All articles by Ky Nikitha
Ky Nikitha
Boot it up
Lanxess – the German company with a core business of developing, manufacturing and marketing chemical intermediates, additives, speciality chemicals and plastics – has reacted to the demands of the market with a portfolio of new leather chemicals solutions.
A clear conscience
Cotance secretary general Gustavo Gonzalez Quijano reveals how European tanners are employing new manufacturing technologies to make their leather products more sustainable and why tanning is arguably the world’s most effective recycling industry.
View from the US
The downward slide in the US steer market ground to a halt in June, with prices on steer selections stabilising. Good packer positions allowed them to insist on steady or better prices, and the market cooperated for the first three weeks of the month. At press time, the trade war with China was being held at a slow simmer thanks to a delay in the additional tariffs that were threatened last month.
The e-learning revolution
Ivan Král, industrial development officer at UNIDO, discusses e-learning and blended training in professional leather education.
A novel approach
Jin Li-qiang and associates from Biosk Chemicals discuss the results of a study into recycling technology for unhairing-liming and tanning waste water.
Good vibrations
Over six days on 9–14 April, the Salone del Mobile fair in Milan attracted over 386,000 visitors, a significant increase compared with 2017 and a fitting testament to the event’s global standing across multiple industry sectors – not to mention leather’s versatility. Andrea Guolo reports from Milan.
Lead by example
Hides producers must pay close attention to customers’ changing desires and the latest technologies that can make production more efficient. For a big integrated company like US-based Tyson Foods, strategy is key. Senior VP and GM, beef enterprise, Shane Miller, discusses where hides fit in its future.
A warm welcome
An air of optimism prevailed at Indo Leather & Footwear 2019 – which this year took place on 4–6 April – with an estimated 12,500 visitors descending on the Jakarta International Expo in the heart of the Indonesian capital.
Technically speaking
Held for the first time in the historic city of Dresden in Germany, the 2019 IULTCS Congress will be framed with a multi-faceted social programme to promote environmental education within the leather industry and demonstrate how leather chemicals R&D is forging a more sustainable future for production.
Stem the flow
Jakov Buljan, KV Emmanuel, M Viswanathan, M Bosnic and I Král present analysis of flow and energy aspects of zero liquid discharge (ZLD) technology in the treatment of tannery effluents in Tamil Nadu, India.