AIT has its own Wetblue Tannery, Walfertan Processors, located 250 kilometres North West of Sydney in the
Upper Hunter Valley of New South Wales.

Walfertan uses the best available technology in order to ensure the quality and consistency of its wetblue product. The process is designed to minimise impact on the local environment with the use of hair saving and CO2
technologies.

On arrival at the Tannery, Hides are Green Fleshed and loaded into drums for the fully automated tanning process. From the wetblue drums, all Hides are sammyed to a consistent moisture content of 58-61% and then stringently graded for both grain quality and weight. The Walfertan Processors grading system is designed to give it the flexibility to meet customers' specific requirements.

Once graded and weight ranged, Hides are packed on pallets and shrink-wrapped with individual pallet numbers automatically generated by AIT’s Inventory Management System. This allows for tracking of details on each pallet relating to hide origin, quality and production dates.

By combining state-of-the-art process management
systems, strict testing procedures and an ongoing
commitment to employee training and education,
Walfertan ensures that the skill and commitment exist to produce a consistently high quality product. All Walfertan Wetblue is tested for shrinkage, chrome content, moisture, fungal protection and strength on a drum-by-drum basis.

Wetblue Hides produced at Walfertan Processors can be offered either as full substance whole Hides or alternatively as Grains split in wetblue according to customers’
substance requirements.

In addition to Grains split in wetblue, AIT also has a
regular production of Lime Split Grains which can be delivered in either Pickled or Wetblue condition.



AIT Wetblue Drop Split Productions are offered in two different categories:

• Split in Wetblue
• Split in Lime

All Wetblue Drop Splits are from 100% machine-pulled Australian Meatworks Hides, and are produced as a
by-product of Grain Splits, Crust and Finished Leather productions.

Wetblue Drop Splits are offered as Untrimmed whole Hides, but from time to time we are also able to supply Single and Double Butt Splits depending on production
requirements.

Offers are made with an average weight, but occasionally reference may also be made to estimated substance in the butt and estimated average size.