4. Company Overview
Privately Owned
Tier 3-4 Automotive Leather Supplier
40,000 hides per week capacity on
Finishing
10,000 hides per week capacity on
Cutting at the Mexico Plant
5. Company Overview
Pearl Leather Finishers founded in 1976
Carmen Ruggiero started his business as a side leather contract finishing operation for the
garment, shoe and furniture trade, and soon he and his son John had built a thriving company
that supplied leather for many name brand products.
The advent of NAFTA changed the industry. To survive, Pearl had to define a new niche. So in
1995, with Carmen as chief executive office and John as president, Pearl entered the automotive
seating market as a Tier 3-4 supplier of finished leather to both original equipment and after-
market seating manufacturers.
Today Pearl’s 200,000 square foot manufacturing facility for finishing and 60,000 square foot
cutting plant in Mexico are state-of-the-art plants with 375 employees. With current finishing
capacity at 40,000 whole hides per week, and cutting capacity of 10,000 hides per week, Pearl has
become one of the largest suppliers of automotive leather in the world.
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8. Management Experience (Pearl USA)
Carmen Ruggiero John Ruggiero Susan Johnson
(Founder) President Vice President
Chief Executive Officer Chief Operating Officer of Administration
66 years of experience 35 years of experience 35 years of experience
Mitch Insogna Chuck Frascatore Kimberly Holt Tim Hohler
Maintenance Manager Plant Manager Quality System Manager Production Manager
26 years of experience 31 years of experience 16 years of experience 36 years of experience
9. Management Experience (Pearl Mexico)
Carmen Ruggiero John Ruggiero Susan Johnson
(Founder) President Vice President
Chief Executive Officer Chief Operating Officer of Administration
60 years of experience 29 years of experience 29 years of experience
Jorge Holguin Guillermo Mata Omar Decena Adriana de la Ree
Plant Manager Production and Materials Quality and IT Manager Finance and HR Manager
16 years with the Manager 17 years with 15 years with
operation 17 years with the operation the operation the Operation
11. Operations
Finishing Plant in Johnstown, NY
• 200,000 Sq.Ft. State-of-the-Art Facility
• 75 Employees
• 40,000 Hides per Week Capacity
Cutting Plant In Mexico
• 60,000 Sq.Ft. Facility
• 300 Employees
• 10,000 Hides per Week Capacity
12. Finishing
Process
Consistently proven quality
Unlimited grain design
Hundreds of leather grain designs available for immediate review
Computerized chemical dispensing with unmatched accuracy
Rigorous testing complies with all automotive standards
16. Grain Rolls 2 Keisel Soleil
1 Sandstone
2 Nudo
Pearl has 8 Whole Hide Embossing Machines with 1 Wanderer
40 Rolls, over 300 embossing plates and works 1 Sierra
with an outside embosser that has over 3,000 1 Verona
plates. 1 Sutton
1 Nomad
1 Salerno 1 Buffalo
1 Badlands 1 Prado
1 G-Grain 1 Warwick
1 Camino 2 Milled Pebble
1 Highland 1 Rawhide
1 Nuance 1 Ecco-Rio
1 Vienna 1 Meridian with H.C.
1 Milano 1 VW Vienna
3 Monticello 1 Fury
1 Capelli 1 Soho
1 NF Sonata 2 Haircell
1 Mabella 1 Royale
1 Milano 1 Smooth Roll
17. New Cutting Operation in Mexico
The operation started in Juarez in 1995 to supply cut
components for Ford and General Motors to Lear
sewing plants in the city. Thought the last sixteen
years we have supplied leather for Ford, GM and
Subaru to Magna, Lear, JCI, Takata and Moriden. The
operation is experienced on both; roller press and
digital cutting, perforation, embossing with a
Mostardini press and Tyco embossing.
The operation currently has 300 employees and has
an installed cutting capacity of 10,000 hides per week
The operation has been QS 9000 Certified since 1998
and TS 16949 since 2005
18. Cutting Processes
(Roller Presses)
We have in place the processes
and technology to meet the
required quality standards by the
Automotive leather and to run the
operation efficiently
19. Digitized Cutting
State-of-the-art, digitized Gerber cutting system
Most precise and accurate cut offering 100% repeatability
Support for development runs
Two Gerber Digital Cutting Machines
20. State-of-the-Art
Research &
Development
Reinvest over 1 million dollars annually in R & D
Provide innovative design and manufacturing expertise
Ensures our leather continually exceeds demanding standards
Demonstrated commitment to excellence
21. Testing Facilities
Automotive testing laboratories
Experienced and skilled lab technicians
State-of-the-art lab equipment
Full Lab Scope for Ford, GM, Chrysler, and Hyundai Specifications
22. Community Involvement
Support local school and education facilities
Fund local community sports teams
Provide supplies to the local charity organization
23. Community Involvement
On Christmas we collect founds between us and other
persons outside the plant to buy some presents to the
children of our operators
We are part of a community that organize actives such as
planting threes or cleaning streets and parks through the
city.
25. Commitment to the Environment
Devoted to environmental protection and preservation
Maintain waste reduction and
environmental control systems
Certified ISO 14001
26. Embossing
A virtually unlimited number of embossed patterns
34. Automotive Programs
Ford Mustang (Base, GT, Shelby)- Current Lincoln MKZ-
Ford Five Hundred- Current Mercury Montego
Ford Edge- Current Mercury Mariner
Ford Flex- Current Mercury Mountaineer
Ford Escape- Current Mercury Milan- 2009
Ford Fusion- Current Hyundai Sonata- Current
Ford Explorer- Current Hyundai Santa Fe-
Current
Ford Explorer Sport Trac- Current
Ford Freestyle
Ford F150- Current
Ford Econoline- Current
Lincoln MKX- Current
Lincoln MKS- Current
Lincoln MKT- Current
36. Certifications
Certification Date
TS 16949 Automotive Standards (Pearl USA) Dec 2003
ISO 17025 Laboratory Certification (Pearl USA) May 2001
ISO 14001 Environmental Certification (Pearl USA) July 2003
TS 16949 Automotive Standards (Pearl Mexico) Oct 2005
