employee will actively labor towards a better operating environment.