Search Results for: leather

Chemical
  • 26 Mar 2018

Lanxess rejoice in 2017 turnover: +25% overall, +10,5% in the leather business unit. “Top record performance and prospective sound basis”

They confirmed their last quarter trend: chemical Lanxess did very well throughout 2017. Such good performance is mostly based, apparently, on their acquisition, successfully completed last year, of US Chemtura, a supplier of flame retardant and lubricant additives. Their annual turnover reached 9,66 billion euros, thus increasing by 25% compared to 2016. As for profits, […]

News
  • 19 Mar 2018

Italy and Brazil team up to enhance certifications: ICEC and CSCB join for the Sustainability Certification Program

They signed their agreement today in Hong Kong. ICEC (the Quality Certification Institute for the Leather Sector) and CSCB (the Brazilian Leather Certification of Sustainability) joined forces to further enhance and reinforce the “mutual acknowledgement of certifications – as pointed out in a joint release – which are supposed to provide the leather sector with […]

Technology
  • 19 Mar 2018

Biconic conveyor for vibration staking machines is the innovation of the year: the Best of APLF prize goes to Equitan

Equitan are in high spirits. The company, headquartered in Chiampo (Vicenza), a leading manufacturer of machinery for tanneries, has been awarded, a few hours ago, the “Best of APLF” prize for innovation, during the international trade industry fair, which is underway in Hong Kong. The company, founded in 1998 by Antonio Antoniazzi, was awarded for […]

Footwear
  • 19 Mar 2018

The UITIC conference is coming up soon. AMF (presenting a shoe model with no seams) and Deloitte to speak first

Flexibility, digital technologies, customization, and management of changing relations between brands and final consumers. All of these topics have a common denominator: Industry 4.0. On top of that, they will be discussed during the forthcoming edition (n.20, coming up soon) of UITIC conference, the international technical footwear congress scheduled in Porto, Portugal, from 16th to […]

Magazine Archive
  • 13 Mar 2018

Number 03

FASHION BRANDS (ALMOST ALL OF THEM) GO UP. LEATHER GOODS ARE DOING WELL, AND SNEAKERS ARE ON TOP. BUSINESS IS MOVING, TO OTHER DIRECTIONS THOUGH. SINCE NOT ALL BRANDS ARE IN A GOOD SHAPE, PROVISIONS FOR BAGS DECREASE A GREAT DEAL AND SUCCESS OF SPORTWEAR PUTS PRESSURE ON PRICES AGAIN. FASHION DEMANDS FOR CLOSER SERVICES. MILAN SENDS COMFORTING MESSAGES TO TANNING INDUSTRY, URGING IT TO FIND NEW SOLUTIONS THOUGH.

News
  • 12 Mar 2018

Turkey’s leather export speeds up after getting over diplomatic crisis with Russia

Turkey and Russia get along again. “Russian market is back, as it used to be in the good old days. We make collections faster than the big manufacturing countries. They choose us because we work at full speed and we deliver shoes much more rapidly”, recently remarked Süleyman Gürsoy, president of the Association of Turkish […]

Chemical
  • 12 Mar 2018

German chemical Lanxess win an award at home for developing a “circular” plant

Lanxess, a top manufacturer of chemical solutions, most of all directed at the tanning industry, was honored with the Innovationspreis für Klima und Umwelt (IKU) 2017 prize, an award in acknowledgement of their commitment to innovation in terms of climate and environment. At the award ceremony, which took place in Berlin, German Secretary of State, […]

Tannery
  • 6 Mar 2018

Dr. Martens heeds the leather rumbles and prepares for rebranding their Vegan collection by crossing out the “Leather” term

Dr. Martens gives up Vegan Leather label, while planning, for next summer, their green collections rebranding. The British manufacturer announced their decision in a written notice they sent to Cotance on February 5: starting from Spring-Summer 2018 collections, their product lines, entirely made of alternative material, will be labelled (in the stores as well) as […]

Tannery
  • 6 Mar 2018

UNIC welcomes some delegates from Algeria, while striving for cooperation, and takes them to Acque del Chiampo and Conceria Junior

They arrived in Milan last week on Tuesday, right on time to visit Lineapelle94 and Simac Tanning Tech, and share with UNIC tanners their meaningful participation in the fair, and much more. Fifteen Algerian leather professionals, gathered in a delegation composed of private and public tanneries, ministries and local research/training centres, have encountered Italian leather […]

Tannery
  • 6 Mar 2018

Craft The Leather at Lineapelle94: the winner is Heleen Sintobin, a young British fashion designer. Her creativity was the best

The contest was on its sixth edition, and quality was very high (as usual). Last week, during Lineapelle94, Consorzio Vera Pelle Italiana Conciata al Vegetale, the consortium of Italian vegetable tanned leather, exhibited the prototypes made by 10 young fashion designers (coming from 9 international schools), who participated in the Craft The Leather creative contest. […]

Fairs
  • 26 Feb 2018

Lineapelle94 edition: leadership confirmed, French buyers increase, innovation on top. Style and market trends

Several qualified clients showed up, “not only the traditional ones, including the luxury fashion companies as well as the most prestigious brands, but also new players, small and medium sized, who search, at Lineapelle, for reliable partners in terms of product quality, outstanding service and innovation”. Lineapelle, “the trade business experience for global fashion & […]