6 March 2025 Real Leather. Stay Different Leather tells a powerful story. By-product Efficiency: Leather comes from hides that would otherwise go to waste as a by-product of the food industry. Longevity: A quality leather product can last 20+ years, significantly outliving synthetic alternatives. Biodegradability: Unlike plastics, responsibly tanned leather decomposes naturally at the end… Continue reading Real Leather. Stay Different
5 March 2025 IULTCS Newsletter – Leather and Collagen Bridging Leather and Collagen: Newsleather Edition 5 is Here! In this special multilingual edition (English, Spanish, Portuguese), we explore the evolving intersection of the leather and collagen industries. This issue features an exclusive interview with Serhat Ugur Başyiğit, an expert in the field of collagen, who… Continue reading IULTCS Newsletter – Leather and Collagen
5 March 2025 Education – Leather organisations publish free self-study modules A groups of leather industry organisations have published free leather technology self-study modules, now available to download. Report by ILM. The modules have been reviewed and approved the International Union of Leather Technologists and Chemists Societies (IULTCS), the Society of Leather Technologists and Chemists… Continue reading Education – Leather organisations publish free self-study modules
5 March 2025 Hong Kong – Programme set for Leather Supply Chain Symposium The final speaker programme has been confirmed for the Leather Supply Chain Symposium 2025, taking place in Hong Kong. The event will be held at the Hong Kong Exhibition and Conference Centre (HKCEC) on March 11, the day before the APLF fair.… Continue reading Hong Kong – Programme set for Leather Supply Chain Symposium
4 March 2025 Leather Naturally at APLF 2025 Join us at APLF, visit our stand and benefit from talks, industry insights and networking opportunities over coffee and breakfast. On 11 March, hear two leading leather experts discuss the revision of the Higg MSI and its implications for our industry. Christina Trautmann of Leather Working Group… Continue reading Leather Naturally at APLF 2025
4 March 2025 IULTCS – Winners of Scientific Research Projects Celebrating Young Talent in Leather Science: Announcing the Winners of the 2025 IULTCS Research Grants! The IULTCS Executive Committee is proud to announce the recipients of the 2025 IUR Research Grants, awarded to two exceptional young scientists under the age of 35. These grants are… Continue reading IULTCS – Winners of Scientific Research Projects
4 March 2025 Hong Kong – Global Footwear Executive Summit UITIC and SATRA Partner with APLF to Deliver Global Footwear Executive Summit 2025 [Hong Kong, 1 March 2025] — The Global Footwear Executive Summit (GFES), organized by APLF in collaboration with UITIC and SATRA, is scheduled for 13 March 2025 at the Hong Kong Convention… Continue reading Hong Kong – Global Footwear Executive Summit
3 March 2025 EU flip-flops on Compliance and Sustainability Brett Mathews. Editor @ Apparel Insider writes on LinkedIn. EU WEAKENS RULES AFTER CORPORATE LOBBYING – A WIN FOR BIG BUSINESS? The European Commission appears to have caved to corporate pressure, watering down sustainability reporting and due diligence requirements that were meant to hold companies accountable… Continue reading EU flip-flops on Compliance and Sustainability
3 March 2025 China – Breathtaking Highway 318 Francis Tsang writes on LinkedIn: A Journey of a Lifetime: National Highway 318. Traveling from Chengdu to Lhasa on a Harley is an epic adventure filled with breathtaking landscapes and unique challenges. This route, which is part of the National Sichuan-Tibet Highway 318, provides riders with an… Continue reading China – Breathtaking Highway 318
3 March 2025 Hong Kong – APLF and UK’s De Montfort University join forces to host Artifacts Live: A Legacy in Leather at the trade fair Artifacts Live: A Legacy in Leather is a partnership exhibition between De Montfort University (DMU) Leicester and the Leathercraft Trust Collections. On display in the DMU Museum until January… Continue reading APLF and UK’s De Montfort University join forces to host Artifacts Live: A Legacy in Leather at the trade fair
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.
