Hall/Westfield,
Inc. located
in Westfield, PA, an employee owned company specializing
in high quality vegetable tanned leathers.recently participated
in a P2E2 site visit. The Westfield Tannery was founded
in 1867 and has under gone numerous changes since then
including the consolidation of the tanning business
with a Leather Cutter the E.H. Hall Company. Hall Westfield,
Inc currently produces leather that is used in footwear,
apparel, sporting goods, equestrian and other industries.
During the site visit, DEP was impressed to learn about
the development of new products, and an investigation
of composting as a beneficial and profitable waste management
strategy. Appearing in the picture, from left to right
is the site visit team: John Carson, Office of Air Quality
Management, Bill Foreman, OETD Specialist, Jim Young,
OETD Regional Manager, Keith Kraus, Hall/Westfield
Quality Manager. Richard Illig, Environmental Protection
Specialist, participated in the visit and was operating
the camera.