Stahl is the world leader in leather chemicals and high-performance coatings. Our products add functionality, durability and comfort to many different materials used in everyday life. Through our continuous focus on innovation and improving the environmental footprint, our unique service model and premium solutions add value to various industries.
Sustainable chemicals and coatings
Stahl produces process chemicals for leather products and polymers and performance coatings for a variety of substrates, such as textile, paper, plastics, rubber, metal and wood. Through this, we offer solutions to the automotive, apparel & accessories and home interior sectors, and for industrial applications. We have two lines of business:
Leather surface coatings and chemicals for the leather wet-end process
Performance coatings for technologically demanding applications
A unique market model
Our 600 application technologists and 100 R&D people develop technical solutions directly for and together with our individual customers
We focus on developing ecologically sustainable solutions whose economics make sense
We serve the premium segment with technologically advanced solutions that are critical to our customers positioning, and we focus on growing high-value niche markets in which we have a high market share
Environmentally responsible
We understand the impact chemical products can have on the environment, and we promote sustainable products wherever possible. To achieve this, we promote transparency initiatives linked to the environment and social responsibility, and we focus on R&D that provides an environmental benefit for our customers. We also go beyond the minimum requirements of restricted substances control, and we are expanding the sustainability training offered by Stahl Campus® in Europe, America, Asia, and India.