Curtume Moderno

Name

Curtume Moderno

Legal name

Moderno Peles e Couros S/A.

Website

https://curtumemoderno.com.br

Company type

Private

Founded year

1975

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Leather Tanning & Manufacturing

NAICS

Leather and Hide Tanning and Finishing (316110), Leather and Allied Product Manufacturing (316)

SIC

Leather & Leather Products (3100)

akta.pro primary industry

Retanning, Dyeing & Fatliquoring (IMAOAGAF)

akta.pro secondary industry

Aldehyde/Synthetic/Combination Tanning (IMAOAGAE)

Keywords

• Leather tanning services
• Industrial leather manufacturing
• Chrome tanned leather
• Vegetable tanned leather
• Finished leather supply

Headquarters

HQ city

Petrolina

HQ country

Brazil

HQ region

Latin America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Leather Product Sales: Manufactures and sells leather products at various stages of processing: wet-blue (chrome-tanned), vegetable-tanned (Couro atanado), finished leather (Couro acabado), suede (Camurça), Napa, linings (Forro), and carpets/tapestries with hair (Tapete). B2B sales to leather goods manufacturers.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Curtume Moderno is a leather tannery that processes caprine, ovine, and bovine hides into a portfolio of processed leather products sold to industrial manufacturers. The product range includes wet-blue (chrome-tanned leather), Couro atanado (vegetable-tanned leather), Couro acabado (finished leather), Camurça (suede), Napa (soft leathers), Forro (linings), and Tapete (hair-on leather). The company operates a 10,000 m² facility producing more than 80,000 pelts per month and exports to Europe, China, and Latin America.

Product overview

Curtume Moderno is a leather tannery that processes goat, sheep, and bovine hides into a portfolio of leather products. The company operates with over 10,000m² of productive area and produces over 80,000 skins per month. Its product portfolio includes Wet-blue (chromium-tanned leather), Tapete (hair-on leather articles), Couro acabado (finished leather in various colors and finishes), Couro atanado (vegetable-tanned leather), Forro (lining leather), Camurça (suede), and Napa (soft leathers for fine articles). The company exports to Europe, China, and Latin America.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Wet-blue Leather tanned with chromium salts, characterized by its blue color. At this stage the leather can be commercialized as it is free from putrefaction risk. Sold to industrial leather goods manufacturers.
• Couro atanado Leather tanned and re-tanned with vegetable tannins, presenting the classic beige color of rustic leathers. This is a metal-free process. Sold to industrial leather goods manufacturers.
• Couro acabado Fully processed leather available in various colors, patterns, softness levels, and surface finishes. Widely used by footwear, artifacts, furniture, clothing, and crafts industries.
• Camurça Suede made from goat or sheep skin where the nobler face is the flesh side, duly sanded to achieve a velvet effect. Sold to industrial leather goods manufacturers.
• Napa Designation for very soft leathers used for making clothes, upholstery, and other fine articles. Sold to industrial leather goods manufacturers.
• Forro Lining material produced from low-classification skins, generally used to line shoes. Sold to industrial leather goods manufacturers.
• Tapete Processed skins and leathers sold with hair, bringing the essence and beauty of in natura leather. Widely used for artifact manufacturing. Sold to industrial leather goods manufacturers.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

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Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Conceria Pasubio: Italian tannery producing high-quality finished leather (including metal-free vegetable-tanned lines) for premium footwear and leather-goods brands. Comparable to Curtume Moderno's Couro atanado and Couro acabado offerings and its export-driven B2B model.
• ISA TanTec: Global leather manufacturer with tanneries in Asia and Europe producing finished leather for footwear and leather goods under LWG standards. Comparable to Curtume Moderno as an export-oriented tannery serving international footwear brands with sustainability certifications.
• Wollsdorf Leder: Austrian tannery producing premium bovine and exotic leathers for global automotive and footwear brands, LWG Gold rated. Comparable to Curtume Moderno as a vertically capable tanner selling finished leather to international B2B buyers with strong sustainability positioning.
• Dani S.p.A. Italian leather group producing finished bovine leathers for footwear, leather goods and automotive end-markets, with international export. Comparable to Curtume Moderno as a finished-leather exporter targeting European footwear and upholstery buyers.
• Boxmark Leather: Austrian premium upholstery and automotive leather producer with LWG Gold rating and global export reach. Comparable to Curtume Moderno as a large-scale, certified European-region tannery serving industrial B2B buyers across continents.
• Trumpler: German-based leather chemical and wet-processing specialist with global tannery service operations. Comparable to Curtume Moderno in core wet-blue and retanning chemistry, though Trumpler combines chemical supply with finishing services rather than pure hide processing.

Broad incumbents

• JBS Couros: Leather division of JBS S.A., the world's largest leather producer, processing bovine hides globally. Comparable as a Brazilian tannery selling wet-blue and finished leather into footwear and upholstery, though at materially larger scale and as part of a diversified meat-processor parent.
• Gruppo Mastrotto: Italian group and one of Europe's largest leather producers for footwear, furniture, automotive and leather goods. Comparable as a finished-leather supplier with multi-species and multi-end-market exposure, though with significantly broader product and geographic reach.

Regional players

• Tiong Liong Industrial: Taiwanese leather and textile manufacturer with production in Asia supplying footwear and outdoor brands. Comparable to Curtume Moderno as a multi-product leather supplier focused on export markets, though with primary footprint in Asia rather than South America.
• Couromoda: Brazilian footwear-components and leather-input supplier serving the domestic footwear industry. Comparable to Curtume Moderno as a Brazil-based leather components provider targeting footwear manufacturers, though primarily focused on the domestic market.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance1 record

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Funding overview

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Investors

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M&A

Investments

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