Reskin, Detox Leather, Ophelia and Leather between Wood and Technology are the four finalist projects of the Exploring Italian Leather Sustainability contest, promoted by UNIC – Italian Tanneries and Lineapelle in collaboration with Accademia Costume e Moda di Roma (Rome Fashion Academy). The project, which kicked off one year ago, went through a number of […]
Although 2017 expansion has been slowing down, in the first six months of the year the business is still running along a positive trend (+1% on annual basis). According to the Market Insights, set by Lineapelle Economic Service about the industry of fabrics, synthetic materials and leather substitutes, in the period some niche products have […]
Camera Arbitrale Pelli is about to relocate. The institute, which has been struggling for 80 years to defend and safeguard the leather commercial culture, is moving to Milan. On top of that, Camera Arbitrale Pelli is going to provide trade professionals with a new web portal (its setup is still underway): here they will be […]
Their business is further growing, expanding from semi-finished products to luxury accessories. They have also doubled their participation in the fair events, as they joined, for the first time, Mipel 114, the leather goods international exhibition, held on 16-19 September, in addition to their traditional participation in Lineapelle95 (scheduled on 25-27 September). They have been […]
Lineapelle95 hosts a space dedicated to art. Such space is going to welcome the vision of an artist and his ability to read, experience and bring back onto his canvas the peculiar identity of places from which Tuscan leather comes. Painter Riccardo Luchini presents his Tanneries exhibition, set up during Lineapelle95 three-day event at the […]
A mirror Cube turns internally, on one side, into a beehive whose “cells” are the pattern of a wall covered with a patchwork of hides, from which a top quality selected collection of leather comes out. On the other side, visitors can watch a video, on a screen, showing some young tanners. They are committed […]
Stazione Sperimentale per l’Industria delle Pelli e delle Materie Concianti (the Italian Leather Research Institute) keeps promoting its revamp plan, while presenting a rich agenda of works and projects currently underway. SSIP participate again in Lineapelle95 (with their own stand, located at hall 11): their technicians and researchers are consistently committed to presenting “a provision […]
It is not just market. It is not just style. It is not just innovation. Global leadership entails responsibility: Lineapelle95 is therefore meant to be a special platform to discuss topical and current issues strictly related to the leather industry. Tomorrow, at Fieramilano Rho, they will spotlight two topics in particular. Both events will take […]
In the first six months of the year 2018 overall manufacturing volumes of the Italian leather industry have been increasing by 4,6%, whereas sales have dropped, in terms of revenues, by 3,8%. In the same period, exports have gone up, in terms of volumes, by 12,1%, though they declined by 4% in terms of value, […]
Lineapelle 95th edition kicks off at Fieramilano Rho (25-27 September) after the closing, about a week ago, of the finished products fairs, namely Micam and Mipel. Likewise, some fashion events, such as TheOneMilano, White and Super, have just (24 hours ago) said goodbye to their visitors. Conversely, the fashion week bustling shows are still underway. […]
PRODUCTS AND STYLES. THE MARKETPLACE AND ITS IMPLICATIONS. INNOVATION AND ITS LIMITS. LINEAPELLE (SEPTEMBER 25TH TO 27TH), MICAM AND MIPEL (SEPTEMBER 16TH TO 19TH) BRING TOGETHER IN MILAN THE GLOBAL OPERATORS OF THE LEATHER CHAIN, AND DRAW THE LUXURY INDUSTRY OF TOMORROW
“Three days of business, style and innovation. Three days of the future”. Lineapelle 95th edition, the global business experience in the fashion & luxury industry supply, is due to kick off tomorrow in Milan (it will go on until Thursday 27 September), in the area located at Fieramilano Rho. More than ever, Lineapelle is about […]
We had few doubts about Karl Lagerfeld’s passion for leather and furs (he latest gave further evidence about it while recently designing a capsule collection for young model Kaia Gerber). Yet yesterday the fashion designer made some more announcements on the topic that are by all means crystal clear: “I do not like these vegans: […]
Let’s have a look at a few figures about Micam and Mipel, which concluded yesterday. Let’s begin with footwear. 45,424 visitors, of whom 27,272 coming from foreign countries and 18,152 from Italy, showed up at Micam 86th edition. Attendance of visitors has been in line with September 2017 edition, and number has gone up, +2,7%, […]
The organization is bound to support a synergy between tanneries, business companies, research and training centres, including all stakeholders, actively playing in the area, in order to create a profitable collaboration and carry out common projects and actions. At Igualada, Spain, they have opened the Barcelona Leather Cluster, an association of about 40 enterprises, such […]
It is official now: Uttar Pradesh government, supported by the Indian court of Environmental Crimes (NGT), has ordered the closure of the leather tanning district, located in Kanpur-Unnao, for a three-month period. Such measure, which has entered into force since last December, though they feared it even before summer, will actually stop 264 tanneries, placed […]
In Kenya they are about to open a new tannery. The government of Narok county, placed in the mid-west of the country, is going to invest 1,2 billion shillings (around 10 million euros) to build up a new tannery to prevent the wastefulness of hides and skins coming from Nyandarua, Narok and Kajiado areas, which […]
An ex-Montblanc as a ceo, and a good performance in the first 5 months. Richemont has promoted from the current position as coo effective immediate, Jerôme Lambert, in the position of ceo of the Swiss luxury multinational. The nominee is a jump in the past: Johann Rupert, president of the group, had decided about a […]
A mirror Cube that turns from one side into a beehive and the other into a screen. In the first case the “cells” form a texture to a wall covered with a patchwork of leathers from which emerges (always following the geometry of the hive) a selected review of very high quality leathers, which can […]
More connected, more transparent. ZDHC will present on Septermber 26th, in Fieramilano Rho, to Lineapelle, “the first global databde for chemicals safety”, during an event held in the LEM conference room (Ponte dei Mari – side pavilion 22). ZDHC group, aka the project “Zero Discharge of Hazardous Chemicals” is progressively enlarging the digital plafrom launched […]
