The “Craft The Leather” project, promoted by Consorzio Vera Pelle Conciata al Vegetale, the Vegetable Tanned Leather Consortium, is back at Lineapelle94. The contest aims to engage a selected number of young designers, coming from the most prestigious international fashion schools, and drive them to get to know vegetable tanned leather manufactured in Tuscany. At […]
The aim is to confirm the portfolio of clients and make it more valuable through new contacts. As well, to suggest light, perforated, coloured leather to play a leading role in summer. To start up new relationships which are meant to get closer in the months to come. Lineapelle94, the most important international exhibition for […]
The goal is challenging and, at the same time, necessary. By using a polished language, we might say that Lineapelle opens a window to the future. It’s much more than that though. Lineapelle, a global scale event, focuses, as usual, on pragmatism, while being fully aware of its leadership and, subsequently, of its specific responsibilities, […]
Let’s make it crystal clear right now: either we talk about it today, giving out widespread, clear and open-minded information, or we run the risk of creating misunderstandings and disruptions, both in and out of the leather industry, which might be harmful for everybody: “Unfortunately, a number of partial and misleading information keep spreading across […]
Throughout 2017 Italian tanning industry has been dealing with instability, as good performances, achieved by leather goods, automotive and upholstery, have been counterbalanced by dull accomplishments, especially in the fashion and footwear sectors. Considering the turnover trends, developed by Lineapelle’s Economic Department, medium-large bovine hides increased by 2%, whereas small skins dropped by 3%. Sheep […]
A contact point to present, at Lineapelle94, Lineapelle Training courses and educational programs. At hall 9, at Fieramilano Rho, along aisle A (first left, after the entrance), located at A14, Lineapelle’s training department will meet visitors to get to know, to introduce themselves and plan several customized tailor-made courses, focused on each company’s needs and […]
At Lineapelle94 visitors will find four Lounges, that is, four rest areas where they may take a break, after walking around the exhibition halls, and, at the same time, pick up information about the events set by UNIC (Unione Nazionale Industria Conciaria, the Italian Tanners Association) and Italian top quality entrepreneurial companies. At hall 9 […]
Simac Tanning Tech 2018 (the international exhibition of machinery and technologies for footwear, leather goods and tanning industries) is about to kick off at Fieramilano Rho, simultaneously with Lineapelle94 and next to its halls, in an optimistic mood: exhibitors, who now amount to 300, have increased, while the exhibiting area extends across more than 18,000 […]
Today, at Simac Tanning Tech Lounge, the dedicated venue for the meetings with foreign delegations, Assomac presented the Targa Verde (“Green Plate”) project, “a distinctive element” that aims to provide manufacturers and machinery users with useful tips, thus “reaffirming – points out the association of Italian technology for tanning, leather goods and footwear industries – […]
IT PARADES FROM PARIS AND NEW YORK RUNWAYS TO FLORENCE AND MILAN EXHIBITIONS. SAME GOES FOR INTERNATIONAL INDUSTRY TRADE FAIRS AND ASIAN FASHION TRENDS. THE BRANDS’ MANUFACTURING INVESTMENTS AND THEIR FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE EVIDENCE OF THAT. IT DRIVES NEW EXHIBITION EVENTS. LEATHER ACCESSORIES ARE A MUST-HAVE, FOR MEN TOO. THE BAG STAR TWINKLES MORE AND MORE UP IN THE FASHION SKY
Gearing up for Lineapelle94, scheduled from tomorrow, 20 February, until Thursday 22nd. 1,254 exhibitors are going to participate in Lineapelle, thus increasing by nearly 5%. Looking at summer season 2019. The agenda is full of events, mostly focused on the knowledge of leather and its awareness while consistently upgrading. Save the date not to miss […]
Someone says that this edition “is pretty much the same as the last ones. We come here to meet French luxury clients, and we actually met them. Not much more than that though”. Nobile Vignola, from Vignola Nobile tannery, located in Campania, emphasizes that “attendance has been rather slow, possibly owing to a number of […]
Buyers went up at Mipel, as they increased by 5,6%, on the whole, while attending the leather goods international fair that took place at Fieramilano Rho, on February 11-14 (peak attendance on the first two days). Italian buyers showed up again (+5%) and, much more, Russians came back (+26,1%). Looking at Asian visitors, China (+6,8%) […]
The GST Autoleather case found a solution, apparently, after the last hearing, before the Court of Delaware, on January 12. The first deal to transfer the company, dedicated to leather manufacturing for car interiors, and in Chapter 11 since last October, was cancelled due to some creditors’ opposition. Now the Court has acknowledged the new […]
On the average, over 50% of hides, employed by Moroccan shoe factories, is imported from abroad. In some cases, figures go up to 70%. On the one hand, Moroccan leather industry keeps losing ground in the domestic market; on the other hand, several international competitors, mostly Asian, gain more and more ground in the business. […]
To safeguard environment, to reduce operating costs, to implement new standards such as water and energy saving and a new operational configuration of factories, to remove hazardous chemicals from the tanning processes. Such are some of the aims of the task force, formed by Rwanda’s government four agencies to upgrade, in the next 7 years, […]
The bad news, to begin with. 2017 last quarter was not “so brilliant” for Hermès, as revenues increased by 5 per cent. In the previous one they had gone up by 10 per cent. CEO Axel Dumas clears up that drop is due to “a low amount of stocked provisions, owing to very high demand”. […]
While granting a long interview at the Los Angeles Times, Tom Ford revealed himself as a “clear headed vegan fashion designer”. Argumentative to some extent, even skeptical at times. The designer has turned vegan, since a year or so, more for health reasons than for ethical ones apparently. His new vegan diet made him change […]
All things considered, they are satisfied. In fact, India International Leather Fair, on its 33rd edition, has been sending comforting messages, over the three-day-long exhibition, for the leather industry prospective business. As reported by the Sauer Report, such positive trend is mainly driven by the tanning raw material prices, which are stable and rising in […]
Such is the name of the project: ACQUA360. It is a new system to purify and refine municipal sewage, which will be subsequently recycled in tanneries for the leather processing. The project, started up in the Tuscan Leather District in 2016 last quarter, will go on throughout 2018, thus bringing forward and testing one […]
