Performance of Leather Uppers of Local Footwear products and the Determinants (original) (raw)

Various literatures acknowledged that Ethiopian sheep and goats skins are appreciated by the international leather industry because of their high strength at lower thickness and flexibility. On the country the local leather upper footwear products have low market position both at national and international levels. This research has, then, risen to investigate the performance of the upper leather of local footwear products against the standard requirements. Samples of local footwear, black upper leathers and finished leathers for shoe consumption, and semi-processed suede upper leather have been prepared and tested according the South Africa National accreditation Standards (sanas) test method in the Leather Industry Development Institute, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Both physical and mechanical Laboratory test results have been collected and then manipulated using the descriptive analysis. The research result illustrated that the average tear strength, tensile strength and percentage of ...