Prime - Antiba honoured to invite you to visit our Stand F13-15 in Hall No. 13 in the upcoming LINEAPELLE MILANO Fair to be held on SEPTEMBER 19-21 2023.
We look forward to see you in our Hall to present our latest Classic fashion trends Winter 24/25 Articles made of Goat and Calf skins.
History describes miracles and events of the past. Prime International is currently creating tomorrow’s history.
During early 1990's Prime International made a modest beginning as a boutique sub contract manufacturing facility with minimum labour force and machinery.
From Mid to late 90's, it was developed to become a full-fledged Goat leather tannery and recently Prime moved wet and dry operations under one unit with state of the art machineries which will result in faster delivery of finished leathers..
In 2001, it made big strides forward, to enter into the first joint venture in the Indian Leather industry
- with a name no less than “Conceria Antiba“ which is a fashion tannery in Italy and has an established
presence across the globe since 1987.
Over the years, Prime International has specialized in Goat finished leathers and grown multi-folds to produce about 950,000 sq. meters of Goat and Cow leathers annually from its sprawling 20,000 sq. meters production facility.
The product range of Prime includes goat leathers in a variety of tannages mainly eco-friendly vegetable tannage and a dazzling range of finishes – from classic glazed to vacchettas to washed vintage to rustic nubucks and it goes on and on.
In 2007, Prime has made a strategic joint venture with “Conceria Sciarada Spa, Italy”in the name of “SCINTAN INDIA PVT LTD” to produce fashionable split suedes. The tannery surrounded by lush green has annual capacity of about 450,000 sq. meters and cleared the LWG environmental stewardship audit with Gold Rating in July 2013 and thereafter in Dec 2014 and August 2016.
Following its success, in 2018, Prime opened a seperate tannery to produce Goat EI leathers under the name of "MARCHINO LEATHERS PVT LTD". The tannery, situated in Ranipet, houses state of the art machinery and be able to produce about 300,000 sq. meters annually.
Recognitions:
To its credit, Prime, now ranked no.2 in India, has won the export excellence awards in finished
leather category for two consecutive years viz 2010-11 & 2011-12 and accorded with “STAR EXPORT HOUSE”
status by the Govt. of India in year 2009.
In addition to its recognition, Prime has certified as Authorized Economic Operator(AEO) by Indian Customs and appreciated for our commitment to secure the international supply chain and in compliance with the WCO's SAFE Framework of Standards.
In addition, Prime has been awarded India’s Emerging Awards for 2013 in the SME category (Small & Medium Enterprises) for Global SME category and Green SME category by ICICI - CNBC TV 18 and powered by CRISIL - a credit rating company affiliated to Standard & Poor.
For its excellence performance in leather exports,Prime has received "Niryat Shree Gold Award" under Leather sector -Non MSME category in the year 2014 from the honourable President of India.
Diligence combined with passion, vision supported by innovation, and art combined with science, has
taken Prime International to the glory it deserves and today it is the leader in its market place while being
the preferred supplier for most of the best global brands across the world.
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Vision:
We believe that we are catering the best quality finished leather and we are constantly focusing on
innovation. We will engage in sustainable practices and anticipate the needs of our customers globally with a
focus on environmental stewardship, activities to benefit society. We believe that we need to own and control
the primary technologies behind the products that we make.
Mission:
To become the premier manufacturing organization in the leather industry, gaining market competitiveness and
diversifying into value added leather with clean, well maintained and friendly environment and to become the
No.1 in the Finished Leather Segment category in India.
Future Plans:
Already the blue print is ready for adding a patent plant to the tannery. Prime International is set to
emerge a leader again with the production of soft patent leathers in this plant.
Having understood the very
need of protecting our mother nature from adverse environmental impacts, Prime is committed to contribute its
part in all possible ways not limited to Energy conservation, Waste minimization and pollution prevention.
Providing a clean and safe work environment is one among the primary objective of its environment policy
whilst producing products in compliance with REACH and SG criteria.
The EMS (Environment Management System) steering committee ensures all legal statutory requirements for
environmental protection are met and defines yearly targets and programs to achieve the objectives.
To name a few, Prime has successfully implemented the following measures to prevent/minimize pollution
Solar evaporation pond to achieve zero liquid discharge from its finishing unit
100 % renewable biomass briquettes as fuel for boilers in Wet and Finishing units
Highly efficient water scrubbing system for auto sprays in finishing unit to reduce VOC emission
Eco-friendly vegetable tannages for leather manufacturing
Augmenting the above, Prime is on the verge of installing a 100 KW solar power plant to make use of the
naturally available energy resource to meet its power requirements.
As an acknowledgment to its efforts, Prime has got ISO 14001:2004 accreditation by TUV SUD in 2011 and also successfully cleared the re-certification audit in Nov 2013
and thereafter in May 2018 successfully re-accredited ISO 14001:2015 with validity upto Jan 2020.
As another feather in its cap, it has also got “GOLD” rating in
"LWG environmental stewardship audit" – the epitome of Leather Industry – conducted in Nov 2012 and thereafter in Feb 2014 followed by "Silver" rating in Sep 2015,March 2017 and Sep 2018 and "GOLD" rating in Sep 2021
With “Reduce – Reuse – Recycle” as its motto on environmental
management, Prime is taking every possible step to be eco-friendly and will continue to march towards
development of sustainable environmental conditions.
Leading Italian designers decide the range of fashion leathers and colours for each season.
And Prime takes over from where they left – and goes about translating these fashion imaginations into reality – and develops the new collection of leathers.
The range of leathers developed are promoted in Premium International leather fairs like Milan & Bologna, where the leading brands of the world pick their choice of leathers and colors for their shoes of the following season.
Prime through its global liaison officers network, work closely with the brands to understand the market needs/responses for the products promoted in fairs and act thereupon to commercialize it as a viable product at the global level.
China being the manufacturing hub for many of the world renowned brands, Prime has formally established its presence there in 2010 with the aim of providing better service to its distinguished customers.
To be one step more closer to customers, Prime has started operating its new customer service cum product promotion center in Guangzhou, China since April 2014.
In its journey of more than 15 years, Prime is steadfast in fulfilling its customer needs and happy to have served the below notable fashion giants.
“Indian Skills, Italian Fashion and German systems”
being its mantra, Prime International works in close harmony with its collaborators in various functions not
limited to knowledge transfer of process technologies, training of Indian technicians in Italy, product
development and range building.
The product development center of Prime, equipped with the state of the art lab equipments, reveals the
mystery of such artistic leather development by bringing out the best of the products – as one can see from
the supple tannage, the elegant finishes and the pleasing touch on the leathers.
Prime International strongly believes that operational excellence is possible only through continuous
improvement and monitoring of production processes by utilizing statistical analysis. For this, it has deployed
a custom made ERP solution which takes care of full range of operations starting from purchase to shipment.
Rigorous quality checks and controls based on decisions made out of periodical reports at every stage of
operation ensures the quality of final product that comes out of the production line.
Managed by a team of young, dynamic professionals having urge towards modern fashion, and equipped with
“state of the art” machinery and a fully customized IT platform, Prime is set to overcome any imposing
challenges being faced by its peers.
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