Townsend Leather

Townsend Leather is a leather manufacturer in Johnstown, New York. The company says it has more than 50 years of leather manufacturing experience. It works from a campus of production facilities in the Adirondack foothills of upstate New York.

Townsend makes upholstery leather for aviation interiors, architecture and design, and accessories. Its range includes cowhide and lambskin in many colors and finishes. Customers can browse the leather, build a lightbox and order samples online. The company also keeps hundreds of in-stock leathers ready for immediate shipment.

The company does not tan hides itself. It selects hides from partner tanneries and then aniline dyes them in its own factory. Hides are drum dyed so the color goes in evenly. Finishes include hand-tipping and hand-rubbing. Townsend has over 700 embossing plates and more than 140 calendar rolls, and its staff can create custom embossing patterns.

Each order is tested in the company's own laboratory for performance and flammability. Townsend can also send leather to an independent lab for certification. Because it controls the production process and keeps its dye formulas, it can match dye lots from year to year.

Townsend has seat and interior cutting programs with Bombardier, Cessna, Ipeco and FACC. It has also cut leather for JetBlue and Embraer. Its pattern cutting system uses automated hide scanning, flaw recognition and nesting to improve yield. Cut sets reduce handling time, scrap and shipping damage for seat makers.

The company exhibits at NBAA 2026 in Las Vegas at Booth 3163. It is showing the Quiet Luxury Collection, a collaboration with Stacy Garcia Studio that features embossed patterns and subtle grain textures for aviation interiors.

Customers can register for a sample account, book a visit to the campus or find a sales representative in their area. The company is AS9100 certified and lists careers on its website.

Services

• Aviation interiors leather
• Architecture and design leather
• Accessories leather
• Sample orders and lightbox
• Custom embossing
• Aniline dyeing
• Pattern cutting
• Hand-tipping and hand-rubbing
• Quality testing
• In-stock leathers