The automotive industry buys less Argentinian leather. Tanneries in the Santa Fe region buy less raw hides. The slaughterhouses, which are also facing an increment in the price of electricity, lose money and time. It is the picture, not at all positive, that was painted by the end of the year in the department of […]
New hires, and quite many, in sight. Prevent, German group, specialized in the production of leather and cloth covers for the automotive sector, sets up for more growth in Bosnia, where it has 15 facilities and 6500 employees. According to local news sources, the company is planning to hire 700 new employees, starting with a […]
Simple though effective. Customer shows up at Hermès, in one of their luxury stores: here he talks to the staff and jots down a draft of his ideal plan about his vehicle interiors. After the provisional sketch, they meet up again with the creative designers and the engineers of the luxury fashion company; as well […]
Every now and then, animal-rights activists curse at ladies, who are walking around in the shopping streets wearing a fur. It happens in Italy, and much more in France. Such assaults have become a real social problem in the French country: that’s why Fédération Française des Métiers de la Fourrure, the French fur association, has […]
93 exhibitors, 55 from Italy, 26 tanneries, took part in Blossom Première Vision, the sneak preview of Première Vision. The exhibition, on its third edition, which spotlighted fabrics, leather and accessories for summer 2019, took place at Palais Brongniart (Paris Ile) on December 12-13. Results have been disappointing though. According to some Italian exhibitors, which […]
Co-Shoes & Accessories, Elche’s Spanish exhibition event, which was promoted by FICE (the association of Spanish footwear industry) in 2014, is at risk. On the last edition of the fair workshop, the third one so far, held in October 2016, only 25 exhibitors took part in the event: on the first edition, there were 100 […]
THERE IS THE MARKETING PROGRAMS BY BIG AND LUXURY BRANDS. GLOBAL ONES, TO BE SPECIFIC. THE ITALIAN LEATHER INDUSTRY IS DOING THE DEEDS, AND HAVING TO DEAL WITH THE CONSEQUENT COSTS. BUT IT ISN’T GIVEN ANY MERIT FOR DOING SO FROM THE PUBLIC. IT IS THE MEDIA’S AND THE INDUSTRIAL’S SHORT-CIRCUIT REGARDING SUSTAINABILITY. AND ACCORDING TO CLAUDIO MARENZI, (PRETTY MUCH) “A HOAX”
When red tape interferes, protectionism does not work well. They found it out in Turkey, where a very heavy duty has become effective since last 16 August: 500 dollars per ton of bovine wet blue, and 40 per cent on the sale price of sheep and goat semi-finished leather. Unfortunately, Turkish “experts” have mixed things […]
Time out. Indian press announce that livestock trade ban, set by Modi’s Government, has been suspended. Just for the records, such measure, along with a state of uncertainty and oppression, which have been affecting Indian workers for months, is actually crippling the meat and leather industries. It is not true though. In fact, now Indian […]
“What are we supposed to do, how shall we schedule our agenda, to represent you best?”. The UK Leather Federation, which is the association of the British leather area, launched a social survey on their website (due on December 15th) to ask their members about the setting of the works on their future agenda. UKLF […]
William Tucci, general director of Bader tanning group (which focus their production on leather for car interiors), points out that, out of the 11 countries where his group is currently operating, Uruguay is the most expensive one, with regard to costs, just after Germany. On the other hand, some managers who were in charge of […]
From potential bankruptcy to prospective buyout. GST Autoleather joined the Chapter 11 regime on last October 4, at the time that in Milan Lineapelle was opening its stands to exhibitors and visitors. “Along with our advisors we have carefully assessed all options – pointed out Dennis Hiller, CEO of the car interiors giant – and […]
Calf and goat skins turnover has been increasing, compared to last year’s same period, while in contrast medium-large bovine hides and sheep skins slow down; slightly the former, more remarkably the latter. Such are the early data about Italian tanning industry, with regard to July-September 2017, provided by Lineapelle in their Economic Report over the […]
Tanneries and fashion brands that make use of leather, as well as supply networks and stakeholders in the tanning industry are meant to participate. The “Due Diligence for Healthy Workplaces in the Tanning Industry” project, overseen by Cotance (the EU federation of tanning associations), along with IndustriALL-Europe, and based on EU Social Exchange, aims to […]
Tough times at Alcanena, Portugal, where some of the most important Portuguese tanning districts are located. The issue turns political, as a Member of Parliament is backing up the “Movimento pela Saùde de Alcanena”, the local committee that has been watching leather factories with regard, most of all, to their sewage disposal plants. Turmoil comes […]
Nigerian tanning industry is in ferment. Lawrence Chidi Anukam, general director of the National Agency for the application of guidelines and regulations, expressed his displeasure about the sustainability issue. In fact, in the district of Kano, which is considered a strategic industrial hub, leather treatment systems, implemented by tanning factories, are not sustainable from the […]
In the current era, full of contrasts and contrapositions, fashion trends are going to be oriented towards the pursuit of the essential, aiming to meet demand for “cleansing” and simplification. Lineapelle’s summer 2019 will be based on Empathy, as “nude”, hence basic leather will suitably open up to multiple nuances, which mirror the daily variety […]
Indian government is working on relevant investments in tanning and footwear industry. As reported by local media, India is about to implement a massive investment, over 300 million euros, formerly planned, a few months ago, by the Ministry of Trade and Industry. Such financial measures also include some tax benefits, in the same way as […]
Despite the disastrous moving of the leather cluster from Hazaribagh to Savar, Bangladesh enhances their endeavour, as they announce that they are going to build up two more tanning districts. Bangladeshi Prime Minister, Sheikh Hasina, declared that his government aims, thanks to the new manufacturing sites, at a five-fold increase of domestic leather export (whose […]
The earliest 35 stocks are due to be delivered in 2018. According to the partnership deal, sealed by both parties, Austrian Wollsdorf Leder tannery is going to supply materials for the interiors of 100 two-engined airplanes made by Diamond Aircraft. “Our major plant, located in Wollsdorf, will manufacture light leather for aircrafts – points out […]
