Since 1903, Conneaut Leather has specialized in the commercial sale of leather for aircraft, furniture, bookbinding, automotive, and marine industries. Our custom color match program satisfies the most discriminating of customers and is among the best in the leather industry. Today, with hundreds of colors in many different leather lines, we are one of the world’s leading leather finishers.
Conneaut Leather was founded in 1903 in Conneaut, Ohio by a small group of local businessmen. An article appeared in the June 1903 county newspaper describing the application for company formation, “Conneaut Leather Company is formed for the purpose of buying, selling, tanning, curing, and generally dealing in leather and leather articles.” Conneaut Leather started out providing leather to general industries that were producing leather items common for the time period. In the 1940’s Conneaut Leather started supplying desktop leather to the residential furniture industry. Around this time they also decided to specialize in the finishing of leather and to rely on other tanneries for their raw material.
In the 1960’s Conneaut Leather diversified into automotive aftermarket, upholstery leather for the residential furniture industry, and aircraft leather. At this time, a color specialist was hired to color match customers’ specific requests for leather colors. They then moved into the contract furniture, marine, and bookbinding industries.
Today, Conneaut Leather is an ISO certified quality leather finisher producing over 500 hides a day. The company has moved into a state-of-the-art facility with the finest and most technologically advanced machinery. In-stock programs, supported by a third-generation Mexican tannery, currently number over 150 SKU’s. The custom color match program, satisfying the most discriminating of customers, is among the best in the industry. It is diversification, longevity, quality, and excellent customer service that make Conneaut Leather the successful company it is today.