Organizational machines running at full capacity for Lineapelle, that closes “a 2017 of growth and leadership consolidation at an international level, and is going to start 2018 with a bang”. Three appointments happening in sequence between January and February 2018. Lineapelle London will take place on Tuesday, January 23rd, inside the Ham Yard Hotel: 50 […]
“Total Italian exports of tanned leather, based on the data available till now for the year 2017 (first 9 months), estimates growth of 1% in value, and (% in volume”. Good news, that, if confirmed, will “Interrupt the slightly negative trend of Italian exports that characterized the 2 previous years”. UNIC (Italian National Tanners Association) […]
CICB, Brazil’s national tanneries association will not be happy. Because, as it loves to remind everyone, its planned objective is to bring the South American chain to increase exports of high added-value leather, rather than raw material. The balance sheet for the first 11 months of the year says another story, revenue from abroad of […]
CNC (Conseil National du Cuir), French confederation that puts together the interests of 19 national associations involved in the leather industry’s chain, re-confirmed Frank Boehly (66 years old), in charge since 2014, as its president. The assembly that made the decision took place on December 14th, 2017, and set the objectives for the period 2018-2020. […]
CEC (Confédération Européenne de l’Industrie de la Chaussure) defends the leather shoes segment in the diplomatic battle that is re-writing international regulations regarding commerce between the European Union and Mercosur. Additionally, negotiations with Japan have also been opened, while COKA, the National Footwear and Leather Association of the Czech Republic, is officially a new member. […]
Lanxess announces a 20% increase in the price of its Sodium Dichromate. The measure, effective immediately, is caused by the increased operational costs and the need to re-finance investments among the assets of the multinational, that operates in the chemical industry. Sodium dichromate is the mineral from which chromite-based materials are made, especially chromite salts […]
The automotive industry buys less Argentinian leather. Tanneries in the Santa Fe region buy less raw hides. The slaughterhouses, which are also facing an increment in the price of electricity, lose money and time. It is the picture, not at all positive, that was painted by the end of the year in the department of […]
New hires, and quite many, in sight. Prevent, German group, specialized in the production of leather and cloth covers for the automotive sector, sets up for more growth in Bosnia, where it has 15 facilities and 6500 employees. According to local news sources, the company is planning to hire 700 new employees, starting with a […]
Simple though effective. Customer shows up at Hermès, in one of their luxury stores: here he talks to the staff and jots down a draft of his ideal plan about his vehicle interiors. After the provisional sketch, they meet up again with the creative designers and the engineers of the luxury fashion company; as well […]
Every now and then, animal-rights activists curse at ladies, who are walking around in the shopping streets wearing a fur. It happens in Italy, and much more in France. Such assaults have become a real social problem in the French country: that’s why Fédération Française des Métiers de la Fourrure, the French fur association, has […]
93 exhibitors, 55 from Italy, 26 tanneries, took part in Blossom Première Vision, the sneak preview of Première Vision. The exhibition, on its third edition, which spotlighted fabrics, leather and accessories for summer 2019, took place at Palais Brongniart (Paris Ile) on December 12-13. Results have been disappointing though. According to some Italian exhibitors, which […]
Co-Shoes & Accessories, Elche’s Spanish exhibition event, which was promoted by FICE (the association of Spanish footwear industry) in 2014, is at risk. On the last edition of the fair workshop, the third one so far, held in October 2016, only 25 exhibitors took part in the event: on the first edition, there were 100 […]
THERE IS THE MARKETING PROGRAMS BY BIG AND LUXURY BRANDS. GLOBAL ONES, TO BE SPECIFIC. THE ITALIAN LEATHER INDUSTRY IS DOING THE DEEDS, AND HAVING TO DEAL WITH THE CONSEQUENT COSTS. BUT IT ISN’T GIVEN ANY MERIT FOR DOING SO FROM THE PUBLIC. IT IS THE MEDIA’S AND THE INDUSTRIAL’S SHORT-CIRCUIT REGARDING SUSTAINABILITY. AND ACCORDING TO CLAUDIO MARENZI, (PRETTY MUCH) “A HOAX”
When red tape interferes, protectionism does not work well. They found it out in Turkey, where a very heavy duty has become effective since last 16 August: 500 dollars per ton of bovine wet blue, and 40 per cent on the sale price of sheep and goat semi-finished leather. Unfortunately, Turkish “experts” have mixed things […]
Time out. Indian press announce that livestock trade ban, set by Modi’s Government, has been suspended. Just for the records, such measure, along with a state of uncertainty and oppression, which have been affecting Indian workers for months, is actually crippling the meat and leather industries. It is not true though. In fact, now Indian […]
“What are we supposed to do, how shall we schedule our agenda, to represent you best?”. The UK Leather Federation, which is the association of the British leather area, launched a social survey on their website (due on December 15th) to ask their members about the setting of the works on their future agenda. UKLF […]
William Tucci, general director of Bader tanning group (which focus their production on leather for car interiors), points out that, out of the 11 countries where his group is currently operating, Uruguay is the most expensive one, with regard to costs, just after Germany. On the other hand, some managers who were in charge of […]
From potential bankruptcy to prospective buyout. GST Autoleather joined the Chapter 11 regime on last October 4, at the time that in Milan Lineapelle was opening its stands to exhibitors and visitors. “Along with our advisors we have carefully assessed all options – pointed out Dennis Hiller, CEO of the car interiors giant – and […]
Calf and goat skins turnover has been increasing, compared to last year’s same period, while in contrast medium-large bovine hides and sheep skins slow down; slightly the former, more remarkably the latter. Such are the early data about Italian tanning industry, with regard to July-September 2017, provided by Lineapelle in their Economic Report over the […]
Tanneries and fashion brands that make use of leather, as well as supply networks and stakeholders in the tanning industry are meant to participate. The “Due Diligence for Healthy Workplaces in the Tanning Industry” project, overseen by Cotance (the EU federation of tanning associations), along with IndustriALL-Europe, and based on EU Social Exchange, aims to […]
