Green Hides are immersed in AIT’s Brinecuring raceways and drums (which contain Brine of minimum 96% salinity as well as a mixture of bactericides) for a period of no less than 16 hours. Salinity and ash moisture are routinely measured prior to, during, and upon completion of each processing cycle to ensure correct and proper curing.

Hides are processed either as Brinecured Conventional Unfleshed Material or Brinecured Fleshed and Trimmed, depending on specific customer requirements.

Australian Hides do not usually contain excessive amounts of meat and flesh, however in general, conventional Hides weighing approximately 20 kilograms should lose
approximately 20% after fleshing whilst Heavy Feedlot Hides of conventional weight 40/42 kgs may lose up to 30% when fleshed.

The AIT Brinecuring process will permit Hides to maintain a more than adequate shelf life as well as enabling them to be transported to all parts of the globe without fear of damage during voyage duration.