Areas for bonded leather


The belt is one of the most sought after fashion accessories by both men and women: a belt is fashion, follows fashion, it is classic, stylish … it is an accessory that is a must!

There are belts of every shape, minimal, for jeans, each garment has its own.

Colours have become important if not fundamental, fluo fashion has led to shocking pink, Sun yellow, bright green belts; then there are classic colours, brown, shiny and/or opaque black, warm beige, white ice and many more.

Prodotti Alfa provides several solutions for the production of belts.

Our SPECIAL or SOFT material can be used raw as inside to give the belt body or as lining.

The NUBUCK finish is perfect for the back of the belt and can be used in 2.8 – 3.0 mm thicknesses as raw cut trim belt finished without having to use other materials.

Our OWEST is a new range of natural colours – VINTAGE, EMBOSSED or PRINTED to produce finished belts with excellent quality and a low price.

The Nubuck finished material is available in a wide range of colours and thicknesses from 0.6 mm to 2.2 mm.

There are 2 different mixtures:

Light/natural colour
Dark colour
Bonded leather for the production of belts can be supplied:

In customisable cut sheets, from a minimum of 70 × 150 cm to a maximum of 150 × 150 cm
In rolls with a maximum standard weight of 40 kg max
This material can convey the required finishing, softness and elegance features to the accessory, while allowing to contain production costs without sacrificing the traditional values of a natural hand product. The material lends itself to machining in the same way as leather.

Belts can be sewn, fleshed and the edges finished to give the finished product a plus.


Man has always nurtured a passion for binding documents and books, both for an aesthetic sense and to preserve and maintain the product over time.

Leather and hide have always been the preferred material for these purposes.

Bonded leather has managed to intrigue manufacturers of books, bibles, comic books, quality encyclopaedias, and is gradually replacing hide or genuine leather, because they can be replaced with good quality, with a wide choice of colours and prints or embossing and above all at an affordable cost.

Bindery material manufacturers that buy bonded leather from Prodotti Alfa S.p.A. can obtain high-quality finished products: compared to faster processing, the results achieved are top notch.

Thicknesses mostly requested are from 0.4 mm to 0.8 mm, colours mostly used are those that remind us of real leather, brown, black and beige.

The support is our SPECIAL, which can be supplied both in sheets and rolls.

Bindery material manufacturers that buy bonded leather from Prodotti Alfa S.p.A. obtain high-quality finished products: compared to faster processing, the results achieved are top notch.

Bonded leather is requested mainly to bind books and documents, create organisers and cover bibles, as well as to make valuable bookbinding and most modern and design creations.


Another fast-growing sector for bonded leather is furnishings.

Bonded leather is used as a substitute for hide and leather, to upholster chairs, all kinds of furniture, beds, bedside tables and for the realisation of furnishing accessories.

The use of bonded leather is the perfect answer because this material allows combining beauty and costs.

The most widely used support is SPECIAL, with 1.4 mm 1.6 mm thickness. Colours and embossing are manifold and Prodotti Alfa provides the material in sheets with high quality control.

The use of bonded leather for furniture and furnishings is widespread.

Thanks to its particular qualitative characteristics and to the fact that it is a material that can be processed using techniques capable of conferring a modern, classic, retro appearance (embossing and printing of bonded leather), applications of bonded leather in the furniture industry are continuously growing and developing.

Bonded leather is used to furnish and enrich environments ranging from bars, restaurants, private houses, furthermore due to its high insulation capacity it can be used to cover walls.

Bonded leather as wall coating is usually used in cold environments. It is broadly used in Nordic countries and is spreading even in countries with a temperate climate.

Bonded leather is also an environment friendly, eco-friendly and completely non-toxic material.

In the furnishings field it lends itself to different areas of use for the intrinsic nuances of the product, derived from the properties of the material with which it is made.

It can take on different colours, shades and reflections and give the final product a unique colour and a high quality and refined value.

Prodotti Alfa S.p.A. also turns to furnishings manufacturers that need to cover their products with bonded leather.


Prodotti Alfa S.p.A. produces a bonded leather support with high water resistance. The material is called W.P., short for waterproof.

This support, which can be supplied both raw and varnished, is perfect for all kinds of labels: from jeans to garments, to boxes and even for the food sector.

The material provided by Prodotti Alfa S.p.A. is made on Soft or Special support.

Both supports offer excellent technical features.

The W.P. support specific for labels in bonded leather has good water tightness, which is why this material is suitable to be applied on garments like jeans, trousers and leather goods.

Thicknesses available today are three: 0.8 mm – 1.4 mm – 1.8 mm.

The material can be sold both rough and varnished, according to the final customer requests.


Bonded leather is an ideal raw material for the manufacture of leather goods such as suitcases, briefcases, handbags, wallets, document /credit cards holders, etc.

Thanks to bonded leather produced by Prodotti Alfa S.p.A. a wide variety of products can be created with different rigidity or elasticity characteristics and in various thicknesses, manufactured in different colours and shades. Bonded leather by the company Prodotti Alfa S.p.A. can also be subjected to embossing and print.

These two particular processes allow obtaining a superior quality finished product compared to the initial raw product and, indirectly, embossed or printed bonded leather (or subjected to both processes) is applied in the field of leather goods as suitable material for the manufacture of:

Belts in printed/embossed bonded leather
Suitcases in printed bonded leather
Briefcases in printed bonded leather
Bags in printed/embossed bonded leather
Wallets in printed/embossed bonded leather
Document holder and credit card holder in printed/embossed bonded leather
Organisers with cover in printed/embossed bonded leather
Bonded leather gives leather products a great visual and tactile effect.

The duration of these products is guaranteed over time and costs are lower than leather but of very high quality and aesthetic beauty.

Bonded leather by Prodotti Alfa S.p.A. is used by major brands present on the Italian territory that use it to make handbags, wallets, suitcases and leather accessories of high aesthetic value and unmistakable quality.

Since 1958 Prodotti Alfa S.p.A. is considered a pioneer in the field of bonded leather and has grown over the years, constantly investing in research and development of new processing techniques, equipment and skilled personnel.

The company’s main objective is to offer customers a product capable of satisfying any request for style and usage.


Bonded leather produced by Prodotti Alfa S.p.A. Is also applied in the packaging, containers, boxes, displays for showcases production field and much more.

Our SPECIAL – SOFT – CORIUM supports can be used for Packaging in bonded leather.

Prodotti Alfa provides the material in rolls or sheets depending on the customer’s needs.

Bonded leather offered by Prodotti Alfa S.p.A. comes from reuse of bovine leather trimmings derived from scraps of leather.

Bovine hide waste or scrap recycled by Prodotti Alfa S.p.A. and subsequently processed originate mainly from Italian companies operating in the field of leather tanning.

  • Valentina Rizzi
  • Catalog & Specs
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  • Created 09 May 2016
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