National Beef and GST join upholstery conference

10 June 2011



Robert Hein, Senior Vice President/General Manager – Leather Division, National Beef Packing Company and WeiLi Seng, GST-Autoleather, Managing Director for China and Korea will speak at the upcoming ‘Upholstery Leather in Asia’ conference in Shanghai on Monday, September 5. The conference takes place on the afternoon before the start date of the ACLE (September 6-8).


‘As a tanner who has been involved in both finished leather and wet-blue production throughout his 38 year career, Robert Hein has a deep empathy for, and understanding of the issues which the automotive and furniture upholstery leather tanners must overcome to produce a flawless and premium product. His insight and experience will provide an informed perspective for the conference participants’, says Marcy Johnson, Vice President of Sales and Marketing, Leather Division for National Beef Packing Company.

‘National Beef is proud to have Robert Hein leading our Leather Business and we excited to be involved with the Upholstery Leather in Asia conference organised by Leather International. We share in the optimism of a strong leather market rebounding and continuing to grow throughout Asia and the rest of the world.’

As well as the presenters stated above, a senior leather specifier from German auto giant, Audi and specialty chemical makers, BASF will also talk at the half-day conference which will take place at the 5-star Kerry Hotel, Pudong district of Shanghai. More speakers and topics will be announced soon.

To reserve your place at the conference just fill in the registration details on this site by clicking on the Upholstery Conference in Asia button or banner on the homepage. The link includes full delegate prices and registration information.

Discounted delegate prices are available for registrations made before, August 1, 2011. The event is sponsored by BASF and National Beef.



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