Hides, Skins & Pelts
- Wet Blue Cattle Hides
- Salted Calf Skins
- Pickled Sheep Pelts
- Pickled Lamb Pelts
- Salted Sheep Skins and Lamb Skins
- Pickled Deer Skins
- Salted Goat Skins
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Hides, Skins & Pelts
Lowe Corporation has plants located in Te Aroha, Hastings, Levin and Christchurch.These operations have significant scale, technology and flexibility in both processing and marketing. Lowe Corporation is a member of LASRA (Leather & Shoe Research Association in New Zealand). Products and Specifications |
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Te Aroha Skin Processors
Situated
469 Stanley Road West, Te Aroha
Plant manager
Paul Osborne
Processes
- Deer, calf and ovine skins
Capability
- Salted and pickle skins
Products
Piako Skin Processors
Situated
7 Stanley Road West, Te Aroha
Plant manager
Paul Osborne
Processes
- Deer, calf and ovine skins
Capability
- Salted and pickle skins
Products
Head office
Situated
499 Coventry Road, Hastings, Hawkes Bay
Contact
Postal: PO Box 444, Hastings 4156, New Zealand
Capability
- Administration
- Sales & procurement
- Operational & engineering support
Tomoana Pelt Processors
Situated
Johnston Way, Whakatu, Hastings
Plant manager
Kim Single
Processes
- Lamb, calf and goat skins
Capability
- Fellmongery – capacity of 4,000,000 skins
- 13 processing vessels
- Process washed and body grade wools
- Products exported to Italy, China, Turkey and Japan
Products
Graeme Lowe Hastings – Tannery
Situated
501 Coventry Road, Hastings
Plant manager
James Scott
Processes
- Cattle hides and lamb slink skins
Capability
- Tannery – capacity of 600,000 hides
- 16 processing vessels
- Products exported to Italy, China, Korea and Japan
Products
Graeme Lowe Levin
Situated
Cambridge Street South, Levin
Plant manager
James Scott
Processes
- Lamb and sheep skins
Capability
- Processed to salt
Products
Graeme Lowe Christchurch – Hides/skins
Situated
18 Station Road, Belfast, Christchurch
Plant manager
Anthony Nonis
Processes
- Cattle hides, sheep skins and deer skins
Capability
- Salting and temporary curing of hides and skins
- Logistics hub for South Island hides and skins
Processing Capabilities
Hide Tanneries: Process green Cattle hides to Wet Blue tanned stage
Skin processing plant: Process green Sheep, Deer, Goat and Calf skins to Salted or Pickled temporary preserved Stages.
Processing Options
Toll Process Only |
Toll Process and Market |
Purchase Hides at Source |
| Can process all skins and hides on a toll matrix by graded out-turn. | Can process and market all hides and skins on a matrix fee by graded out-turn and market hides and skins on behalf of the supplier. | Can purchase the hides and skins ex slaughter plant on a matrix based on graded out-turn. |
Quality Control
All products are tested on site and at independently off site facilities to ensure specifications are being met.