Twin City Hide

Twin City Hide Inc. is an established cattle hide processing company incorporated in 1919 and operated as a family-owned business. The company processes approximately 35,000 cattle hides weekly and maintains capacity to wet blue approximately 6,000 hides daily across its associated tanning operations, Twin City Tanning Co., LLP and Twin City Tannin... g Waterloo, LLC. All hides are sourced from major packers, machine-flayed, brine-cured, trimmed, and fleshed before being palletized on wooden pallets, with an estimated quality grade of 80/20 percent Grade I or II or better. Twin City Hide offers hides in multiple conditions to serve diverse leather manufacturing applications, including wet blue tannery-run inventory with rejects removed, grain splits, sided hides, and whole hides split in lime from green or fresh stock. The company supplies drop-split wet blue hides from steers, cows, and bulls in various weight ranges, typically averaging 49 to 52 pounds tear-free net weight, which are predominantly utilized for corrected grain leathers with belly thickness estimates of 3.4 to 4.0 millimeters. Twin City Hide also specializes in native dairy cow hides, specifically unbranded Black and White Holsteins, which offer distinct applications across the leather industry. These dairy breed hides are characterized as spready and thin, with varying percentages suitable for aniline leather used in shoe and garment applications, full grain leather for furniture and automotive seat use, and corrected grain leather for footwear, handbags, and upholstery. The company's consistent supply of high-quality, properly prepared hides with precise thickness specifications positions Twin City Hide as a reliable source for tanneries and leather manufacturers requiring raw materials for premium footwear, apparel, automotive, and furniture leather production.Read More