CHEMICAL QUESTIONS – Chrome’s destiny
“We are sorry, but chrome is no longer strategic”. Lanxess sells its chrome chemicals division to china-based brother. Will anything change in the market ?
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RAW MATERIAL – Narrowed giant
From slaughterhouses to livestock farms, the french meat market is reducing the number of players. A potential threat to the leather segment
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AN ALTERNATIVE? NOT REALLY – The strange case of fish leather
A case, not as strange as it seems. If anything, it is symptomatic of a certain mediatic medium. That, when talking about leather, to look for new (forcibly green) at all costs. Defining it as green, even when it is not
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REPORTAGE – Tanning among ‘The Sassi’
European capital of culture in 2019, millenary city with a long history regarding leather. welcome to Matera, and to our journey looking for its disappeared tanneries
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EDITORIAL – The meaning we like the most, something we like least
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Amazonia, PETA slander Horween: “The controversy is instrumental”
PETA accuses Horween Leather, an historical American tannery, of being co-responsible, or moral instigator (if you prefer), of the fires that have hit the Amazon rainforest. The animal rights association, which attended (and is attending) fashion weeks in London, Milan and Paris with hostile mobilisations against leather, bought a vertical posting on a billboard in […]
Ikea’s veg fanatism, Coimbra goes meat-free: What kind of ethics is this?
Ikea, the Swedish furniture giant announced it plans on pushing the vegan options at its restaurants. Moreover: it wants to bring its clients to like plant-based products more than others. On the same line is Coimbra University, which will eliminate bovine meat options from its cafeterias starting from January 2020. Similar news, braking days from […]
California, the crocodile ban to come into force in 2020
“Beginning on January 1st, 2020, it will be illegal to import for commercial purposes or sell the carcass and any other parts of crocodile and alligator within the state of California”. Thus states the norm of the Californian penal code which, from next year, prohibits the trade in crocodile and alligator raw materials. The law […]
USHSLA and LIA merge into LHCA, the unified symbol of US leather
US tanning association (LIA) and that of tanning raw material traders (USHSLA) formalised the merger into a new unitary subject. From January 1st, 2020, LHCA (Leather and Hide Council of America) will become operational, while Stephen Sothmann, current president of USHSLA, will be in charge of guiding operations. John Wittenborn, after 15 as LIA chairman, […]
Scottish Leather Group: 100 new employees for. Anew production site
The growth of Scottish Leather Group isn’t slowing down. The Scottish leather group’s management has announced the opening of a new production site in the city of Paisley, where the company already operates a tannery. Operational within 1 year According to what reported by online portal leatherbiz.com, Scottish Leather Group’s goal is to make the new […]
An opaque 2019 for Pittards, but Brexit doesn’t scare it: Ethiopia is ready
Sales decreased over the last 6 months of the year, but profits go up. Stephen Yapp said himself satisfied by Pittards’ results, the tanning and leather group in the United Kingdom of which he is president. Even after the group’s revenue decreased sensibly. Down by 16% The group’s sales between January and June 2019 decreased […]
Brazil, CSCB Sustainability Forum to discuss leather
A historical material challenged by modern times, an industrial process in search of the best solution to create a connection with new consumption and new consumer ideas. The title of the next edition of CSCB Sustainability Forum is “Leather in a hyperconnected world”: “Leather is tradition, past techniques remain functional – we read in the […]
Green biopolymers inside tanneries: here are Life Biopol’s results
Biopolymers manufactured from biomass and other industrial waste. With the capacity to tan, re-tan and fatten. They are an alternative to chemicals of petrol origins that are at times used today. This is the goal reached by the Life Biopol project, co-financed by the European Union as a part of the LIFE program. Participating in...
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On to the next one: Hermès invests in the third factory in Normandy
New step forward for the third Hermès production plant in Normandy. In recent days, according to reports from paris-normandie.fr, the Eure Department Council unanimously approved the sale of former Cinram factory to the brand. From DVDs to leather goods The site was owned by Cinram who produced CDs and DVDs in the plant. After a […]
A 165 years journey: Vuitton’s Time Capsule
It opened last Friday, and will close on October 20th. Time Capsule is the exhibition that traces the long history of Louis Vuitton, from 1854 to today. It is hosted, in Milan, in the halls of Palazzo Reale and it truly represents a journey through time. In fashion. In style. And also in the use […]
Celebrating circularity: SICIT wins the Green Carpet Fashion Award
They call them GCFA, namely Green Carpet Fashion Awards, whose prize-giving ceremony took place last night in Milan, at the Scala Theatre. The awards are now on their third edition: CNMI (Camera Nazionale della Moda Italiana, the National Chamber of Italian Fashion), in collaboration with Eco-Age and the support of ITA (Italian Trade Agency), along […]
Vivienne Westwood sustainability: “Do less, do it better”
If fashion industry really wants to be sustainable, it must be ready to give something up. Primarily, it must prefer quality to quantity. Such is the attitude of mind of the top managers of Vivienne Westwood fashion brand, founded by the British designer, renowned for her activism. The motto “buy less, choose well” is not...
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France, CHANEL to expand leather goods plants in Verneuil-en-Halatte
CHANEL have started works to enlarge their factory located in Verneuil-en-Halatte. Yesterday, in the morning, the fashion brand began the construction of the new building, which is bound to rise up next to the one actively running in the French small town. According to expectations, they are due to complete building works by the end […]
