LVMH confirms the record reached in the first three months of the year with a + 15%. Same trend for Hermès that in the past few days reportedly closed the first half of 2017 with a + 11% turnover, with leather goods at + 14%. LVMH has a total turnover (19.7 billion euros), the Fashion […]
280 hired by March 2019 Céline landed in Tuscany as announced by La Conceria in February. The project of the new plant in Radda in Chianti (Siena) has been officially presented with the inauguration of the first handbag manufacturing centre. The investment is 20 million euros, and the works for the construction of the new […]
According to a survey by the Italian Trade Agency (ITA-ICE) on 13 July at the annual Brenta Footwear Assembly (ACRIB), in 2016, shoe produced in Great Britain generated a turnover of 4.3 billion Of Sterling. “Between 2012 and 2017, the industry grew at an annual rate of 2.9%,” says the study. The document also speculates […]
An industrial site capable of hosting 65 tanneries and served by a treatment facility that can clean 8,000 cubic meters of water per day in compliance with international environmental standards. These technical features of the Lanús industrial park, the stick of the stickers, are set to become the reference point for the Argentine tannery. The […]
The tanning industry Russkaya Kozha has begun building a new plant in Siberia, which should be inaugurated at the end of 2018, according to statements by group leader Vladimir Sirotina reported by Altapress. Sirotina has remarked that no new tannery has been built in Russia for the last 20 years, but indeed, several plants have […]
“Choosing raw materials is paramount. I directly choose the leather, strictly Italian, as well as accessories, just as important for the collection. I opt for basic leathers but of the highest quality” says designer Elena Longhi. Longhi, in September 2013, created the Ninael brand, winning the Independence Handbag Awards 2017 with the VBackpack bag. Featuring […]
Italy buys more than China’s exports of raw leather but retains that of semi-finished products. Italy is one of the leading customers in Washington overtaking China in wet blue. It’s the picture that emerges from USHSLA data on US overseas sales in the period January-May 2017. Bovine crude is the protagonist of an annual growth […]
For the Australian meat industry, the prospect is to close 2017, despite the downward revision of rainfall estimates, with production up 2% and export share of 2016 (just over 1 million) Tonnes. Unfortunately, volume increases do not follow values. Canberra, reports a report by MLA (Meat & Livestock Australia), suffers from downward pressure on prices. […]
Annual projections to + 10% In the first half of the year slaughterings in Argentina grew by 5.9 %. By the second semester of 2017, analysts believe that the rhythm may have a further acceleration of a total of 13 million units. An increase of 10% over 2016. According to leatherbiz.com, there would be two […]
In Savar, the vast majority of tanneries do not yet have gas connections. Considering that the move from Hazaribagh (one of the most polluted areas in the world) has been going on for 15 years, it’s astonishing the news that Bangladesh is planning to set up a new leather cluster. The idea comes from BEZA, […]
French designer Christian Louboutin presented in May the Mexicaba collection, a limited edition (2,000 pcs) of bags made in collaboration with Maya Artisans of the Yucatan Peninsula. The capsule collection – followed by the homologous Africaba – offers an opportunity for the traditional Mexican mastery to emerge and the women involved to have a job […]
At “Leather-Pro Tutti” the secrets of leather goods to become a top-notch artisan. The Institute of Excellence Jobs (IME) founded by LVMH in 2014, has decided to expand its training in Italy by choosing Polimoda Florence as a partner. The goal is to grow a new generation of leather artisans. The first course, Leather-Pro, “a […]
Wineleather will cease to be entitled to the terms “leather”, “eco-leather” as well as all the tendentious claims about the supposed superiority of the product over the leather. The trade name of the material itself, bearing the term “leather” changed. The Italian product, the winner of the H & M Group’s Global Change Award prize, […]
“Travelling for us is to give concrete expression to our commitment to internationalisation,” said ASSOMAC President Gabriella Marchioni Bocca, on 30 July at Vigevano, at the Annual Assembly of Manufacturers Of technologies for the leather area. During the meeting, there was the time for presenting some of the many global projects carried out with Italian […]
Shoe Exports. From July 2016 to May 2017, Bangladesh leather shoe export rose 12.5% over the same period of the previous year. In Brazil (according to the Brazilian Shoe Manufacturers Association), from January to May 2017, 49 million pairs were sold abroad, generating $ 441 million in cash. A 1.1% increase in volume and a […]
The Dutch Tanner group Rompa Beheer moves to Bellivo, a Luxembourg-based holding company overseeing Sopraco (meat industry). The agreement, announced by the companies, states that the Rompa group’s assets, Rompa Leather (calf and bull for furnishings, leather goods and footwear); and 50% of Rompa Tanneries (wet blue, crust and skins) have to “integrate with Sopraco’s […]
Italian and European tanners remain bitter in the mouth. On 5 July, European Commissioner for Foreign Trade Cecilia Malmström communicated with Japan’s Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida, the definition of a political understanding for the so-called JEFTA, the Free Trade Agreement between the European Union and Japan. Negotiations – years long (more about La Conceria we […]
The NGT (National Green Tribunal), the Indian Tribunal for Environmental Crimes, has published a 543-page document that indicates a series of measures that industries operating on the banks of the Ganges are invited to comply. If they fail, they face a penalty of up to 50,000 rupees (about 700 euros). The leather industry, considered by […]
ITALIAN TANNING MANUFACTURING GOES UP, FOOTWEAR THINKS POSITIVE AGAIN, LEATHER GOODS GROW ALONG WITH FASHION BRANDS. THE FIRST HALF OF 2017 JUSTIFIES OPTIMISM TO SOME EXTENT. THE WORST IS BEHIND US (MAYBE)
Different styles, different solutions, different personalities. For all that, there is a suitable leather. In Paris, on the week of Haute Couture (July 2-6), various fashion houses have taken their creations, each with their compromise between tradition and innovation. For Dior, Maria Grazia Chiuri has conjugated elegance and originality with a collection dedicated to the […]
