AKNAS is the working name of AKNAS Watchbands & Trading Co., Ltd, a Thailand Bangkok-based, Thai-French, high-end manufacturing workshop specializing in exotic leathers, such as stingray leather ( galuchat / shagreen), crocodile, python leather and more.

Starting in 2001 with exclusively producing watchbands for Swiss and North-American luxury watchmakers, owners, and collectors, the small but very specialized facility was immediately recognized for offering the highest quality and widest color range of deep-dyed galuchat, also known as stingray leather or shagreen; together with an unparalleled level of workmanship for this extremely complex material. The other exotic leathers used by the workshop are python leather and crocodile leather.

In 2005, building on this initial success, the workshop started producing small exotic leather accessories for women using its unique know-how, continually improving through R&D, and became known for producing designs in galuchat (stingray leather/ shagreen ), until then deemed either impossible or lacking finesse.

Since 2007, AKNAS proposes OEM, ODM, and Unfinished services to its clientele of brands and designers from around the world. Historically bent on quality, the following years saw breakthrough "savoir-faire", manufacturing techniques such as “groove-stitching”, and the development of Men’s lines.

In 2011, in addition to its manufacturing services, the workshop also developed its own "galuchat" only retail brand, Atelier AKNAS, in Japan with its own collection.

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