11 July 2022 Demand grows for Brazilian beef Brazilian beef exports showed a solid performance in May as the Secretariat of Foreign Trade (SECEX) reported a 20.84% increase on an annual basis. The volume of all types of beef (fresh, chilled, and frozen) amounted to 153.1 thousand tons in May. This represented an… Continue reading Demand grows for Brazilian beef
8 July 2022 Footwear – Italy: footwear sector’s Q1 recovery ‘overshadowed’ Italian national footwear industry association, Assocalzaturifici, has said the country’s footwear exports in the first quarter of 2022 brought in revenues of €3 billion, an increase in value of 21.4% year on year, reports Leatherbiz. In terms of volume, Italian footwear manufacturers shipped… Continue reading Footwear – Italy: footwear sector’s Q1 recovery ‘overshadowed’
8 July 2022 Leather Naturally notes…. This month it’s Plastic Free July. The idea is to reduce single use plastic WASTE every day, at home, at work, at school and even at your local cafe. Leather, which is so versatile that it can be used in a huge variety products from furniture to… Continue reading Leather Naturally notes….
8 July 2022 China – ACLE returns to boost China trade The All China Leather Exhibition (ACLE) returns to Shanghai August 31 – September 2 and aims to boost China’s leather industry. It will be the first live event since 2019, reports ILM. The ACLE will take place in halls E1-E5 at the… Continue reading China – ACLE returns to boost China trade
7 July 2022 Europe – COTANCE: green transition is in the DNA of the leather sector Representatives of Europe’s leather, footwear, textiles and clothing industries issued a joint statement on July 5 to present a series of demands to the European Commission, reports Leatherbiz. The organisations, including the leather industry’s representative body in… Continue reading Europe – COTANCE: green transition is in the DNA of the leather sector
7 July 2022 The catastrophe of Higg The fossil carbon industry likes to label livestock as the bad guy. Last Autumn over thirty leather industry organisations from around the world agreed to publish a Leather Manifesto, which was sent out shortly before the start of COP-26 held in Glasgow. In the weeks after,… Continue reading The catastrophe of Higg
7 July 2022 Brazil – Best May for Brazilian footwear employment since 2004 Abicalçados has reported the latest MTE data, showing that 289,700 people were directly employed in the footwear industry at the end of May, an 18% improvement from May 2021. Abicalçados also noted that 23,470 jobs have been created in the… Continue reading Brazil – Best May for Brazilian footwear employment since 2004
6 July 2022 Italy – Consorzio relaunches student design competition Tuscany’s Genuine Italian Vegetable Tanned Leather Consortium (the Consorzio Vera Pelle Italiana Conciata al Vegetale) has announced that the ninth edition of its student design competition, Craft The Leather, after a two-year pause because of covid-19 restrictions, reports Leatherbiz. This competition aims to… Continue reading Italy – Consorzio relaunches student design competition
6 July 2022 China – Leather sector investing in innovation, Chinese government says China’s central government has issued new guidelines to encourage manufacturers to invest in innovation, improve their competitiveness and lift people out of unemployment, writes Leatherbiz. Official data has shown an increase in investment in a variety of manufacturing sectors in… Continue reading China – Leather sector investing in innovation, Chinese government says
6 July 2022 TFL and Lanxess integration is moving forward TFL and Lanxess finally came together on June 1, 2021, and in the year since the start of the integration of the two companies, progress has been steady but slow. One of the reasons for the delay in not being able to integrate… Continue reading TFL and Lanxess integration is moving forward
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.
