Serenissima

What Serenissima does

Serenissima Srl Unipersonale is an Italian tannery by-products processor established around 1973 and headquartered in Arzignano (Vicenza), within the leather tanning district of Italy. The company operates three physically separated production areas spanning approximately 4,000 square meters of warehouses: a dedicated food-grade processing line for splits in lime, a separate non-food technical processing line for Category 3 animal by-products, and a tanning department producing wet-blue, wet-white and crust semi-finished leather. With around 40 employees, Serenissima serves three primary B2B segments: the food industry (supplying raw materials for collagen, gelatins and proteins for human consumption), the technical industry (technical gelatins, glue, chew bones, edible dog toys), and the tanning industry (semi-finished leather for velour, suede, clothing, furniture and automotive applications).

The company's core technology is traditional tannery by-product processing built around fleshing machines, pneumatic trimmers, washing drums, and lime/salt preservation treatments, with full material traceability supported by HACCP-based self-monitoring. It is an EU-approved collection center under Regulation 853/04/CE (approval UE IT P730X, covering gelatin and collagen) and Regulation 1069/09/CE (approval ABP 544STORP3, Category 3 derived products), and has held Leather Working Group (LWG) Approved Trader status since 2020, permitting supply into the LWG sustainable leather circuit. The certification stack also includes ISO 9001 (since 2009), ISO 14001 (since 2015), ISO 22000 (since 2016) and ISO 45001.

Serenissima is a privately held, bootstrapped Srl Unipersonale with paid-up capital of €20,800, no disclosed external funding and no parent or subsidiary entities. The business model is sales-led direct export to enterprise customers worldwide; raw materials are collected by own fleet or contractors, and finished products are delivered directly to customers. Revenue is generated through one-time sales of splits in lime and semi-finished leather, plus contract trimming and processing services for third-party material. Specific revenue figures, pricing and customer identities are not publicly disclosed.

Name

Serenissima

Legal name

Serenissima Srl Unipersonale

Website

https://serenissimasrl.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1973

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Serenissima Srl is an Italian tannery by-products processor in Arzignano that converts bovine splits in lime for food and technical industries and produces semi-finished leather (wet blue, wet white, crust) for global B2B customers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Tannery by-products and semi-finished leather processing

NAICS

Leather and Hide Tanning and Finishing (31611), Leather and Hide Tanning and Finishing (316110), Leather and Hide Tanning and Finishing (3161)

SIC

Leather & Leather Products (3100)

akta.pro primary industry

Leather Waste Treatment & Byproduct Recovery (Fleshings/Trimmings/Collagen) (IMAOAGAN)

akta.pro secondary industries

Splitting, Shaving & Thickness Calibration (IMAOAGAH), Hide & Skin Beamhouse Operations (Soaking/Liming/Deliming/Bating) (IMAOAGAB), Chrome Tanning (Wet Blue) (IMAOAGAC), Retanning, Dyeing & Fatliquoring (IMAOAGAF), Hide & Skin Processing (Raw Hides/Skins for Leather Supply) (AFANAGAF)

Keywords

• Tannery by-products processing
• Splits in lime production
• Semi-finished leather manufacturing
• Bovine hide by-products
• Collagen and gelatin raw materials

Headquarters

HQ city

Vicenza

HQ country

Italy

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Splits in lime sales: Collection and processing of bovine splits in lime for production of collagen, gelatins, and proteins for food and non-food applications. Revenue generated from sale of raw materials to food and technical industries.
2. Semi-finished leather products: Manufacturing and commercializing semi-finished leather products including wet blue, wet white, and crust splits. Also provides trimming services for splits in lime.
3. Trimming and processing services: Contract processing services for third-party splits in lime and tannery products.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Serenissima processes bovine tannery by-products into food-grade and technical-grade splits in lime for use in collagen, gelatin and protein production, and into semi-finished leather products (wet blue, wet white, metal-free and crust) for the tanning industry. It also provides contract trimming services for third-party splits in lime, all from a 4,000 square meter facility in the Arzignano leather district.

Product overview

Serenissima operates as a tannery by-products processor with two primary product lines: (1) splits in lime for the food and technical industries, used to produce collagen, gelatins, and proteins for human consumption and technical applications, processed in dedicated food-grade facilities; and (2) semi-finished leather products (wet blue, wet white, crust) for the tanning industry, including trimming services. All operations are conducted within the leather tanning district of Arzignano, Italy, spanning approximately 4,000 square meters of warehouses with 40 employees.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Splits in Lime (Food-Grade and Category 3 Technical) Bovine splits in lime processed for producing collagen, gelatins and proteins for human consumption, and Category 3 animal by-products processed separately for technical applications such as technical gelatins, glue, chew bones and edible dog toys. Sold to food ingredient and technical manufacturers.
• Semi-Finished Leather Products (Wet Blue, Wet White, Metal-Free, Crust) Ex-lime, wet-blue, wet-white, metal-free and crust bovine splits, double-butts and their sections, processed and selected by thickness and quality for downstream tanning applications including velour, suede, clothing, furniture and automotive leather. Sold to tanneries and leather goods manufacturers.
• Trimming Services for Splits in Lime Contract processing service for third-party splits in lime, performed in dedicated production facilities within Serenissima's 4,000 square meter warehouse complex. Offered to other players in the tannery and by-products value chain.

Quantifiable outcome

• Full traceability of processed material
• +2 more outcomes

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• PB Leiner (Rousselot/RB Health): Major global gelatin and collagen producer (under Darling Ingredients), another key downstream buyer of Serenissima's food-grade splits. Comparable end-market exposure to food and nutraceutical gelatin.
• GELITA: Global leader in gelatin and collagen peptide production, a major buyer of the food-grade splits in lime that Serenissima supplies. Comparable on the food/collagen side of the value chain, though GELITA is a downstream customer rather than a competitor.
• Gruppo Mastrotto: One of the largest Italian leather producers, operating multiple tanning facilities including in the Vicenza district. Comparable end markets and cluster presence, but substantially larger scale and broader product portfolio spanning finished leather for automotive, furniture and fashion.

Direct peers

• Conceria Pasubio: Arzignano-based bovine leather tannery producing finished and semi-finished leathers for automotive, footwear, and upholstery. Comparable in cluster location, hide processing capability, and downstream customer overlap.
• Silvateam: Italian company producing vegetable tanning extracts and operating tanneries, including in the Arzignano area. Comparable in leather processing and by-product valorization, with overlap on the technical/chemical side of hide processing.
• Bonaudo: Italian tannery also based in the Arzignano cluster, producing wet blue, wet white and finished leather from bovine hides. Directly comparable in customer base (leather goods, automotive), geography, and product mix to Serenissima's semi-finished leather segment.
• Dani S.p.A. (Dani Leather): Arzignano-based bovine leather producer with finishing operations serving fashion and automotive. Comparable in cluster location, hide processing, and semi-finished/finished leather production.
• Italpro: Italian bovine hide processor active in the Arzignano district, supplying splits and semi-finished leathers. Closely comparable in cluster location, raw material processing, and customer overlap.

Emerging players

• Tessitura Mauri: Italian technical textiles and leather-related processing company with operations adjacent to the Arzignano cluster. Comparable in cluster proximity and involvement in leather supply chain intermediates.

Regional players

• Curtume CBR (Brazil): Large Brazilian bovine leather processor exporting wet blue and crust leather globally. Comparable in commodity semi-finished leather processing and food/technical by-product activity, but serving from a different geographic base.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/serenissimasrl

Compliance7 records

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

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