Rates cut, but at what price? Indian entrepreneurs in the leather sector are asking themselves that, doubtful after the proposal to reduce taxes from 60 to 40% on the export of raw materials and semi-finished products advanced by the government as part of the drafting of the new budget, the first of the second mandate […]
Two hundred tanneries, situated in the region of Uttar Pradesh, are about to open again. As reported by hindustantimes.com, a Special Board of the Indian state, directed by Minister Satish Mahana, allegedly authorized the restart of working activities in a number of tanneries, whose sewage are compliant with law requirements. A measure to break through […]
For every action there is an equal reaction. On June 5th, the Trump administration has eliminated India from the beneficiary countries of the preferential entry program to the US market (GSP), a condition that allowed the leather area of New Delhi to have privileged access to the stars and stripes market square. The newly re-elected […]
Suspended activities and great uncertainties about the future. After the months of stop imposed by the government, tanneries of Uttar Pradesh fear that they will not be able to get back to work. Their discomfort is shared by the rest of the Indian leather industry, which wonders whether it would be better to take other […]
Struggling against time. The footwear market, as much as the fashion business, considers delivery rapidity to be one of the most topical and important challenges to deal with while aiming to boost sales. During the presentation of Timberland’s new headquarters in London, Christopher Raeburn, creative director of the brand, emphasized that “our development times are […]
The serious problems that have affected the Kanpur tanning district for months are now heavily reflected on companies’ financial sheets. As reported by business-standard.com, Super Tannery Limited, a historic tannery of Uttar Pradesh, closed the first quarter of the year with sales down by 40,63% compared to the same period twelve months ago: from 593,4 […]
78 tanneries out of 106, located in the area between the small towns of Unnao and Banthar, in the Indian State of Uttar Pradesh, have suspended their activity. They had to shut down for the time being. Judges of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) have imposed such measure. As reported by local press, the NGT […]
The idea of Lebanese designer Jean-Louis Sabaji was to make Aishwarya Rai Bachchan shine as “a goddess of ancient Greece”. To do so he chose leather. The Indian actress, model and film producer, former Miss World, walked the red carpet of the Cannes Film Festival with a “shimmering” dress made of golden and iridescent reptile […]
They started building the plant in 2017. Lear has now brought works to completion, while subsequently relocating all workers, previously employed in two separate factories, to the new “melded” manufacturing site, situated in Hammond, Indiana. The value of the investment amounts to 30 million dollars: the Hammond Redevelopment Commission financially supported 4 of them as […]
Portugal is too expensive; it is better to manufacture in India. German group Sioux says goodbye to its Portuguese plant by closing the Lousada site, which employs 150 people. Production will be transferred to India. The site was for long dealing with the lack of orders: 40 jobs were cut last year and, during the […]
“We did not force Kanpur tanneries to shut down for environmental reasons, as they rather fostered a number of campaigns to create intentionally, on purpose, a lot of social concern about the issue. Moreover, still we have to assess the harmful effects of factories on the water of the river Ganges: in fact, they imposed […]
While the elections take place (they started April 11th and will be over on May 19th) and the candidates’ attention seems to reside elsewhere, Uttar Pradesh’s tanners fear a boycott. On the pages of online daily newspaper firstpost.com, the president of Uttar Pradesh Leather Industry Association, Taj Alam, explains he believes there is a “conspiracy” […]
“We either take it to the streets or we are dead”. The forced-stop imposed to Indian tanneries in the Jajmau region, in Kanpur, has definitely put local entrepreneurs on their knees and is creating a situation filled with extreme hysteria. The measure was introduced this past December to allow for a “remediation” of the Gange’s […]
As reported by local press, India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi publicly congratulated the government of Uttar Pradesh (led by his own party, namely the BJP) on their modus operandi about the recent Kumbh Mela. Yet, unfortunately, measures imposed during the Hindu religious holy days, which actually forced companies to shut down for over 3 months, […]
In India the revenge of the “untouchables” goes through leather. The Chamar community, formed by the last in the Hindu social pyramid, gathers the workers of the leather supply chain. Basically, the employees of tanneries or the producers of items such as bags and shoes: the upper castes do not get their hands dirty with […]
“We follow the fashion trends, but Lumberjack is leather. The focus in the collections is leather and our iconic products are made of leather”. The new country director of Lumberjack Erkan Emre, recently arrived in Treviso, in the Italian headquarters of the company controlled by the Turkish group Ziylan, has it all figured out. The […]
USA and China are one step away from an armistice. Wall Street Journal writes that negotiations are so far forward that at the meeting taking place on March 27th, when the counterparts will meet again in Florida, could be the one to get the presidents’ signatures on a new trade agreement. The deal would mean...
The last ritualistic bath into the Ganges River took place on March 4th, and the date marks the end of the Hindu celebration that takes place every three years. But for the tanneries operating in the Uttar Pradesh region, forced to shut-down for three months by the local authorities, it is now time to start […]
Lineapelle can now, after the frenetic days of the fair, take account of its doing in the 96th edition (Fieramilano Rho, February 20th – 22nd), and it finds out, once more, to be a global business experience that is constantly upgrading. So, it isn’t by accident that, in the middle of a challenging economic period, […]
