South America – Peru extends anti-dumping duties on Chinese footwear

3 Oct 2022 South America – Peru extends anti-dumping duties on Chinese footwear In order to protect Peruvian production, the National Institute for the Defense of Competition and the Protection of Intellectual Property (Indecopi) extended until 2026 the antidumping duties for the importation of footwear from China.     The duties are applied on footwear… Continue reading South America – Peru extends anti-dumping duties on Chinese footwear

Footwear Technology – Swiss sports brand On presents first-ever carbon emission shoe

3 Oct 2022 Footwear Technology – Swiss sports brand On presents first-ever carbon emission shoe In collaboration with LanzaTech, Borealis, and Technip Energies, the sportswear brand On, created the Cloudprime sneaker using carbon emissions as a raw material to reduce the brand’s carbon footprint.Together with the tech company Technip Energies, the chemical company LanzaTech and… Continue reading Footwear Technology – Swiss sports brand On presents first-ever carbon emission shoe

Italy: Tannery Antiba – advanced automation

3 Oct 2022 Italy: Tannery Antiba – advanced automation The Tuscan tannery, Antiba, moved its headquarters from Santa Croce sull’Arno to Ponte a Egola, investing almost 15 million euros. The new factory is 15 thousand square metres in area and is equipped with a system of interconnected machinery transfer. Production capacity has doubled to 100… Continue reading Italy: Tannery Antiba – advanced automation

Luxury Moves: Italy – London revolving door swings again at Burberry

30 Sep 2022 Luxury Moves: Italy – London revolving door swings again at Burberry London-based luxury brand Burberry has announced a new chief creative officer. Daniel Lee will take up the post at the start of October, replacing Riccardo Tisci. Report by Leatherbiz.   Daniel Lee Burberry said Riccardo Tisci had decided to leave the… Continue reading Luxury Moves: Italy – London revolving door swings again at Burberry

Manufacturing – Nike resists China pull out

30 Sep 2022 Manufacturing – Nike resists China pull out Shareholder groups are proposing the Nike abandons sourcing cotton and other raw materials in China, as it may originate from the province of Xinjiang where China is accused of running forced labour camps and violating the human rights of Uyghur and Kazakh Muslim minorities. The… Continue reading Manufacturing – Nike resists China pull out

Tanning Technology – Tanners endorse the move towards biobased chemicals

30 Sep 2022 Tanning Technology – Tanners endorse the move towards biobased chemicals ILM conducted its annual tanner business confidence survey in late July and the results are now published. In the 2022 survey their opinions on recent trends towards more biobased carbon content chemicals, biodegradable leathers and metal-free tanning systems were expressed, writes ILM.… Continue reading Tanning Technology – Tanners endorse the move towards biobased chemicals

Leathergoods – Strong export growth for Italian leathergoods

29 Sep 2022 Leathergoods – Strong export growth for Italian leathergoods Italian leathergoods manufacturers’ national association, Assopellettieri, has reported an increase in export revenues of more than 17% in the early part of 2022, writes Leatherbiz.     At the recent Mipel event in Milan, Assopellettieri shared figures that show export revenues of almost €4.5… Continue reading Leathergoods – Strong export growth for Italian leathergoods

Supply Chain – Leather is transparency’s next big target

29 Sep 2022 Supply Chain – Leather is transparency’s next big target Full supply chain transparency sounds like a big thing and indeed it is often much more complex than it would seem at a first glance. Vogue Business writes that leather has thus far eluded the call for more industry transparency and underlines this… Continue reading Supply Chain – Leather is transparency’s next big target

Leather Naturally – Fernando Bellese steps down from Leather Naturally

29 Sep 2022 Leather Naturally – Fernando Bellese steps down from Leather Naturally Leather Naturally have announced the departure of Fernando Bellese from its Management Board (MB), writes ILM.     Fernando Bellese had been part of the MB team since its official incorporation in 2018, his commitment and passion are second to none and… Continue reading Leather Naturally – Fernando Bellese steps down from Leather Naturally

Higher Education – Erasmus Mundus Programme

28 Sep 2022 Higher Education – Erasmus Mundus Programme The LEATECH project coordinated by the A3 Leather Innovation Center of the University of Lleida (Spain) under the Erasmus programme is born to coordinate and prepare a group of Higher Educational Institutes (HEI) active in leather science to implement a full-fledged Erasmus Mundus Joint Masters programme… Continue reading Higher Education – Erasmus Mundus Programme