HISTORICAL REVIEW TENERIA EL BUFALO, S.A. DE C.V.

In 1915, Don Enrique Arturo Sandoval and technical graduates joiner (carpenter / quality) of Santa Cecilia Salesian College, located in Santa Tecla in the department of La Libertad, where for the problems of the First World War was a professor from Italy to return to their country, leaving him in charge of the carpentry workshop and thus putting into practice their knowledge.

The Salesians at that time had a small tannery, where he worked them providing maintenance and that's how they developed the fulling mills for a period of nine years.

At the date of 1 January 1926 at the initiative of Enrique Arturo Sandoval two men, a visionary young man and his father Don was born Benjamin Estrada Valiente society called AE Sandoval and Co., the owner of the company Tenería Buffalo, where they contribute a capital of 5,000 colones each.

Buffalo tanning make their first starts on land owned leather Don Benjamin Estrada Valiente in which there was a small structure of a left benefit and this will greatly assist the process at that time would be used.

Mr. Arturo Sandoval turns to his friend Don Francisco Diotrez, who had knowledge of tanning process for leather counseling process.

The first product produced by tanning the buffalo was the sole plant, whose manufacturing process was carried out in existing batteries in the field and took six months to complete.

In the year 1932, developed the first fulling, bought the first diesel engine 9 hp, which would be used for the movement of the fulling mills and one board machine sole. In mid-1934 for the first time is tanned with chromium by the help of a German company IG Farben, started tanning sheepskin pork, while in the same year acquired the first router machine.

Buffalo tanning machines imported the first polish and soften in 1938 and this fruitful year for the company to have the opportunity to participate in the first exhibition of leathers in Guatemala City where she presented the final product, for example: topsoil, sheepskin pork, exotic skins and their first oscarias.

In the period of World War II between 1939 until mid 1948, the tannery Buffalo experiences a period of stagnation in its progress by failing to imports of machinery from Europe to America. At the end of 1948 through the rise of the war two machines are imported, a divide-and-a stark. In the same year Don Arturo travels to specialize in tanning United States.

In the 50s, takes a modern polishing machine and a hydraulic press being the innovation in the tannery industry, a stretch of leather and soles cylinder machines. There is also the electrification of the Company, and the incorporation of the sons of Don Arturo Sandoval: Carlos Antonio Sandoval and Rafael Sandoval, who would come to give the company a new direction. Don Rafael travels to Germany on a course of tanneries, bringing a wealth of knowledge and the new way of processing the sole, reducing the processing time of 6 months to 15 days.

At the end of the decade the company began a period of industrial development and new chemical processes, buying machinery that will serve the various processes of leather, and these components for the manufacture of a product called chamois that revolutionized the footwear industry (ADOC) For about 20 years.

Between 60 and 70, the company continued with the same pace of work in progress, until the mid-'70s, when he designed and built the biggest churn in Central America with capacity of 12 tons of weight for leather tanning, reaching maximum quality in the country, reaching a leading position as tanneries in the market, while the Buffalo Tenería becomes a corporation.

From 1991 to 1997, the company is in trouble economically and goes to the bank.

Since 1997 the Bank negotiated with Mr Guillermo Adolfo Egan to participate as a shareholder of Buffalo S. Tannery A., achieving the company to reopen and continue working with great effort and dedication to regain the market and offer good quality products, starting with a different administration.

It is precisely this commitment to quality management leads to certify the company in 2000 in ISO 2006 certification currently preserved in its ISO 2008.

Equally important to have quality, is the respect of a company by the environment. Tannery The Buffalo currently has a recirculation system chrome baths, the baths while using high exhaustion. This coupled with the final water treatment to remove heavy metals from other components, results in a low water discharge standard.

In the soaking / liming is under way to develop a system of recirculating baths with hair filtering, for which they are buying the necessary machinery. Later they were crowded into this water to the standard effluent discharges.

Over the past two years, and as marked improvement policy by Don Guillermo Egan, have acquired five new machines. These machines are stark, drip, divider, router and a gap of three dishes.

Even today it is proceeding with the construction of three new mills. One for soaking and liming and the other two for tanning. These new fulling increased the capacity of the tannery at about 45,000 kilos per month.

Currently, the installed capacity in the Tannery The Buffalo allows you to have a production of 225,000 feet of skin in all its variations and about 75,000 feet of fleshing.