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Seton Company
Seton Company, Inc. or the Seton Leather Company of Pennsylvania (SEPA) is a former manufacturer and supplier of leather products—and later brand—for automotive interiors. The company was founded in 1906 by German tanner Joespeh Kaltenbacher and was one of the largest leather suppliers for automotive upholstery. It was based in West Bloomfield, Michigan and previously headquartered in Norristown, Pennsylvania Norristown is a municipality with home rule status and the county seat of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania Montgomery County is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. It is the third-most populous county in Pennsylvania and the 7 .... On January 3, 2011, the company became a subsidiary of GST AutoLeather, Inc., making the world's largest seat supplier for the automotive industry. References External links *http://www.setonco.com/ *http://www.nacua.org/nacualert/memberversion/Unions/setonco.pdf *http://www.altoonamirror.com/page/content.detail/id/5 ...
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Leather
Leather is a strong, flexible and durable material obtained from the tanning, or chemical treatment, of animal skins and hides to prevent decay. The most common leathers come from cattle, sheep, goats, equine animals, buffalo, pigs and hogs, and aquatic animals such as seals and alligators. Leather can be used to make a variety of items, including clothing, footwear, handbags, furniture, tools and sports equipment, and lasts for decades. Leather making has been practiced for more than 7,000 years and the leading producers of leather today are China and India. Animal rights groups claim that modern commercial leather making and the consumption of its products is unethically killing animals. According to the life-cycle assessment (LCA) report for the United Nations Industrial Development Organization, 99% of the raw hides and skins used in the production of leather derive from animals raised for meat and/or dairy production. Critics of tanneries claim that they engage in uns ...
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Tanner (occupation)
Tanning may refer to: *Tanning (leather), treating animal skins to produce leather *Sun tanning, using the sun to darken pale skin **Indoor tanning, the use of artificial light in place of the sun **Sunless tanning, application of a stain or dye to the skin (active ingredient in tanning lotion products is dihydroxyacetone (DHA)). * Physical punishment, metaphorically, such as a severe spanking which leaves clear marks See also *Skin whitening *Tan (color) *Tan (other) Tan or TAN may refer to: Businesses and organisations * Black and Tans, a nickname for British special constables during the Irish War of Independence. By extension "Tans" can now also colloquially refer to English or British people in general, ... * Tannin (other) {{disambiguation ...
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West Bloomfield, Michigan
West Bloomfield Township, officially the Charter Township of West Bloomfield, is a charter township in Oakland County, Michigan, Oakland County in the U.S. state of Michigan, within the Detroit metropolitan area. It is one of the most expensive places to live in Oakland County. As of the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census, the township had a population of 65,888. Communities *Westacres is an Unincorporated area, unincorporated community in the township at Keith and Commerce Roads ( Elevation: 925 ft./282 m.). Geography West Bloomfield is sometimes referred to by its residents as the "lake township of Oakland County", due to it being heavily dotted with small and medium-sized lakes. Cass Lake (Michigan), Cass Lake, the largest lake in the county, is in part of West Bloomfield, and Pine Lake, which has a private country club on its shore, is only a few miles away from Cass and lies completely within West Bloomfield. In addition, directly west of Pine Lake is Orchard Lake ...
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Norristown, Pennsylvania
Norristown is a municipality with home rule status and the county seat of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania Montgomery County is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. It is the third-most populous county in Pennsylvania and the 73rd-most populous county in the United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the county was 856,55 ..., United States, in the Philadelphia metropolitan area. Located along the Schuylkill River, approximately from the Philadelphia city limits, Norristown had a population of 34,324 as of the 2010 U.S. Census. It is the fourth most populous municipality in the county and second most populous borough in Pennsylvania. It is the largest non-township municipality in Montgomery County and is located southeast of Allentown, Pennsylvania, Allentown and northwest of Philadelphia, the sixth largest city in the United States. History The area where Norristown sits was originally owned by the family of Isaac Norris (statesman), Isaac N ...
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Defunct Manufacturing Companies Based In Michigan
Defunct (no longer in use or active) may refer to: * ''Defunct'' (video game), 2014 * Zombie process or defunct process, in Unix-like operating systems See also * * :Former entities * End-of-life product * Obsolescence Obsolescence is the state of being which occurs when an object, service, or practice is no longer maintained or required even though it may still be in good working order. It usually happens when something that is more efficient or less risky r ...
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