Search Results for: leather

Tannery
  • 18 Jun 2018

At 2018 UNIC – Italian Tanneries meeting focus on quality, districts, research, protocols and European Union. Italian leather to face several challenges

“Quality is a topical issue that concerns the whole industry. We are working on it to find a suitable solution. In cooperation with Cotance, the European confederation of national tanning associations, we are currently developing a project, based in Spain, to tackle the quality deteriorating of sheep leather”. Gianni Russo, President of Russo di Casandrino […]

Luxury
  • 18 Jun 2018

Prada’s garden-factory in Arezzo is a new landmark of the group. “We are not going to sell, my sons are ready”, points out Bertelli

Prada is not for sale: the next generation of managers is gearing up. The news comes from Valvigna, based in the municipality of Terranuova Bracciolini, in the province of Arezzo, Tuscany, where Prada fashion house have just inaugurated a garden-factory designed by architect Guido Canali. “Lorenzo, my son, is getting ready to be in charge […]

News
  • 11 Jun 2018

Very good news for Piquadro in a few days: CEO Palmieri has become “Cavaliere del Lavoro” and, meanwhile, they bought Lancel out

Lancel’s transfer has come true at last. Swiss luxury Richemont holding announced they eventually sold Lancel to Emilian Piquadro. In the short release they issued to make public the transaction deal, the Swiss group firmly state that such agreement will not affect, to a relevant extent, their capital assets nor their cash flow. They expect, […]

Tannery
  • 11 Jun 2018

Cotance’s roadmap: focus on standing up, to the bitter end, against fake news and “increasing demand for more and more unreasonable tests”

In 2018, they need to gear up to tackle current issues. In 2019, Cotance are going to celebrate their 50th anniversary, while aiming, with stronger and gritty determination, to “give leather what belongs to leather”. During their latest general meeting, the European confederation of national leather tanning associations appointed the new president (Austrian Andreas Kindermann, […]

Magazine Archive
  • 5 Jun 2018

Number 06

IT IS A REALITY THAT “IT WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN POSSIBLE IN FRANCE”, SAYS KERING. THE NEW ARTLAB OF SCANDICCI, THE “GREATEST INVESTMENT OF OUR HISTORY”, IS THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A MANUFACTURING CULTURE, THE ITALIAN ONE, WHOSE ARTISTIC INSPIRATION HAS ALWAYS BEEN PRAISED, BUT WHOSE INDUSTRIAL QUALITY IS OFTEN UNDERESTIMATED

Fashion
  • 4 Jun 2018

Cruise Collections 2019 take place at freaky venues: Gucci set catwalk in a graveyard, Dior at rodeo, LV in a garden and Chanel aboard a ship

Luxury brands did boost their creativity and imagination while choosing locations for their Cruise Collections 2019 fashion shows. Yesterday Gucci presented their Resort Collection, which took place in an old graveyard located on the Promenade Des Alyscamps, in Arles, in the south of France. One more original venue, full of gloomy allure, following the previous […]

Technology
  • 4 Jun 2018

Assomac, Italy’s exports go up despite a business slowdown in the past year. Italy confirms leadership, whereas China loses some ground

Although the past year was less positive than the previous ones, as pointed out by Gabriella Marchioni Bocca (President of Assomac), Italy confirmed its global leadership in the manufacturing of machines for the leather and footwear industry; in contrast, China has been slowing down, therefore losing some ground. Reading through the business trend report issued […]

Technology
  • 4 Jun 2018

Lectra’s commitment to industry 4.0 proves rewarding, as research investments, solutions and earnings go up

Lectra multinational corporation have been scheduling their prospective development (along with a budget). In 2015-2016 two year period, they drew up the concept and started up their work focused on Industry 4.0; subsequently, in 2017, they implemented some experimental projects, directed at customers. Now, in 2018, they are introducing their early solutions, while gearing up […]