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SUMMARY1 COMPANY INFORMATION......................................................................................22 PRODUCT INFORMATION.......................................................................................43 LCA STUDY ............................................................................................................53.1 Functional unit........................................................................................................ 53.2 Limits of the analysed system................................................................................. 53.3 Use of resources ..................................................................................................... 63.4 Potential environmental impact............................................................................. 73.5 Other indicators...................................................................................................... 73.6 Other information................................................................................................... 83.7 Comparison of the EPD within this product category ............................................ 94 INFORMATION ABOUT THE COMPANY AND CERTIFICATION BOARD .........................94.1 Company contacts .................................................................................................. 94.2 Control process....................................................................................................... 94.3 EPD validity ............................................................................................................. 94.4 Expiry date .............................................................................................................. 95 BIBLIOGRAPHY ....................................................................................................106 GLOSSARY...........................................................................................................10
1 COMPANY INFORMATIONThe Dani Group came into existence in 1950 thanks to the initiative of Angelo Dani, who beganproducing leather for industrial glove manufacture. In the 80s company management was passedonto his children, who were responsible for the physical development, product range extension andgeographic expansion of the company, which culminated in the opening of two commercialorganisations in the USA and China. The company’s four factories are all in the Arzignano IndustrialZone, at: Via Quarta Strada, 20 – Via Quarta Strada, 16 – Via Quarta Strada, 9/11, Via della Concia,176.Dani leather is the result of a long production cycle that is entirely carried out in Arzignano, brokendown in the following three macro-phases:- From raw hide to wet blueDuring the riviera phase, the hide undergoes all the treatments in preparation for the tanningproducts: desalination and soaking, shaving, liming through to the mechanical operations ofstripping, trimming and splitting.The tanning agents are used in this preparatory phase, mainly chrome, which is followed by thepressing and selection processes, followed by preparation for dyeing (splitting and shaving). Thistanned hide is known as wet blue.- From wet blue to crustIn the retanning, dyeing and greasing phases the hide, stabilised by now, gains colour,consistency and softness of texture. It is then dried, which is programmed according to the finaluse, and staked to soften the fibres. This produces the crust leather.- From crust to finished leatherThis is the final ennobling phase, where a series of operations are alternated to give the leatherthe final appearance: pigment sprays, protective resins and waxes, stretching, embossing andfulling, which gives the leather the right degree of softness and shine.The finished leathers are selected one by one, measured and then addressed to the various markets,including furniture, footwear, clothing and leather goods.The Dani Group has always placed special focus on protecting the environment and a very carefuluse of the natural resources, and, consequently, considerable investments have been made inresearch projects to reduce all their polluting emissions.The Ecolife project, which involves constant interaction with our Research and DevelopmentDepartment and the Universities of Padua, Naples and Venice, was conceived to satisfy this need,and it comprises the following sub-projects:- Tanning without the use of heavy metals- Shaving without the use of sulphides- New logistics-production system for processing fresh hides- Defining the carbon footprint of the leather.This last project was implemented in 2011, which lead to receiving the Carbon Footprint of Product(CFP/02/2011) which calculates the impact of the leather on climate change, and indicates theamount of greenhouse gases that are given off during the lifecycle of the leather.GRUPPO DANI SPA – EPD® 2
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