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Pecca Group Achieves Fifth Consecutive Quarter of Profit Records
23 November 2023 Pecca Group, a leading supplier of leather for the automotive and...

Tod’s Unveils Digital Product Passports for Di Ba
23 November 2023 Italian luxury brand Tod’s has recently joined the Aura Blockchain...

Geox Reports Financial Performance in the First Nine Months of 2023
23 November 2023 Geox, the renowned Italian footwear and apparel manufacturer, has...

New login section for Leather Naturally Members
15 November 2023 Leather Naturally has rolled out an exclusive new service with...

Ralph Lauren Unveils Q2 2024 Financial Results
15 November 2023 Ralph Lauren has disclosed its financial performance for the second...

Moore & Giles Achieves Milestone with Carbon Neutral Leathers
15 November 2023 Moore & Giles, a prominent US leather goods brand, recently unveiled...

Wolverine Worldwide Reports Q3 2023 Financials
15 November 2023 Wolverine Worldwide, a global footwear company, has released its...

Puma Sustains Steady Q3 Sales Growth
09 November 2023 Puma, the renowned footwear and apparel brand, has disclosed...

Adidas sees a brighter future despite weak Q3 results
09 November 2023 Adidas has recently released its financial results for the third quarter...

New TFL Colour Trends Catalogue Spring Summer 2025
07 November 2023 TFL has released its new TFL Colour Trends Catalogue for the season...

Hermès sees sustained demand for leathergoods
01 November 2023 The luxury conglomerate Hermès has reported financial results for the...

Recruitment - job vacancies
01 November 2023 We represent one of the leading East African leather factories producing...

Industry Expert Recommends Leather Use as a Solution to Ocean Pollution
30 October 2023 In response to the World Economic Forum's (WEF) social media inquiry...

Deckers Brands Reports Record Q2 2024 Revenue Growth of 24.7%
30 October 2023 Deckers Brands has unveiled its financial results for the second quarter...

Kering Reports Q3 2023 Financial Results: Luxury Group Sees 13% Revenue Drop
26 October 2023 Kering, the luxury conglomerate, has released its financial results for...

Birkenstock valued at $9.3 billion
18 October 2023 On October 10, German footwear group Birkenstock shared that it had...

EBRD supports sustainable leather production in Mongolia
18 October 2023 Mongolian nomads are renowned for their functional, fashionable and...

Leather UK and LHTBI Announce Hardship Fund to Aid UK Leather Workers
11 October 2023 Leather UK and the Leather and Hide Trades’ Benevolent Institution...

Natuzzi Reports Q2 2023 Financial Results
05 October 2023 Italian furniture manufacturer Natuzzi has released its...

Nike's First Quarter Reports Revenue Growth
05 October 2023 Nike has released its financial results for the first quarter of fiscal...

Levi's Unveils Sustainable Leather Sourcing Strategy in Latest Report
03 October 2023 Levi's, the denim brand, outlined its strategy for leather in...

WWF Joins Forces with Leather Working Group and Textile Exchange to Spearhead Deforestation-Free Leather Supply Chains Initiative
25 September 2023 In a major development for the Deforestation-Free Call to Action for...

Assocalzaturifici hopes for boost from Micam exhibition
20 September 2023 The September installment of Micam debuted in Milan on September...

Arlei Garners 'Efficient Argentina' Award for Remarkable Energy Savings and ISO 50001 Compliance
19 September 2023 Argentinean tanning conglomerate Arlei has earned recognition from...

Apple Takes a Sustainable Leap: Phasing Out Leather Products for Eco-Friendly FineWoven Alternatives
19 September 2023 During a live stream event held on September 12 to unveil the eagerly...

Stahl demonstrates progress on ESG ambitions with second consecutive Platinum EcoVadis rating
19 September 2023 Stahl, a leading provider of coating technologies for flexible...

Brazil’s Leather Export Volume Growth for August
13 September 2023 Brazil's national tanning industry body, CICB, has released robust...

Fifth Sustainable Leather Forum in Paris
13 September 2023 The fifth edition of the Sustainable Leather Forum convened in the city...

TFL restructuring production
12 September 2023 Because of the ongoing weak development of the leather- and leather...

Wolverine World Wide Accelerates Portfolio Transformation: Hush Puppies IP Sale and Wolverine Leathers Business Divestiture
06 September 2023 Wolverine World Wide has unveiled additional measures as part of its...

Foot Locker faces a challenging year in 2023
01 September 2023 It has been a challenging year for the Foot Locker sneaker chain, with...

