Mr Giulio Tandura the Director of the Italian specialist leather machinery company Carlessi gave a short interview after the inaugural LeatherNaturally! lunch. Carlessi's sponsorship of the lunch evidenced the perfect alignment of the LeatherNaturally! programme with leading companies in the world leather industry.

This was a visit to a tannery in Karachi, Pakistan. They buy the raw hides from local traders and process it to make finished leather for the shoe industry.

Technology and Passion for skin - Cartigliano

Benefits of the Re-Tie Project in Bangladesh - UNIDO

Reduction of Environmental Threats Project in Bangladesh - UNIDO

Benefits of the Re-Tie project in Bangladesh - UNIDO

Enhancing Safety Standards in Bangladesh Leather Industry - UNIDO

Below we present a video of the Hong Kong fair (APLF MM&T) which reflects the dynamics and atmosphere of this global event which is the most important for the sector.

With 1235 exhibitors and 19013 professional visitors APLF MM&T is the Meeting Place for the Global Leather Industry. It is an integrated event covering future trends and colors of fashion; it includes a program of seminars are forums on vital themes for the industry such as sustainability and technical tanning processes.

Visitors can see hundreds of different types of leather and materials and this is a must-attend event for professionals from the sector-

Being next door to Mainland China Hong Kong is the right place in Asia where to make contacts and close business deals.

For more information about the leading leather and materials evento n the international stage go to: www.mmt.aplf.com

From highstreet designs to eco-friendly fashion chic accessories, Fashion Access showcases quality products on an international scale. The fair exudes its concept, "Head-To-Toe" fashion. It offers buyers a convenient and efficient sourcing platform for their multi-product retailing needs.

Capturing the Fashion Access spirit was one of the fair's higlights, Dress Up!, daily fashion presentations that follows a fashionista metamophosising for a photo shoot live.

Trends Gallery, events, discover the video presentation and guided tour of the fair.

This is a ten minute tour of one of the world's leading leather tanneries - Hermann Oak leather in St. Louis, Missouri. Keith Valley has been granted permission by Weaver Leather to post this condensed edited version of copyrighted footage (which they provided) for your online viewing.

The leather tanneries of Fez in Morocco rely on natural dyes to create their spectacular colours but the secret ingredient of this industry is pigeon droppings.

Please take a look of this tutorial on leather cutting with the TaurusXD 1 from Gerber Technology

Please take a look at this very informative tutorial on production scheduling. This is brought you by Huni and SystemHaus.

The following is a speech given by Mike Redwood at the UITIC conference in Mexico earlier this month. Mike discusses where the industry currently is and what the future could possibly hold. Please visit the Leather Naturally! YouTube channel or the Leather International channel for the concluding parts of Mike's speech.

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