Following a press conference held in Kansas City on July 1, Missouri health and environment officials say sludge from the National Beef Tanning (formerly Prime Tanning) tannery located in St Joseph, Missouri, is probably not the cause of brain tumors in the Cameron area.

TFL have released their new ‘TFL Colour Trends' catalogue for the season autumn/winter 2010/11. In the catalogue, TFL present colour trends for leather garment, footwear, accessory and additionally for the upholstery industry.

Austin Simmons has been appointed as Satra's top executive position after Richard Turner retired as chief executive at the end of June.

The De Vere Slaley Hall resort near Hexham, Northumberland, UK provided the location for the 64^th International Shoe, Leather and Allied Trades Golf Championship on June 18 and 19.

Leather International have been contacted by Gitau Wamukui, chief executive officer of Rwanda Leather Industries following rumours that the business maybe closing. The following statement has been issued by Wamukui on behalf of the company.

In response to the recent Greenpeace report on the deforestation of the Amazon and it's alleged impact by the tanning industry the Brazilian tanners' association (CICB) have issued a statement about the industry rather than a direct response to the article.

The 14^th edition of the China (Wenzhou) international leather fair & international shoe machinery & raw materials show known as the China Leather Fair & All China Shoe-tech is set to take place at the Wenzhou International Convention and Exhibition Center, September 24-26, 2009.

Leather International has been informed that the situation in the Italian tanning industry continues to be very tough at the moment. A source recently visited several tanneries in Santa Croce and was surprised to see that so many tannery machines are lying idle.

Members of the former UK leather finishing chemical company, Earnshaw Limited are being used to help Yorchem, formerly known as Abstract Polymeric, become a successful business in its own right.

Following the Pakistan financial budget for the next fiscal year announced earlier this month strong criticism has been voiced from almost the entire business industry across the country for ignoring the key industrial sector in the budget by calling it ‘anti-industry'.

Some Canadian hide and skin traders appear to have been importing a specific type of hides into the European Union, which the EU banned two years ago.

Brazil's leading retailers have joined in a decision to discontinue buying beef produced in deforested areas of the Amazon, according to Reuters, citing a statement by the country's supermarkets' association (Abras). 

Shanghai Richina Leather (SRL), a subsidiary of Richina Industries hosted a supplier conference at their Shanghai complex on June 12, 2009. The day's events included business updates, a review of strategic plans, and tours of the company's garment, automotive, and footwear leather operations. GST Autoleather, SRL's automotive leather partner, co-hosted the event.

US beef exports are expected to decline about 8% in 2009 to 1.74 billion pounds (weight) the USDA have predicted in their Livestock, Dairy, Poultry Outlook report.

LANXESS have introduced Levotan LB and Tanigan CF liquid are two new products by the specialty chemicals group for the manufacture of high-quality shoe and upholstery leathers.