Annual report for Oeko-Tex 2023/23
31 August 2023 Switzerland-based standards organization Oeko-Tex has unveiled its...

Polypropylene (Pph) Premium Tt Drum
30 August 2023 Huni is the only producer of drum cylinders with a thickness of up to...

Change of CFO
30 August 2023 After over 8 years as TFL Group CFO, Richard Fenton, has decided that...

Afga files leather printing case against Gucci
28 August 2023 Digital printing business Agfa has started legal proceedings within...

Support coalition to advocate for leather and footwear industries in Brazilian parliament
21 August 2023 The leather, footwear, and footwear components industries in Brazil...

Tandy Leather Factory reports decline in second quarter
17 August 2023 Tandy Leather Factory announced its results for the second quarter of...

Spanish leather exports set record levels
16 August 2023 Throughout the initial five months of 2023, the value of Spanish exports...

TFL with new interim CEO
28 July 2023 TFL Group is announcing that the TFL Supervisory Board did not prolong...

COS.T.A. – Technology, innovation and sustainability
21 July 2023 Founded in 2000 with headquarters in Montebello Vicentino (VI), COS.T.A. is...

GE.MA.TA acquires majority stake in COS.T.A.
19 July 2023 Since April, the two companies have been working together on a...

Stahl secures ISCC PLUS re-certification for facilities in Germany and the Netherlands
18 July 2023 Stahl, a leading provider of coating technologies, announces the...

TFL and Novozymes reaffirm strategic partnership - Both organizations have signed exclusive agreements for continued cooperation on existing enzyme solutions and joint innovations
17 July 2023 Leading leather chemicals company TFL Ledertechnik GmbH and Novozymes A/S,...

US beef exports trending lower
13 June 2023 April beef exports were lower than the very big totals posted a year ago,...

Xingye auto leather logs 23% Q1 gross profit margin
13 June 2023 Xingye Technology says that Q1 consolidated income was 464 million yuan:...

TFL at Freiberg Leather Days conference
09 June 2023 TFL will present the topic “Bisphenols in Leather” at the Freiberg...

Texworld Evolution Paris
06 June 2023 Texworld Paris is already sold out! From July 3 to 5, 2023, the...

TFL presentation at ALCA conference
01 June 2023 At the annual convention of the American Leather Chemists Association...

TFL continues cooperation with Dow
25 May 2023 TFL announced that it continues to be the exclusive distributor for resale...

WASDE raises 2023 beef production estimates
23 May 2023 The U.S. Department of Agriculture adjusted its forecast for red meat...

Higg rebrands as Worldly
23 May 2023 Higg is rebranding as Worldly in an effort to relaunch itself to the...

Bangladesh’s leather, leather goods exports drop by 17.55
18 May 2023 Between January and April of 2023, exports of leather and leather goods...

Spanish tanning industry starts strong in 2023
12 May 2023 Spain’s tanning industry exports started the year with significant...

Footwear exports through April lower in pairs, higher in value
11 May 2023 In the four months through April, Brazil exported 48.74 million pairs...

Video tutorials to introduce chemical and physical tests on leather
11 May 2023 GSC Group, a leading Italian chemical company, supplying chemical products...

Stahl's emissions reduction targets approved by the science based targets initiative
04 May 2023 Stahl, a leading provider of coating technologies, announces that...

Successful celebration of World Leather Day
03 May 2023 On April 26th the industry celebrated World Leather Day 2023. Started as...

China’s Q1 leather, footwear industry income drops 16.3%
03 May 2023 The operational revenue of China’s leather, fur, feather and its...

Tyson Foods to cut 10% of corporate jobs
03 May 2023 US food conglomerate and meatpacker Tyson will cut about 10% of its...

Pou Chen to invest $280 million in Tamil Nadu
26 April 2023 Taiwan’s Pou Chen Group,  one of the world’s largest manufacturers of...

World Leather Day 2023
21 April 2023 The theme this year is the long lasting beauty of leather and promoting...

USDA/FAS updates global protein production forecast
19 April 2023 Global protein output is expected to remain virtually unchanged in 2023,...

Brazil’s March hide exports improved over February
19 April 2023 Brazil’s March exports of hides and skins totaled US$103.8 million,...

New TFL Colour Trends Catalogue Autumn-Winter 2024/25
18 April 2023 TFL has released its new TFL Colour Trends Catalogue for the season...

How low will US feedlot inventories go?
29 March 2023 On the heels of the latest US Cattle on Feed report, declining...

Brazil’s February hide and skin exports decline
23 March 2023 Brazil’s February exports of hides and skins totaled US$75.4 million...

