The positive news is that for three out of four French people, leather is sustainable and natural. The bad news is that young people are confused about the subject. Happydemics institute conducted an online survey of 1,000 French citizens over the age of 18 on July 2-7, 2021. The aim of the survey, carried out […]
Scottish Leather Group will fly over Chinese airline. The British tanning group that makes leather for seats as well, has announced the signing of a new contract to supply the seats of a Chinese airline. The Scottish company confirms its relevance in the sector. After having also supplier Ryanair and Emirates in the airline segment...
A visit to the farm to learn about the best practices in European animal husbandry. A gift from Cotance to understand, in practice, the circularity of leather and the up-cycling function of tanning. On December 7, Frans Timmermans, European Commissioner for Climate and the European Green Deal, visited a meat and dairy farm in the […]
Leather scales to save a life. A team of researchers with the Zurich University have discovered that, starting from the first millennium AC, Asian soldiers used a special armor. This defensive wear was made of leather pieces stitched together in the shape of a shield proved to be very effective. The approach was known already,...
These days D’Arienzo Collezioni is among the exhibitors at L’Artigiano in Fiera (Milan, December 4-12). Because participation in this type of event open to the final consumer has been part of the company from Solofra’s strategy since it was founded in 1991. Precisely for this reason, D’Arienzo Collezioni continues to set up its stand at […]
Sorrow, bitterness and the need to explain the situation in detail. Giancarlo Dani, owner of the homonymous Vicenza-based tanning group, does not stand by and responds to the unfounded news of an alleged redundancy fund emergency that would substantially involve his company. The news, spread in an “unethical” manner and further misrepresented, has rebounded abroad, […]
Supply chain mergermania. The Koinos Capital fund has acquired a majority stake in Tre Zeta Group, a San Miniato-based company specialising in leather soles and sneakers soles. The value of the investment has not been disclosed. Supply chain “Today marks the beginning of Koinos’ collaboration with Tre Zeta Group”, explains Marco Morgese, founding partner of...
Bovine meat slows in the USA. Deer, on the other hand, is doing surprisingly well. The USDA (United States Department of Agriculture) published data relating sales of red meat for the month of October, which appear to be down 7% compared to the same month of 2020. Meanwhile, consumption of deer meat is booming, with slaughterhouses […]
“All this was science fiction just 30 years ago”, said the president of the Veneto region, Luca Zaia. Now, in the other hand, the absolute circularity of the tanning segment is a reality that brings the forward-thinking name of SICIT (owned by Intesa Holding and NB Renaissance). Zaia cut the ribbon of the Vicenza-based company’s...
Gustavo Gonzalez-Quijano, general secretary of Cotance, does not hold back when confronted with yet another vegan stunt: “What nonsense is this?” He writes on LinkedIn. The company Airbus Corporate Helicopters (ACH) has launched a helicopter model (ACH145) with an animal-free interior. So far, so good. But it has decided to (commercially) christen its alternative material […]
For luxury brands that neglect Generation Z, the De Profundis could soon sound. Although global market growth in 2022 is estimated at between 1% and 5% compared to 2019, half of all brands could disappear by 2030, according to Equité. In their place, new brands that are digital natives and focused on Gen Z are...
An explosion of creativity that was almost overwhelming. An atmosphere suspended between astonishment and emotion. The show of the latest Louis Vuitton collection designed by Virgil Abloh will go down in history as an unforgettable event. Starting with its title: Virgil Was Here. Every organisational detail paid homage to the designer and his disruptive and...
Lapi Gelatine, company owned by Lapi Group holding, acquired Spanish Juncà Gelatine. The Tuscan entity closed the operation in partnership with DisproInvest and thanks to the financing by MPS Capital Services, Corporate and Investment Bank of Gruppo Montepaschi. “Our goal is to strengthen our position within the gelatin marketplace – commented in a note Roberto Lapi, president of Lapi Group...
The EU proposal on deforestation leaves CICB confused as well. Centro das Indústrias de Curtumes do Brasil expressed in a note its position to the EU, in regards to the ban on goods imported in Europe that are tied, in some way, to deforestation. The issue, as already highlighted by UNIC and Cotance, is that […]
Lights, but shadows as well, on the sneakers market, where the battle between Western and Chinese brands could broaden its horizons and become planetary, at least in the technical and volume segment. For example: Adidas and Nike are suffering from supply chain problems, while Li Ning and Anta are flying. In any case, sneakers remain […]
20 artisans from as many regions of Italy were called to re-interpret Fendi’s Baguettes, the iconic leather good designed by Silvia Venturini Fendi in 1997. The Hand in Hand exhibit aims at giving value to Italian know-how by offering fame to those professions that risk of being forgotten by the public. The exhibit opened to the public on October […]
The synergy with Vibram, protagonist of a presentation during the last edition of Lineapelle, within the project A New Point of Materials. Now the synergy with SCARPA, joining forces with an Italian outdoor excellence. Evolo, Sciarada’s suede produced with high standards of sustainability and circularity, has attracted the attention of the fashion world. And, with […]
There’s only one way to save leather: recycling. Only in this way we can give new life to waste products and help safeguard the future of our planet. Silvateam took the first step on this path by developing Ecotan, a recyclable, metal-free and glutaraldehyde-free leather made using natural tannins, biopolymers and sustainable finishing products, safe […]
Italian tanning obtained successful results in the third quarter of 2021 as far as bovine hides go: +14% for medium-large pieces and +24% for small ones. Extending the discussion on the first 9 months of the year, the performance is of +25% and +22%, respectively. Ovine hides, on the other hand, didn’t mirror the former’s...
The context is that of the European Green Deal. As part of it, the EU Commission published some initiatives among which is one that is really not convincing. Simply put, this proposal – explains UNIC – Italian Tanneries -, has to do with a “set of rules that aims at guaranteeing that products sold within...
