Experts: How To Pay Attention To PU Leather "Detoxification"

Recently, the PUR meeting was launched at the honorary Kokusai Hotel in Jinjiang, Fujian. The meeting was hosted by PFI group. Dr. PFI Gerhard president of Gerhard Nickolaus, Dr. Andreas Tepest, President of PUR project, Dr. Wang Shi, general manager of PFI Far East, and Professor Wang Shi, deputy director of EHS center, attended the meeting.

PFI Wang Huiqing, deputy director general of Hongkong, was the host of the conference. More than 200 export traders from all over the country, representatives of PU synthetic leather manufacturers and industry participants attended the meeting.

The conference focused on the content and origin of the PUR audit plan.

It is understood that the existing members of the PUR project include DEICHMANN, LIDL, ALDI, Adidas, C&A and other world-renowned enterprises, and the annual production and sale of the finished products by the group members can reach several hundred million pairs.

PFI is the only third party institution that currently has the qualification of PUR audit.

PFI can help PU synthetic leather manufacturers inspect and check whether their working environment is safe and healthy. Check and check whether the PU synthetic leather products produced are safe and non-toxic.

The PUR audit plan can help factories improve the production environment, reduce the risk of occupational diseases caused by working environment, and improve the overall development level and management level of PU leather in China.

The PUR audit plan has become a common concern of the industrial development countries. In the future, this plan will also greatly affect the development direction of the whole industry.

"The goal of the PUR project is to make the waste water low or no chemicals back to nature, so that the exhaust gas is low or no gas is discharged into the environment; no material that contains harmful substances to consumers is produced."

Dr. Ou Yan stressed that today's world has become a global village, and it is concerned about the safety of human life.

PFI, general manager of Far East, Dr. Ou Yan.

Industry status:

PU leather toxic content is easily exceeded.

Ms. Wang Huiqing mentioned at the meeting that more than 95% of the PU synthetic leather factories are in China, and these factories still have much room for improvement in environmental protection.

According to the requirements of PUR, not only products are harmless, but also harmless to the human body and environment during the production process.

Ms. Wang Huiqing

Take Quanzhou as an example, the EU is the main export market for footwear in Quanzhou, with exports exceeding US $1 billion.

Every year, footwear exported to the EU in Quanzhou will be detected in PU synthetic leather upper with toxic and harmful substances N, N- two methyl formamide (DMFa), exceeding the limit requirement of EU regulations.

DMFa is mainly used for

In the production of PVC plastics, PU synthetic leather (superfine fiber), adhesive (PU glue) and membrane material are also commonly used.

Once DMFa is contained in the material, it will maintain relatively stable concentration and volatilization over a long period of time.

This substance can easily enter the body through inhalation, skin penetration or ingestion, causing liver failure, respiratory and digestive system symptoms.

Although the solvent free (water-based) synthetic leather technology has emerged, in the next 15-20 years, the traditional process will still dominate the market of PU synthetic leather. How to take necessary measures to protect workers and environment in the production process and minimize the content of toxic and harmful substances such as DMFa still need the concerted efforts of the whole industry.

The general trend:

Advocate product environmental protection and environmental protection production

Priority of world famous enterprises order through PUR audit

Unlike DETOX's commitment to detoxification, DETOX is suitable for all supply chains and all materials used, and PUR audit plan is for PU synthetic leather production only.

Once the audit is approved, the factory will receive the certificate. If the audit is not satisfactory, the factory can obtain consulting advice from the PFI group of PUR project technical support.

For factories, the biggest advantage is that priority can be obtained through auditing.

PUR project members solemnly promise to purchase PU synthetic leather manufacturers only through PUR audit.

At the meeting, Dr. Gerhard Nickolaus and chairman Andreas Tepest mentioned that through the appeal of the conference and the promotion of the PUR audit plan, we hope that the factory can pay more attention to workers' health and related environmental problems, and release the importance of environmental protection to the downstream of the industrial chain.

PUR project chairman / Deichmann quality manager, Andreas Tepest

A representative of the PU synthetic leather factory, which is preparing for the PUR audit in Wenzhou, also shared his views on the stage.

Mr. frankly, because it involves

Technological innovation will incur costs. Some factories do not know enough about the meaning of PUR audit plan.

For this reason, he called on the PU leather enterprises to look at problems from the perspective of long-term development, and should not just take immediate interests. He believed that cleaner production is very important for the environment and workers.

He also hoped that the PUR audit plan would be able to gain more impetus and sustained development.