Application and Prospect of M icronized Wax in Leather Industry ZHANG Jian—yu ,YANG Ming—hui (Energy Department of Chemical Engineering,East China University ofScience and Technology,Shanghai 200237,China) Abstract:Properties and m ethods of producing micronized WaX were sketched out.Categories of micronized wax applied in leather domain were emphatically introduced. Main manufacturers both at home and abroad were briefly described. Both advantages and shortages that domestic enterprises had in producing and developing micronized wax applied in leather industry were analyzed. Also,corresp。nding counterm easures about domestic development of micronized WaX were pointed out. Key words:m icronized wax;leather;apply;category;countermeasure