Welcome to the Union Hide Company - a processor in the business of hides and skins since 1912. Our office is located in Walnut Creek, California and our processing plant is located in Modesto, California, approximately 75 miles southeast of our office in Walnut Creek.

Until 1962, our offices and plant location were both at the original UHC building site at the corner of Third and Harrison Streets in Oakland, California. Our processing plant was built and established in Modesto, California becoming the very first brine raceway in the western United States.

In December of 1988, our offices moved to the present location in Walnut Creek, California while all our hides continue to be processed at the Modesto, California plant.

We offer fine quality hide selections from the Modesto plant including:

• San Joaquin Packer (Premium One Packer All Pulled) Heavy, Medium & Light Steers, Dairy Steers, Dairy Cows
• Mid-Valley Packer (Two Packer All Pulled) Dairy Cows
• MBC (Modesto Brine Cured) Cow/Heifers, Dairy Cows, Small Packer Steers, Bulls, Low Grades

All hides in California are considered branded even though all dairy breeds are mostly native. In addition, we offer from other areas of the United States, several one packer and processor selections including:

• Steers
• Cows
• Dairy Cows
• Bulls
• Low Grades
• Renders

Of course, we also offer outside selections from various packers and processors including all US and Canada major packer hide selections.

COMPANY UPDATES

• 08.05.2006 > New artcile added to Historical Highlights.
• 06.24.2006 > New UHC Agents "Tomy & Juliana Cheng" & "John Hsiao" added to "Contact Us".
• 03.01.2006 > New UHC Company History content added and updated regarding UHC president Kelly Meine's trip to Mainland China in the California Trade Promotion Trip of November 2005.
• 03.01.2006 > New UHC Agent "Hamid Rashid" of Pakistan added to "Contact Us".
• 09.01.2005 > Industry Facts Updated: downloadable PDF of the latest "Standards for Governing the Export of North American Cattle Hides" manual now available.
• 09.01.2005 > US Hide, Skin & Leather Association website link updated.
• 07.10.2001 > US Hide, Skin & Leather Association formally announces and recognizes the grand opening of the UHC website to all its worldwide memebers.
• 07.02.2001 > Mr. Katzburg has announced his retirement from September 1, 2001.
  Kelly Meine will then become the fourth president of Union Hide Company.
• 07.02.2001 > The grand opening of www.unionhide.com.

Union Hide Company is a proud member of the two organizations listed below:

Click above logo to view the latest Jacobsen Price Guide report for Hides and Skins.

Click above logo to view the latest US Export Sales Report for Hides and Skins.

Click above logo to view information regarding the International Council of Hides, Skins and Leather Traders Association	Click above logo to view information regarding International Contract No. 6 - Hides & Skins

Click above logo to order the USHSLA testing laboratory's book "Skin, Hide, and Leather Defects", along with many other hide, skin, and leather related text books and periodicals directly from the publishers of Leather Manufacturer Magazine.