Lineapelle gets tough with visitors

Published: 17 May, 2004

It is a common sight at any exhibition to see people from non exhibiting companies roaming the halls with their briefcases and price lists. This time, however, Lineapelle decided that this was simply not on.

Since the show is a shop window for leathers, synthetics and components, and intended for designers and manufacturers of finished goods, they put out a sign banning representatives from chemicals and machinery companies, raw hides and skins suppliers and tanners who were not exhibitors.

A number of people who had travelled from overseas were, therefore, turned away while others managed to gain entry in more devious ways. While the move might be commended for limiting entry to all but genuine buyers, this issue is raising considerable concern over the juxta positioning of Tanning Tech this autumn.

Tanning Tech needs Lineapelle alongside for its continued survival. If free access between the two exhibitions is prevented it could do untold damage to the technology sector. And on the hide supply front, one Scandinavian trader pointed out that he was a customer many of tanneries who sell wet-blue.

It has been a long time since hides and skins suppliers have dealt strictly in raw materials. These days they buy and sell a wide variety of products from raw to finished.

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