Connect Biopharma CBP-201 Atopic Dermatitis Global Phase 2b Data Showed Rapid and Sustained Improvement Across all Body Regions
23 March 2023 SAN DIEGO & TAICANG, China & SUZHOU, China--(BUSINESS...

China 2022 leather exports up by almost 20%
21 March 2023 China’s leather exports were up by nearly 20 percent in 2022 while...

Brazil suspends beef exports to China over BSE
02 March 2023 Brazil has stopped exporting beef to China after it discovered...

Colombia ended 2022 with lower cattle slaughter
02 March 2023 Colombia’s 2022 cattle slaughter was 3.1 million head, a drop of...

Pakistan Leather show report
01 March 2023 We are delighted to share the outcome of the8th Pakistan Mega Leather Show...

Brazil’s footwear exports to EU offset drops in other markets
16 February 2023 Brazil's January footwear exports totaled 14.63 million pairs with a value...

Brazil’s January hide exports 19% higher than December
10 February 2023 Brazil's January exports of hides and skins totaled US$99.1 million,...

Smaller US beef cow herd to affect market
31 January 2023 Drought has been a major contributor to the shrinking size of the US herd...

Argentina slaughtered 4% more cattle in 2022
30 January 2023 In 2022, Argentina slaughtered 13.5 million head of cattle, 4.2%...

Brazil’s hide exports fell 18 percent in 2022
19 January 2023 Brazil’s December exports of hides and skins totaled US$83.2 million....

WASDE revises China’s beef, pork imports upward
19 January 2023 China’s import forecasts for beef and pork in 2023 have been revised...

US Beef exports hit record values in November
11 January 2023 Even though November beef exports were lower than last year, 2022 beef...

Brazil’s November hide exports down in value but higher in area
15 December 2022 Brazil’s November exports of hides and skins dropped by 19.9% in value...

Texworld Evolution Paris: the February 2023 edition shows promising prospects
09 December 2022 The February 2023 edition of Texworld Evolution Paris, which will be held...

Wolverine World Wide dropping leather business, cutting jobs
09 December 2022 Wolverine World Wide, announced that it has started the process of...

JBS Couros launches Essntial leather
30 November 2022 JBS Couros has launched a type of upholstery leather produced in a new...

Brazilian partners set up new company to reverse deforestation
22 November 2022 Three major Brazilian commodity companies and three banks created a...

US beef exports slowed slightly in September
16 November 2022 U.S. pork exports are continuing year-over-year increases, but the...

Hide exports down by 39% in value, 25% in area
10 November 2022 Brazil’s October hide exports totaled US$90.0 million, a decline of...

Xingye net profit for first three quarters down by 25.71%
02 November 2022 Xingye Technology’s financial report for the first three quarters of...

Argentina’s beef slaughter fell almost 5% in September
26 October 2022 Argentina’s slaughter totaled 1.17 million head in September 2022, which is...

Stahl to present portfolio of high performance and low-impact innovations at K 2022
18 October 2022 Waalwijk – Stahl, an active proponent of responsible chemistry, will...

CICB reports Brazilian hide exports drop in September
13 October 2022 Brazil’s exports of hides and skins in September dropped to US$106.9...

Stahl to expand low-impact automotive customer offering with dedicated range of RelcaBond® adhesive and bonding solutions
12 October 2022 Waalwijk, October 12, 2022 – Stahl, an active proponent of...

2021 Brazilian cattle herd breaks record
06 October 2022 For three years running, the Brazilian cattle herd has been...

Compact Spark F surprises and surpasses expectations at Simac 2022!
29 September 2022 Monte Urano, 28th September 2022 – Once again great to be back at Simac...

Vietnam’s leather, footwear sector orders drop
28 September 2022 Declining orders through at least the rest of 2022 have Vietnamese...

SUCCUIR product launch at Lineapelle
22 September 2022 Schill+Seilacher GmbH have launched SUCCUIR, a new pre-tannage and tannage...

New Antiba tannery focuses on automation
21 September 2022 Tuscany’s Antiba tannery moved its headquarters from Santa Croce sull’Arno...

New product launch
20 September 2022 Schill+Seilacher will be launching a new product at this year’s...

Stahl underlines responsible supply chain commitment with EcoVadis Platinum rating
20 September 2022 Waalwijk, September 19, 2022 – Stahl, an active proponent of...

COTANCE, IndustriAll address tannery safety, leather's carbon footprint
15 September 2022 COTANCE and industriAll Europe have launched "Towards Zero Adverse Impact...

