Many burdens and a few honors. The United Kingdom decided to leave the EU with a referendum that took place on June 23rd. This decision leads to trouble for the Italian leather sector. Initial reactions to Brexit are critical. Prime Minister David Cameron announced his intention to resign within October. Exchanges have given immediate negative […]
Tuesday 31th of May the annual meeting of the CNMI, the National Chamber of Italian Fashion. As it is the norm to do every year, the Governing Council and Presidency, headed by Carlo Capasa (pictured) for over a year now, were confirmed. Capasa is the former CEO of Costume National, have been confirmed. Capasa, in […]
The superfair for fur and ready to wear, is soon going to be reality. Mifur and Mipap merge in The One, Milan, bi-annual event, organized by the fair body Mifur which starts with a basis of 300 participating companies. The first event is scheduled to be from the 24th to the 27th February 2017 (during […]
A first preparatory meeting had already been held in recent weeks, but since yesterday the CLEAR table (Confidence in Leather Analysis Results) can really be defined operational. In the UNIC Milan head office, tanners, brands (Italian and international), big groups (international) and experts, met to discuss chemistry and laboratory testing and tests. The problem to […]
Not that there were doubts, but the new guidelines on the application of the Community directive on unfair commercial practices are extremely clear. The Commission in Brussels on May 25 wrote: “Environmental assertion can be misleading if it contains false information: so it is not reliable.” The reference to the “eco-leather” definition for synthetic materials […]
Del Chienti Tannery Tolentino (Macerata, Italy) will open, in July, a center for Research and development for leather, created in collaboration with the University of Camerino. The announcement was made by Marco Luppa, CEO of the company controlled by Jihua Group Corporation, a Chinese group with more than 30 billion Euros of revenue which holds […]
