AQC is the French acronym for « Association pour l’Assurance Qualité des Fabricants de Bracelets Cuir », or Association for Quality Assurance of Leather Bracelets Manufacturers. It is an open, international, Swiss-based association established in June 2014.
The founding members are: Brasport, Camille Fournet, Hirsch, Interstrap and Multicuirs. Together, they represent a significant share of the world’s luxury leather bracelet production.
AQC was created to provide an additional service to all stakeholders in the watch and leather industries.
Its vision is to ensure a leather bracelet with the highest level of safety and proactively act for a responsible global supply chain. Its mission is to provide a center of competencies and exchange. Its strategy lies on 4 pillars: chemical compliance, traceability, credibility and communication/networking. Its values are: expertise, safety, confidentiality, mutualization, in cooperation with all stakeholders.
AQC is a platform, allowing all stakeholders in the leather bracelet value chain to participate and contribute to initiatives, such as:
- Chemical testing schemes
- Restricted substances list
- Harmonisation of testing methods
- Supply chain mapping
- Tanner rating
- AQC certification
- Harmonisation of LCA methodology, with the elaboration of a Product Environmental Footprint (PEF) for leather bracelets
- Events and working groups
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