Brazil’s hide exports still down compared to 2021
13 September 2022 CICB

Elitron set to surprise at Simac 2022 with new systems for next level productivity.
09 September 2022 Monte Urano, 9th September 2022 – Elitron is set to attract more...

Stahl and Univar Solutions Strengthen Partnership by Expanding Distribution Agreement to Customers in Brazil and Colombia
09 September 2022 Waalwijk, the Netherlands, September 9, 2022 – Stahl, an active proponent...

LWG to launch innovative chain of custody project at member conference
06 September 2022 The Leather Working Group (LWG) will launch the first phase of the LWG...

Stahl and Univar Solutions Strengthen Partnership by Expanding Distribution Agreement to Customers in Brazil and Colombia
01 September 2022 Waalwijk, the Netherlands, September 1st, 2022 – Stahl, an active...

India: Tamil Nadu launches footwear, leather goods policy
30 August 2022 India’s Tamil Nadu state has presented its Tamil Nadu Footwear and...

WASDE bumps up beef forecast
16 August 2022 USDA

Digital Transformation, a Process of Transformation - Digitalization in Tannery Business
11 August 2022 Digital transformation is a challenge for every single business....

July worst month in 2 years for Brazilian hide and skin exports
10 August 2022 CICB

ACLE 2022 rescheduled to December
03 August 2022 Due to the recent uncertainty, the public health control situation...

Stahl joins CLIB biotechnology network to reinforce open innovation, responsible chemistry commitments
03 August 2022 Waalwijk, the Netherlands, August 1, 2022 – Stahl, an active proponent...

July 1 cattle inventory down 2%
26 July 2022 USDA All cattle and calves in the United States on July 1, 2022 totaled...

Argentina: China’s Chery to build electric car factory, invest in tannery
19 July 2022 Chinese car brand Chery confirmed that it plans to install an electric...

First half hide exports down 19.5% in volume compared to 2021
13 July 2022 Brazil’s June exports of hides and skins totaled US$114.7 million...

Saint-Céré slaughterhouse gets approval to supply luxury leather goods
05 July 2022 La Depeche

Stahl targeting reduction of Scope 3 upstream emissions by at least 25% within 10 years
05 July 2022 Waalwijk, The Netherlands, 5 July 2022 – Stahl, an active proponent...

Texworld Evolution Paris marks the return of the major sourcing countries including China
01 July 2022 More than 400 international exhibitors will meet from 4 to 6 July at the...

The Autumn-Winter 2023-2024 Trend Book explores the boundaries of reality
01 July 2022 24H01 – The Autumn-Winter 2023-2024 Trend Book, presented at the...

Apparel Sourcing Paris, Avantex Paris, Leatherworld Paris and Texworld Paris trade fairs will concentrate for 3 days on the essential global offer for fashion brands
01 July 2022 Texworld Evolution Paris will open its doors from 4 to 6 July 2022 at...

SAC pauses Higg MSI, announces third-party review
30 June 2022 SAC Statement

Brazilian hide export volume down 21.9% in 2022
20 June 2022 Brazil’s exports of hides and skins in May dropped by 8.5% in value...

NEW LEATHER TRUTHFULLY RESOURCES
17 June 2022 #Leather Truthfully is a new global resource from Leather Naturally, and...

Stahl introduces Integra® “modular toolbox” of flame-retardant and performance coating technologies
16 June 2022 Waalwijk, the Netherlands, June 16th, 2022 – Stahl, an active proponent...

Xingye expects to double output of Hongxing automobile leather
14 June 2022 Xingye Technology reported in its investor relations activity record that...

Gemata, among green responsibility and educational projects
14 June 2022 A June full of events for the Vicenza-based company leader in roller finishing

APLF to hold special edition in Bangkok 19-21 October
07 June 2022 A special edition of APLF ASEAN will be hosted in Bangkok, Thailand, from...

Italian tanneries appeal to face crisis in the sector
25 May 2022 Despite the fact that 2021 closed with an estimated growth of 19% equal...

Brazil’s beef slaughter grew in Q1 of 2022, tanning decreased
18 May 2022 The slaughter of chickens fell by 1.8% and that of cattle and pigs rose...

L’Atelier Cuir launches new production facility in Graulhet
10 May 2022 L’Atelier Cuir has opened a new leather workshop in Graulhet. The...

Fendi will grow bio-fabrics in the laboratory for luxury
26 April 2022 LVMH further affirms its commitment to research and development...

Brazil’s March hide exports higher than February
20 April 2022 Brazil’s March exports of hides and skins presented by SECEX (Secretariat...

