Bauce, an Italian manufacturer of leather production machinery, and Luxembourg-based Hidexe, a provider of cloud-based software-as-a-service (SaaS) technology aimed at the hide and leather industry, have agreed to deliver integrated solutions tailored for large global tanneries.
The partnership is said to emphasise a shared commitment to provide comprehensive solutions tailored to every requirement, whether it involves building new cutting-edge facilities, or enhancing and modernising existing installations.
In particular, the collaborative integration of NHQ (Numeric Hide Quality), Hidexe's AI inspection module, with Bauce's sammying machine installations promises streamlined operations and optimised performance.
Hidexe says that the ability of NHQ ability “to rapidly and accurately detect virtually all known hide defects, measure them instantly, and grade them based on adjustable grading algorithms, transforms modern sammying machines into a crucial early point in the tannery production process”. This ensures, the company adds, that only “properly selected hides continue in the production process, thereby avoiding unnecessary waste of water, electricity, chemicals, human labour, and, notably, reducing or eliminating scrap waste”.
In addition to the NHQ module, Hidexe brings to the table patented technology for numbering and barcode printing/marking of wet blue and wet white hides, providing tanneries with a solution for enhanced traceability, designed to withstand soaking processes.
As Bauce and Hidexe deepen their collaboration, they say they are poised to offer more solutions tailored for large global tanneries.
