28 March 2022 Design-A-Bag Competition 2022 Three Finalists of the Design-A-Bag Competition 2022 Revealed! 2022 Competition Theme: APLF Fall-Winter Colour & Material Trends 2022/23 1/ Leather, what else? The world is changing, go sustainable and use natural materials 2/ Colours celebrate and glorify the FW season Design with one of the Fall-Winter… Continue reading Three Finalists of the Design-A-Bag Competition 2022 Revealed!
28 March 2022 Brazil – CICB celebrates 65 years of history with a commemorative stamp The Centre for the Brazilian Tanning Industry (CICB) reaches its 65th anniversary in 2022. To celebrate this milestone, the entity will use a special commemorative stamp throughout the year in all its communication pieces. The CICB is the entity… Continue reading Brazil – CICB celebrates 65 years of history with a commemorative stamp
28 March 2022 Traceability – Update from the Traceability Working Group (March 2022) LWG’s Traceability Working Group (TrWG) met for the first meeting of the year on 2 March 2022. The main focus of the meeting this quarter was the progress in the development of mandatory traceability and deforestation due diligence requirements. The… Continue reading Traceability – Update from the Traceability Working Group (March 2022)
28 March 2022 Global Footwear Executive Summit 2022 – APLF to discuss the post-pandemic future of the footwear industry The second edition of the Global Footwear Executive Summit, to be held on the 31st of March, will bring together top players of the industry to explore digitalization, pricing and sustainability strategies. Report by World Footwear… Continue reading Global Footwear Executive Summit 2022 – APLF to discuss the post-pandemic future of the footwear industry
25 March 2022 Dubai – World Leather Day to launch at APLF Two industry organisations, Leather Working Group and Leather Naturally, have joined forces to dedicate March 30 to promoting the industry globally, calling it World Leather Day. World Leather Day 2022 will coincide with the opening of APLF in Dubai, reports Leatherbiz. … Continue reading Dubai – World Leather Day to launch at APLF
25 March 2022 Dubai – Brazilian Leather will have an intense agenda at APLF Leather Some of the decisions that may have the most significant impact on the leather sector worldwide are made at APLF Leather. With the last in-person edition being in 2019, it is now back in this format. From March 30 to… Continue reading Dubai – Brazilian Leather will have an intense agenda at APLF Leather
25 March 2022 IULTCS Eurocongress – Welcome to Silvateam as Silver Sponsor The Italian Leather Chemicals Association (AICC) writes – we welcome with pleasure and honour Silvateam s.p.a., Silver Sponsor of the IULTCS Eurocongress scheduled September 2022. The company is recognised as the global market Ieader in the production of tannins since 1854. Alongside… Continue reading IULTCS Eurocongress – Welcome to Silvateam as Silver Sponsor
24 March 2022 Dubai – Last chance to register for future trends conference at APLF Dubai The ‘Future trends in a post-Covid leather industry’ conference will take place the day before APLF Dubai, with a programme packed full of industry-leading speakers presenting new science and data to enable the industry to progress after the pandemic.… Continue reading Dubai – Last chance to register for future trends conference at APLF Dubai
24 March 2022 Automotive – Bader Leather named among Suppliers of 2021 by GM Bader Leather writes – General Motors names Bader a 2021 Supplier of the Year (for a 2nd consecutive year) and Overdrive Award Winner. GM Recognized 134 Suppliers from 16 countries with the Supplier of the Year distinction. Bader was also one… Continue reading Automotive – Bader Leather named among Suppliers of 2021 by GM
24 March 2022 Water Usage – Circularly in Bridge of Weir Processes Water re-use and recycling is an important part of our patented circular manufacturing process, minimising our impact on the local watershed and helping us to protect natural resources. Our ongoing investments to maintain a world-class tannery, with the introduction of five… Continue reading Water Usage – Circularly in Bridge of Weir Processes
We bring leather, material and fashion businesses together: an opportunity to meet and greet face to face. We bring them from all parts of the world so that they can find fresh partners, discover new customers or suppliers and keep ahead of industry developments.
We organise a number of trade exhibitions which focus on fashion and lifestyle: sectors that are constantly in flux, so visitors and exhibitors alike need to be constantly aware both of the changes around them and those forecast for coming seasons.
