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Chaos in India: in the midst of elections, tanners call out a “conspiracy” against them

While the elections take place (they started April 11th and will be over on May 19th) and the candidates’ attention seems to reside elsewhere, Uttar Pradesh’s tanners fear a boycott. On the pages of online daily newspaper firstpost.com, the president of Uttar Pradesh Leather Industry Association, Taj Alam, explains he believes there is a “conspiracy” […]

Controversy in Pakistan for Louboutin: its sandal is an homage to chappal, but the brand is accused of “cultural appropriation”

Christian Louboutin divides Pakistan. The stylist created Imran, sandal inspired by the Pakistani traditional Chappal (or chapal). The model has overlapping leather stripes that cover the foot, rubber soles and a slight heel at the back, an emblem of Pashtuns’ social classes that settled in the north-west of Pakistan. Louboutin’s version takes the name from […]

Albania, as speaks Fital, a shoe factory with 8,000 pairs a day: “Currency speculators are ruining us, a hasty EU membership is not the solution”

Production relocation, currency fluctuation and EU membership negotiations starting next June. The future of Albania, a third country in the footwear sector, is all here. “I believe that the strong fluctuations of the Lek, the Albanian currency, are the result of financial speculation, even inside Albania. It is clear that a loss of value of […]

Tanning (sometimes) is also a game: from Atlas to Tropico 6, video games where leather is part of the strategy

Forty units of fiber, 35 of leather, 40 of Keratinoids, 20 of metal and 120 of wood. These are the resources needed to build a tannery in Atlas, one of the best known multiplayer videogames. Building a tannery in Atlas is a crucial step to continue the adventure when using your character, who, in the...

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The Eu is at work for the welfare of fur. But (would you look at that) animal activists become upset

The complaints of animal activists define this as a grave “endorsement” by the European Commission, that has recently taken two strategic steps to protect animal welfare within the fur chain. First of all, the entity made a call to European universities that want to collaborate on the topic of fur-animals (in the “small animals” segment,...

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Leather and innovation: Lineapelle returns to Seoul to explain excellence and new prospects of use

The contact point dates back to last March, when Lineapelle held a series of “promotion and sharing” meetings in Seoul, summarised in the concept #sharinginnovation and characterised by presentations and storytelling activities related to quality, sustainability and the constant innovative evolution of leather and the Italian tannery industry. The next step goes back to these […]

Spain-Italy, there and back: Curtidos Badia, which has an outpost in Tuscany, is the first tannery from Igualada to get the ICEC certification

Curtidos Badia becomes the first tannery in the Igualada district obtain one of ICEC’s certification, the reference entity for leather certifications at an international level. The Cataluña-based company, specialized in the production of materials for the fashion industry, obtained the standard ICE TS 412 for leather traceability for its CLASSIC SNC and MOZART MINI GREDOS goods. This is a further […]

Protectionism, Egypt continues with the duty on raw hides: the renewal is for another year and begins on May 2nd

Egypt’s government renewed the duties on raw hides’ exports. The announcement came in recent hours, when the Commerce and Industry minister, Amr Nassar, issueda decree that extends the application of the duties for another year, starting May 2nd, 2019. Amany al-Wassal, trade representative of the ministry explained that “the decision has the goal of creating equilibrium between the supply and […]

“What if we resolved it ourselves?”: In Bangladesh, tanners put their candidacy for Savar’s CEPT’s management forward

Tanneries’ owners active in Savar Tannery Industrial City, in Bangladesh, wish to manage the Central Effluent Treatment Plant (CEPT, in the image taken from rmgbd.net). The proposal was advanced a few days ago, during a meeting between the entrepreneurs and government representatives, among which was also present the Minister of Industry Nurul Majid Mahmud Humayun, Apex […]

Gli espositori indiani a Riva del garda spiegano cosa sta succedendo alle concerie in Uttar Pradesh

Chaos in India: Jajmau tanners threaten “extreme consequences”, as GST “forces” footwear manufacturers to buy from the Chinese

“We either take it to the streets or we are dead”. The forced-stop imposed to Indian tanneries in the Jajmau region, in Kanpur, has definitely put local entrepreneurs on their knees and is creating a situation filled with extreme hysteria. The measure was introduced this past December to allow for a “remediation” of the Gange’s […]