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TALCO Pernambut Tannery Effluent Treatment Company Limited

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Pernambut town, situated in Vellore district at 50 km from Vellore, is one of the main centers of leather processing. There are 36 tanneries presently operating in this tannery cluster. Total production capacity of all tanneries in this cluster is about 60 tonnes of raw matrail per day. This cluster mainly processes vegetable tanned sole leather. Current direct employment in the cluster is about 5000.

All tanneries in this cluster promoted a company to establish and manage the liquid and solid wastes, namely, TALCO Pernambut Tannery Effluent Treatment Company Limited (PERTEC). This company originally conceived two CETPs for the then operating and proposed tanneries.

One of the earliest CETPs to be commissioned in the state, the PERTEC CETP was commissioned in the year 1995. Subsequently, it has been receiving continual technical assistance and support from organizations such as CLRI, NEERI etc.This company is registered under the Indian Companies Act and managed by a BoD, drawn from its members.