VF Corp announced the transfer of Reef brand to Rockport Group, a footwear manufacturing company. Still they have not made public the transaction deal, which is due to come to completion by the end of the month. Reef, founded in 1984 by two brothers coming from Argentina (Fernando and Santiago Aguerre), and well-known for their […]
Aldo Group, specialized in footwear and fashion accessories, is the first company in the world being certified neutral as to effects on climate. In other words, it is officially considered to be an environmental zero impact business. The company has been given this award by South Pole, an international consulting agency dedicated to sustainability, which […]
Aiming to enhance their expansion, they are about to set a million worth investment. Maroquinerie Thomas, a French leather group specialized in high-end leather goods outsourcing, announced they are going to open soon a new manufacturing factory located in Arras. The operation is based on a 6-million-euro investment, which will supposedly create over 250 new […]
Chanel says no to external capital assets and gears up for new prospective acquisitions. For the records, the brand keeps acting according to “transparency and dynamism”, so to speak. After having made public, for the very first time over 108 years, their most relevant financial statement figures (therefore disclosing a turnover that amounts to nearly […]
The overall number of exhibiting companies, coming from 48 countries, increased by 4.1% compared to the previous editions. We already knew about this figure on the eve of Lineapelle 95th edition. Yet, it is even more relevant today, since over the three days of the fair event (on the agenda on September 25-27) the number […]
It is a race against the clock to rescue Carven. In fact, Emmanuel Diemoz, former Balmain, who was supposed to take the brand out of receivership, has eventually withdrawn, at the very last minute, apparently a short while before signing an agreement, as reported by Fashion Network, with Bluebell, a financial fund headquartered in Hong […]
Billionaire Boys Club, a brand founded by pop star Pharrell Williams together with fashion designer Nagao, launched its maiden collection of high-end sneakers. The name of the collection discloses its quality: Icecream Made in Italy. The capsule collection presents three tints, which apply to 30 different models, with leather shoelaces and rubber soles, covered with […]
Tunisia recent industrial big success and development also depends on the tanning business. In the first 8 months of the year 2018 domestic industrial investments increased by 3.9% on annual basis: according to data provided by the Ministry of small and medium-sized enterprises, subsequently reported by local press, in the country they managed to create […]
“Expectations about the fair results are good, even though we are aware of the fact that the market is calm: all sectors, at which leather is directed, are waiting, with just a few exceptions. Yet, the medium/high-end segment is the one achieving the best performance, even in a slowdown moment”. Ugo Morozzi, from Tuscan tannery […]
A worker is holding a piece of wood in his left hand, while grabbing, in the right hand, one of the handles of a saw. In front of him, a mechanical arm is holding the other handle. As they liaise together, in coordination, by applying the same energy, they are splitting the wood piece. Such […]
European approval of Product Environmental Footprint Category Rules (PEFCR), applied to leather, will supposedly offer a number of advantages to companies. Mostly in terms “of time and resources saving in order to carry out some studies, such as product LCA: in fact, after a remarkable technical and scientific endeavour, we succeeded in providing users with […]
They involved 24 brands and 1,875 manufacturing companies, mostly Chinese (26%), then Bengali (13%), Turkish (10%) and Indian (8%). Italy was the first ranked European country, reaching a 6% share. As regards formulators, there are about 550 of them, and registered products exceed 13,000 units. ZDHC, a project that aims to reduce, and subsequently remove, […]
Leather and photography. Leather goods and nature. That’s the way we may recap, very quickly though, the project carried out by Gianni Maitan, photographer and managing director of Gemata, a leading company in the manufacturing of tanning machinery. Yesterday, at Lineapelle, Maitan presented his own leather goods accessories brand: GMVenezia. Distinguishing features: he printed on […]
Lineapelle next edition, number 96, will take place at Fieramilano Rho in February 2019. For the records, on Wednesday 20 and Thursday 21, from 9am till 6.30pm, and on Friday 22, from 9am till 5pm. Such are the dates and opening hours of Lineapelle next edition. Yet Lineapelle Global Network will inaugurate the 2019 new calendar […]
Tradition, innovation, inspiration. That’s what visitors are looking for at Lineapelle today, on the second day of the exhibition, on its 95th edition, the most important leather and materials international fair in the fashion system. “Smooth, simple, traditional leather, not necessarily bound to one single season”: that’s what Laura will be looking for. She is […]
“We have already been participating in the event for several editions. Lineapelle is successfully working for us: here we find and reinforce our relations with clients coming from all over Europe”. Pere Tomàs is the managing director of Spanish tannery Despell. Many people agree on his point of view about the importance and usefulness of […]
They are going to show items that can produce electricity by copying the properties of eels. They will modify materials by using graphene. They will introduce nanotechnologies in the leather processing. Such are some of the tips that will be given today at Lineapelle Innovation Square, during a workshop session to look into potential connections […]
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 […]
