Iqbal Impex

Est. 19621962

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Iqbal Impex

Company profile

Leather goods and finished leather, from Ambur.

Iqbal Impex makes hand-finished bags, belts, wallets, travel goods and small leather goods, and supplies finished leather for export. It began in 1962 as a vegetable tannery behind a house on Bazaar Street.

Ownership history
A craftsman stitching a leather belt at a sewing machine
Fig. 01 — Unit 1, 14 Station Road, Ambur

01 / 06 — Who we are

Three generations, two units.

A family company in its third generation. The founder, Haji Mohammed Iqbal, tanned goat and sheep skins for traders in Madras. His son Abdul Rahman renamed the business Iqbal Impex in 1986 and took it into export. His grandson Imran Iqbal leads it today.

Work is split across two units: the tannery, cutting and finished goods in Ambur, and small leather goods in Vaniyambadi. Leather that leaves the tannery goes either into our own pieces or to export customers as finished leather.

02 / 06 — Leadership

The people who run it.

Portrait of Imran Iqbal

Since 2018

Imran Iqbal

Managing Director

Grandson of the founder. Trained in leather technology and design; revived the 40-day pit tan and introduced hide traceability.

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Leather-working tools and a cut leather piece laid out on a bench
Fig. 03 — Unit 2, Vaniyambadi

03 / 06 — Infrastructure

Where the work happens.

Units
Ambur (tannery, cutting, finished goods) · Vaniyambadi (small leather goods)
Floor area
~25,000 sq ft combined
Artisans
~240
Capacity
~15,000 finished pieces a month
Leathers
Vegetable-tanned buffalo and cow, goat suede, crust leather
Effluent
Treatment plant on site since 2002
Machinery
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  • Unit 1 — AmburTannery, cutting and finished goods. 14 Station Road.
  • Unit 2 — VaniyambadiSmall leather goods. Opened 2010.

04 / 06 — Certificates

Certificates and registration.

Scans of current certificates. Registration: GSTIN 646860688684660 · IEC 578668906688653.

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05 / 06 — Export markets

Seven export markets, shipped from Ambur.

First export · Italy, 1981

  1. 01Italy
  2. 02Germany
  3. 03United Kingdom
  4. 04France
  5. 05Spain
  6. 06United States
  7. 07United Arab Emirates

06 / 06 — Values

What we hold to.

  1. Tan slowly where it shows.

    The heritage line still spends 40 days in bark liquor, as in 1962.

  2. Stitch by hand.

    Machine cutting since 1991; finished goods are still hand-stitched.

  3. Trace every hide.

    Heritage pieces have carried a batch number since 2023.

  4. Clean the water we use.

    Effluent treatment installed in 2002, one of the early units in the cluster.