We interviewed (as mentioned in the first lines of the text) Fabrizio Masoni, owner of Masoni Industria Conciaria, on February 19, 2020. The day we meet Fabrizio Masoni and his wife Federica is the first of the last edition of Lineapelle. We are in Fieramilano Rho, it is February 19 of a year, 2020, which […]
Italian leather does not stop. UNIC – Italian Tanneries raised the battle cry. Assopellettieri have joined the group now: in other words, Italy’s beauty and good design industry is not going to give up to Coronavirus outbreak. “We are actually dealing with an epoch-making emergency – commented Franco Gabbrielli, president of the association –. It […]
“Everything is running at full speed”. A comforting message comes from Scandicci. The sender is a leather goods company, Sapaf Atelier 1954, led by Andrea Calistri. “We have successfully implemented a video conference system to keep in touch with our clients – told us the entrepreneur –. We have made distances shorter to get closer […]
The Coronavirus emergency is gradually subsiding: in the meantime, Chinese tanneries are about to open again. Yet the situation is not that good of course, and it could not be otherwise. On the one hand, factories still cannot run at full speed, in terms of manufacturing; on the other hand, several companies are going to […]
A concrete declaration of “energy, courage and cognizance”. A hashtag to be spread and shared as a declaration of resistance and awareness around the world: #italianleatherneverstops. Signed by Gianni Russo, president of UNIC – Italian Tanneries. The faces of all the representatives of the association’s Presidency and General Council (in the photo). Italian leather doesn’t […]
After chrome, Lanxess also says goodbye to its Leather Unit (tanning). The German chemicals’ giant announced its 2019 results yesterday, and took the occasion to communicate its intention of “selling the business unit” tied to leather. Negative context Lanxess sold goods for 6.802 billion euro during 2019, in line with the previous year (6.824 billion). […]
“And so the luxury client, the top shopper, allows the conservation of Louisiana alligators, the top predators”. That of Matthew Kilgariff, director of Richemont’s Corporate Social Responsibility, looks like a joke, but it’s not. The manager, from the stage of the World Wildlife Day 2020 held on March 3rd at the United Nations in Geneva, […]
The answer is yes, because it allows for the conservation of species as the economic income is also used to protect the species. The Madame section of Le Figaro asks itself whether it’s worth buying exotic leather. The French newspaper asks the question following the choices made by Chanel and Slefridges to stop using it....
The tear that passed was slightly negative for Germany’s footwear industry. The segment in the country lost 2.7% in 2019. Now there are additional challenges: but while the period appears to be difficult, the segment trust there will be a recovery in the future. That’s the summary of what said by Carl-August Seibel, president of […]
ISA TanTec doubles down on Vietnam. The Asian tanner began activities in its new TanAsia Tec production site. The machines started officially running after the texts conducted at the beginning of March. The group, beside from announcing the start of the activities, also communicated that 100 employees are already working on site. Doubling down on […]
Tanning and accessories in Colombia suffer. Production, sale and jobs all decreased in 2019, while other industries in the country grew an average of +3.3%. As reported by dinero.com, tanneries closed the year as one of the worst segments at a national level. As a consequence, the footwear segment is also losing revenue. Tanning and […]
What does luxury mean today? The definition is not the same for everyone. But one point have many to agree on: luxury is in the quality, not in the price of accessories. Coco Chanel said: “Some people think that luxury is the opposite of poverty. It is not. It is the opposite of vulgarity”. But […]
Coronavirus is deeply hindering job recruitment in France. Maroquinerie Thomas, a French leather goods group that specializes in high-end outsourcing, have just reconsidered their plans to augment staff units. “Since Covid-19 has been affecting our customers’ orders, we are compelled to slow down our job recruitment”, announced Yann Thomas, Chief Executive Officer of the group, […]
Ecco has adopted Zendoo social fashion project. The Danish footwear group donates its excesses of clippings and leathers to the startup founded by Maria Marqard Radoor and Sanne Ravn Lorenzen. In this way, Ecco achieves two results. First of all, the most direct: by rewarding the sense of circularity of the leather chain, it allows […]
The tannery celebrates 100 years of mimosa, the same day as international women’s day. South African NTE Mimosa Extract Company , celebrated 1 century of life. The company is present in over 60 countries with its products, and it’s the eldest producer of mimosa extract in the world. Another history-worth fact is the partnership with […]
On the one hand, traders are happy about China. On the other hand, farmers are rather displeased because of Donald Trump’s decision about Brazilian meat. In other words, the good news, for US raw hides and skins, comes from the far end of the world. In fact, China decided to suspend customs duties formerly imposed […]
Covid-19 outbreak is remarkably hitting India’s leather tanning industry. In fact, health emergency has been affecting, at this point, all the regions of the big Asian country. Therefore, such outbreak has overshadowed, to some extent, the difficult situation Uttar Pradesh companies have been dealing with. In several tanneries, located in the State of Bengal, warehouses […]
White Leather Project, one year later. The collection is expanding even if sales, as expected, are “warm”. However, the young and emerging Japanese designer Akasaka Kozaburo (special award at the LVMH Prize 2017) is not loosing confidence. In other words, he believes in the project designed to preserve Shironameshi white leather. It is that leather...
A bronze bell, three almost intact leather sandals, and some cutouts of the same material. The subsoil of Aarschot tells a story that is 500 year old. The Belgian town lies 40 kilometres from Brussels, in the middle of Flanders. Since the Middle Ages, Aarschot has been known for working with wood and textiles. And […]
Leather from the beginning to the end. Paris Fashion Week ended on Monday, March 3, with Miu Miu, Chanel and Louis Vuitton fashion shows. The autumn-winter 2020 collections presented on the closing day confirmed the constant presence of leather, for clothing, accessories and footwear. The repechage from the past is still strong: from Elizabethan forms […]
