Your French partner in the world of leather

In a context where technical excellence must now go hand in hand with responsibility, the leather industry is undergoing a strategic transformation. Regulatory expectations are changing, international brands are raising their standards, and consumers are demanding greater transparency.

Faced with these changes, ATC has made a clear decision: to accelerate innovation towards cleaner chemistry.

A proactive, deliberate choice guided by our mission: to provide tanneries with reliable, high-performance, and sustainable solutions.

A clear vision: anticipate, protect, and improve

Anticipate regulations rather than suffer them

Requirements surrounding residual monomers are becoming stricter every year. What was acceptable yesterday may no longer be acceptable tomorrow. ATC has chosen to stay one step ahead by developing formulations that are already compatible with future regulatory frameworks, thus avoiding sudden or costly changes for tanneries. Our promise: to enable ATC partners to work with solutions that are already aligned with the most stringent standards on the market.

Providing tanneries with safe, responsible, and sustainable solutions

Reducing free bisphenols is not just an obligation: it is an opportunity to improve the quality and traceability of leather. By choosing Low Bisphenol technologies, ATC enables tanneries to:

- Limit potentially harmful substances in their leather,
- Secure their supplies in the face of brand requirements,
- Reduce the pollutant load in effluents,
- Gain peace of mind during audits.

This is a real competitive advantage for tanneries, particularly those working with leather goods, footwear, furniture, or items subject to high standards.

Maintaining flawless technical performance

Beyond compliance, ATC has ensured that the properties sought by wet-end teams are maintained—and often enhanced.
Our Low Bisphenol syntans have been designed to offer:

- excellent stability,
- excellent tanning power,
- uniform penetration,
- reinforcement of the full,
- a fine, even grain,
- optimal whiteness and lightfastness.

Clean should never mean less effective. That is our philosophy.

An ACTAN LB range designed for every retanning need

To meet the diversity of items, processes, and specifications, ATC offers a complete Low Bisphenol range covering all wet-end levers.

Technical data

Phenol-based syntan replacement. Low bisphenol content

Applications

Retanning for soft, full-grain leather with a pleasant feel.

PH / ionic charge

8.5

Technical data

Phenol-based syntan replacement. Low bisphenol content 

Applications

Retanning for soft, full-grain leather with a pleasant feel

PH / ionic charge

5.0

Technical data

Syntan replacement Phenol-naphthalene condensate. Low bisphenol content

Applications

Retanning, improving the fullness of all types of leather

PH / ionic charge

4.0

Technical data

White phenolic syntan. Low bisphenol content

Applications

Lightfast white syntan, gives fullness and fine flowering

PH / ionic charge

4.5

Technical data

Phenol-based liquid Syntan replacement. Low bisphenol content

Applications

Retanning for soft, full-grain leather with a pleasant feel

PH / ionic charge

8.5

Technical data

Phenolic syntan. Low bisphenol content

Applications

Syntan white replacement, high tanning power

PH / ionic charge

8.5

Technical data

Phenolic condensation product

Applications

New white syntan for low-bisphenol and formaldehyde tanning

PH / ionic charge

8.5

Key benefits of the Low Bisphenol ATC range

✔️ Formulations with very low free bisphenol content
✔️ Compatible with wet-blue, wet-white, and vegetable tanning
✔️ Chemically cleaner leathers
✔️ Excellent lightfastness and color stability
✔️ Better penetration and fixation

✔️ Homogeneous, fine, and elegant grain
✔️ Increased yield
✔️ Measurable reduction in residual monomers in effluents
✔️ Easier traceability for brand audits and RSL/MRSL

Our philosophy: effective and responsible chemistry

Our commitment to low bisphenol is not a one-off response or a simple adaptation: it is a long-term vision that guides our developments, our technical choices, and the way we support tanneries.

We have created low bisphenol products as well as Greentech products that are used throughout the leather design process.

The Greentech range – going further towards sustainable chemistry

Because environmental responsibility goes beyond bisphenols, ATC has also developed Greentech products, designed to:

  • reduce the carbon and chemical footprint,

  • use responsible or renewable raw materials,

  • propose alternatives with a lower impact,

  • support tanneries in a coherent and realistic ecological transition.

This dual approach—Low Bisphenol + Greentech—reflects our conviction:

"Performance and sustainability
are not opposites, but deeply complementary."

ATC, a committed partner for the leather of tomorrow

Retanning is evolving. Standards are becoming increasingly demanding. Audits are becoming more rigorous. Brands are demanding cleaner solutions.
With the ACTAN LB range, ATC is positioning itself as a trusted partner, capable of supporting tanneries in this essential transition.

Our goal is simple:to
s high-performance, sustainable, traceable, and compliant leather—without compromising on quality.