Search Results for: leather

News
  • 26 Apr 2017

“We’re suffering, but not too badly.” Leather sector exports in Beijing have fallen slightly in the first two months of 2017: turnover has increased by 5.6%

Less than a month ago, they announced that the February results, particularly for footwear exports, were to say the least “catastrophic”: a fall of 27.6%, after a partial recovery in January (+2%). Then came APLF Hong Kong, where the CLIA (China Leather Industry Association) announced that their own tanning sector was not doing well either, […]

News
  • 18 Apr 2017

In March, Brazil exported more leather than in the first quarter of 2016. CICB: “One of the best results in recent years”

The percentage growth in exports of Brazilian leather to March stood at 3.8%, for a turnover of 192.6 million dollars. These are an excellent result, considering that foreign sales were 19.5% compared to the February result. But the performance value of the tanning Brazilia – “One of the highest monthly performance ever” according to Rogério […]

Footwear
  • 18 Apr 2017

Real vs. Fake leather: from the green fashion comes the “Leather from wine”

Doubts about the new trend of “100% vegetable leather” material derived from scraps of viticulture (the fibres and the pomace oils). The product is made “without using a drop of fuel, without using polluting substances, without consuming water and without, of course, not even kill an animal.” It is Wine leather, a material developed by […]

Tannery
  • 10 Apr 2017

UNIC AssITerm invited to the conference to discuss leather and eco-leather

Explaining the importance and meaning of two labels that qualify not only the material they “represent”, but also the accessory they belong. Precisely defining the actual significance of the word “faux”, that so many brands, even the luxury ones, use to describe items that “are not in leather and are not environmentally friendly, but made […]

Fairs
  • 3 Apr 2017

Hong Kong: APLF Closes Positively. Uncertainty Remains Widespread

APLF Leather & Materials + closed last Friday offering to the market a sense of “positivity that does not deceive anyone,” says an Italian tanner present at the fair. Giuseppe Volpi, of eponymous Tuscan tanning group, also shared these feelings.” The turnout was impressive as impressive was the customer interest as well as the contacts […]

Tannery
  • 3 Apr 2017

World Tanning Compared. Hong Kong ICT Assembly Raising Concern For The Raw Material

Hong Kong ICT Annual Meeting, the International Council of Tanners, just closed its doors. Prices were the main subject of the fair. However, quality, trade rules and the prospects for a global market with regards to the finished leathers, were also discussed. Then measurements, certifications and sustainability protocols, through the presentation of the next World […]

Raw material
  • 3 Apr 2017

National Beef, Only One Manager For The Whole Tanning Activity

An internal movement of executives to improve sales results, focusing on one person. John Hochstein (pictured), vice president of Hide and Leather Sales of the US National Beef Group, after holding the task of marketing wet blue leather, also takes responsibility for the sale of salt. Meanwhile, the president of National Beef Packing Company, Mark […]