THE TECHNOLOGICAL AND ECONOMIC ASPECTS OF THE INNOVATION PROCESSES OF PRODUCING LEATHER IN THE LEATHER INDUSTRY

The article has examined the innovation technologies and chemical materials proposed by different authors for the last five years that allow improving the skins quality, including bio-compatible and thermal resistant ones, at three main stages of processing: preparatory (soaking off and softening), tanning and finishing (chemical puttying, application of low-temperature plasma) and at the stage of storing. It has been demonstrated that the achieving the optimal state of the skin protein structure is the decisive factor for obtaining high-quality skin. The attention has been paid to the innovation technologies in the personnel management, including provision and effectiveness of the use of the labor resources and the payroll. It has been demonstrated that the cluster approach is the innovation for the management of the competitiveness of the leather production.

leather industry, innovation technologies, production, competitiveness, staff policy, production process, chemical materials, quality of the skin, clustering approach, tanning