“The health emergency, which is still ongoing, calls for the utmost caution“. This is how Fabrizio Nuti, President of UNIC – Italian Tanneries, summarized the current situation during the association’s yearly assembly held in Milan. Caution is a must Caution that Nuti, after one full year in office, has circumscribed by defining the progression of...
“It’s important to let everyone know that what has been done in Italy in terms of investment in the quest for fully circular sustainability, has not been done anywhere else in the world”. Fabrizio Nuti, president of UNIC-Italian Tanneries, made the statement during the association’s annual assembly that took place in Milan on Tuesday, December...
Footwear remains the first client for the Italian leather segment. But its majority share is now relative (35% today), and is being chased by leather goods (26%). The latter has “grown quickly throughout the last few years” and has consolidated its 2nd position. Leather for furniture and automotive, meanwhile, hold 17% and 15% of the...
Before production interruptions due to Covid, Vietnam had manufactured, in outsourcing, more shoes. Many were made with leather, mostly from Italy, as Italian leather exports towards the country have increased by 57% compared to the first 8 months of 2020 and by 19% on the same period of 2019, as shown by data from UNIC...
Can we say that Stella McCartney‘s anti-leather petition was a flop? For us, yes. In more than a month, it has collected over 43,000 signatures. Which may not be small in absolute terms, but it is in relative terms. First of all, because the petition is on a global scale and was launched from a […]
Many want to buy, but few want to sell. The increment registered throughout the last few months by many European companies that are potential prey for large groups, pushes the possibilities of new operations further away. While Kering is currently proceeding on its path after LVMH’s acquisition, other groups have openly stated they plant to […]
Zilli, French super-luxury French company is saved thanks to a collection of investors from Italy and the UAE. The group includes Dubai-based investment fund Negma Group (legal HQ in the Virgin Islands and an office in Milan) and Milan-based advisory company FAI (Futuro All’Impresa). Zilli’s core business is in fur and leather coats, and the company […]
French Legacy Group (FLG) acquires and rescues Ateliers Heschung, a handcrafted footwear brand headquartered in Dettwiller, France. Founded in 1934, Heschung had been in receivership since January 2020. It has now joined the portfolio of FLG, which controls brands such as Robert Clergerie, Avril Gau and Violet Tomas. FLG’s objectives are to protect and promote […]
Lineapelle lights up Paris, opening the way to a new idea of sustainability. Responsible innovation, the latest-generation green horizon for leather and fashion materials on which the idea and development of A New Point Of Materials is based. Launched during last September’s edition of Lineapelle, the format landed on Tuesday, December 7, 2021, under the […]
The results of the Life Goast project, which developed innovative tanning technologies free from chrome and other metals, were finally presented. The initiative was coordinated by GSC Group based in Montebello, together with Conceria Pasubio and Medio Chiampo. After hundreds of experiments, researchers reached the hoped-for results, collecting the go-ahead of clients such as Bentley. The next challenge will...
The positive news is that for three out of four French people, leather is sustainable and natural. The bad news is that young people are confused about the subject. Happydemics institute conducted an online survey of 1,000 French citizens over the age of 18 on July 2-7, 2021. The aim of the survey, carried out […]
Scottish Leather Group will fly over Chinese airline. The British tanning group that makes leather for seats as well, has announced the signing of a new contract to supply the seats of a Chinese airline. The Scottish company confirms its relevance in the sector. After having also supplier Ryanair and Emirates in the airline segment...
A visit to the farm to learn about the best practices in European animal husbandry. A gift from Cotance to understand, in practice, the circularity of leather and the up-cycling function of tanning. On December 7, Frans Timmermans, European Commissioner for Climate and the European Green Deal, visited a meat and dairy farm in the […]
Leather scales to save a life. A team of researchers with the Zurich University have discovered that, starting from the first millennium AC, Asian soldiers used a special armor. This defensive wear was made of leather pieces stitched together in the shape of a shield proved to be very effective. The approach was known already,...
These days D’Arienzo Collezioni is among the exhibitors at L’Artigiano in Fiera (Milan, December 4-12). Because participation in this type of event open to the final consumer has been part of the company from Solofra’s strategy since it was founded in 1991. Precisely for this reason, D’Arienzo Collezioni continues to set up its stand at […]
Sorrow, bitterness and the need to explain the situation in detail. Giancarlo Dani, owner of the homonymous Vicenza-based tanning group, does not stand by and responds to the unfounded news of an alleged redundancy fund emergency that would substantially involve his company. The news, spread in an “unethical” manner and further misrepresented, has rebounded abroad, […]
Supply chain mergermania. The Koinos Capital fund has acquired a majority stake in Tre Zeta Group, a San Miniato-based company specialising in leather soles and sneakers soles. The value of the investment has not been disclosed. Supply chain “Today marks the beginning of Koinos’ collaboration with Tre Zeta Group”, explains Marco Morgese, founding partner of...
Bovine meat slows in the USA. Deer, on the other hand, is doing surprisingly well. The USDA (United States Department of Agriculture) published data relating sales of red meat for the month of October, which appear to be down 7% compared to the same month of 2020. Meanwhile, consumption of deer meat is booming, with slaughterhouses […]
“All this was science fiction just 30 years ago”, said the president of the Veneto region, Luca Zaia. Now, in the other hand, the absolute circularity of the tanning segment is a reality that brings the forward-thinking name of SICIT (owned by Intesa Holding and NB Renaissance). Zaia cut the ribbon of the Vicenza-based company’s...
Gustavo Gonzalez-Quijano, general secretary of Cotance, does not hold back when confronted with yet another vegan stunt: “What nonsense is this?” He writes on LinkedIn. The company Airbus Corporate Helicopters (ACH) has launched a helicopter model (ACH145) with an animal-free interior. So far, so good. But it has decided to (commercially) christen its alternative material […]
