28 Jul 2022 Italy – Assocalzaturifici announces president’s sudden departure The president of the Italian Footwear Association (Assocalzaturifici), Siro Badon, resigned from the position on July 26. The organisation said his departure from the presidency, with one year of his current mandate still to run, was for “family and professional reasons,” reports Leatherbiz. Mr… Continue reading Italy – Assocalzaturifici announces president’s sudden departure
28 Jul 2022 ILM Podcast – The responsibility of the leather sector in the Amazon biome In this deforestation-focused episode of the ILM podcast, Deputy Editor Tom Hogarth brings you three articles from ILM’s May/June 2022 print/digital issue around leather’s role in solving the problem, including expert insights from Mauricio Bauer and Gert van der… Continue reading ILM Podcast – The responsibility of the leather sector in the Amazon biome
27 Jul 2022 United States of America – Exotic leather from invasive species US leather manufacturer, Inversa, a company that specializes in producing fish leather from the invasive species the Lionfish, has announced that it will augment its product line by producing leather from another invasive species, the Dragonfin. As with the Lionfish… Continue reading United States of America – Exotic leather from invasive species
27 Jul 2022 Leather Naturally says…… Leather – the natural choice for a restored car interior. Not just a car, but one from 1930. Read everything about restoring this vintage car with Milanese leather and the Italian high craftmanship of the Serapian family. More: https://bit.ly/3ysv55P
27 Jul 2022 Footwear – Italian footwear labouring under uncertainty Despite a promising start to the year for the Italian footwear sector in the first quarter, when export income was €3 billion, an increase in value of 21.4%, while shipping 58.7 million pairs, a rise of 11.7% year on year, there were signs of approaching… Continue reading Footwear – Italian footwear labouring under uncertainty
26 Jul 2022 South America – Pandemic repercussions for the South American market Ian Banks, Editor of TheSauerReport, examines the situation in South America post-pandemic, and how some of the supply chain priorities and business relationships may have shifted. Across most of the larger beef-producing regions of South America, slaughter numbers remain steady, with perhaps… Continue reading South America – Pandemic repercussions for the South American market
26 Jul 2022 China – Judicial: Victory after 22 years After a 22-year legal battle, the British luxury footwear company won a ruling from the Chinese Supreme Court confirming that the brand trademark “Manolo Blahnik” is actually the property of the UK based company. The legal battle ensued in 2000 when a Chinese… Continue reading China – Judicial: Victory after 22 years
26 Jul 2022 Brazil – Domestic shift for Krumenauer Brazilian leather manufacturer Krumenauer has said 15% of its output this year is staying in Brazil to supply shoe manufacturers in the domestic market, writes Leatherbiz. Krumenauer specialises in making veg-tanned leather from Brazilian wet white and veg-retanned leather from US wet blue for… Continue reading Brazil – Domestic shift for Krumenauer
25 Jul 2022 Circular Economy – Lecture on fertiliser made from leather residue On July 19 at the Inspiramais exhibition in Porto Alegre, the chemical and fertiliser company, ILSA Brasil, gave a lecture to the visiting public titled “Industrial Transformation of byproducts of Leather in High Efficiency Fertilisers”. The company’s Marketing and R+D… Continue reading Circular Economy – Lecture on fertiliser made from leather residue
25 Jul 2022 Zeology tanned sheepskin Francis Tsang, co-founder of the ChromeFree Leather Alliance, writes a new collection has been launched. Reinventing craft and Zeology tanned sheepskin and developed by Dongguan Qifeng New Material Co., Ltd. The Strategy of Royal Smit & Zoon is to create a socially and environmentally sustainable leather value… Continue reading Zeology tanned sheepskin
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.