Gemata - Gemata - Guests on the Pole Position broadcast
12 April 2022 Executive Director Gianni Maitan interviewed during the SKY TV program

Turkey’s most modern leather facility inaugurated
05 April 2022 The Uşak Bovine Leather Processing Facility was recently...

World Leather Day announced for March 30
30 March 2022 The Leather Working Group (LWG) and Leather Naturally (LN) are introducing...

Pakistani tanneries begin move to Sialkot
22 March 2022 Tanneries have started moving from the city to the tannery zone which...

Leather Naturally extending sponsorship IULTCS Young Leather Scientist Grant till 2030
21 March 2022 Leather Naturally has been sponsoring the IULTCS Young Leather...

Brazil’s February hide exports down in volume, up slightly in value
15 March 2022 Brazil’s February exports of hides and skins presented by SECEX...

Australia: Flooding cuts slaughter totals
08 March 2022 Flooding across parts of Australia is resulting in substantially...

Bangladesh leather, leather goods exports aim for $12 billion by 2030
28 February 2022 The Bangladesh government plans to boost leather and leather goods exports...

France – Cabot tannery closes
22 February 2022 The French tannery Cabot di Fougères closes definitively after more than...

Argentina: 30 tanneries to relocate to Lanus industrial park
16 February 2022 Thirty tanneries in the Riachuelo de los Navíos basin will be relocated...

APLF to return in a Special Edition in Dubai
09 February 2022 After a gap of three years since its last edition in Hong Kong in 2019,...

US cattle herd shrinks by 2% in 2021
08 February 2022 The US cattle herd shrank by 2% last year, with the total number of...

METCHA's Fundraising is now open to every leather industry member to help boost the initiative that is connecting the material to young generations.
03 February 2022 64% of METCHA's audience say they are inspired by it, and 38% say they...

Sicarev investing €16 million in slaughterhouse renovation
02 February 2022 The Sicarev cooperative group is making a major investment in its...

Portugal approves leather decree
28 January 2022 Portugal has approved a leather decree. Published in the official gazette...

Turkey’s leather exports up in 2021
25 January 2022 Turkey’s leather exports accounted for 0.8% of the country’s total exports...

Brazil’s hide exports up by 45% in value in 2021
18 January 2022 Exports of hides and skins in December, presented by SECEX (Secretary...

Three Tannery Parks Planned in Bangladesh
07 January 2022 The Bangladesh Small and Cottage Industries Corporation (BSCIC) is...

Mensa Brands Expands into Leather
04 January 2022 India’s leading tech-led house of brands, Mensa Brand, has announced...

Pakistan Leather Exports on the Rise
04 January 2022 Pakistan’s leather goods exports witnessed an increase of 11.03% during...

Philippine Leather Goods Manufacturers Given Tax Relief
30 December 2021 In order to aid shoemakers and other leather goods manufacturers in...

Pakistan Leather Exports Surge
20 December 2021 Stakeholders in Pakistan’s leather sector have enjoyed the surge in...

Chanel Announce New CEO
17 December 2021 French fashion house Chanel named its new global CEO this week: Leena Nair,...

Negma Group and FAI Purchase Zilli
15 December 2021 The 56-year-old French men’s fashion house, originally known for its...

Norges Bank Acquires Boohoo Stake
13 December 2021 The central bank of Norway, Norges, has acquired a 3.1% stake in the...

Prada to Chase Secondhand Investment
09 December 2021 Italian fashion group Prada has earmarked an opportunity in the...

Kenyan Government Says Leather Revival Vital
09 December 2021 Kenya’s government has drafted a policy which seeks to revitalize and...

Egyptian Leather Sees 63% Increase
09 December 2021 During the first 10 months of the year, Egypt has exported leather...

Lifegoast – Innovative Tanning without chrome or other Metals
06 December 2021 The European Commission’s funds for the LIFE programme supported the...

Stahl expands number of ZDHC Level-3-certified products
29 November 2021 Waalwijk, The Netherlands, 29 November 2021 – Stahl, an active proponent...

Calls for Bangladesh Leather Sector to Seek Better Branding
26 November 2021 During a virtual workshop on 'Trade and Investment Opportunities in...

Mulberry Launch Low-Carbon Leather
24 November 2021 British brand Mulberry instead of turning to leather alternatives like...

Indian Leather Exports up 400% April-May
22 November 2021 India’s leather industry is one of the country’s most prominent...

India to Target $10bn Leather Exports by 2025
22 November 2021 India’s minister of commerce and industry, Piyush Goyal, said last week...

Bangladesh’s BSCIC Chair Seeks Italian Investment
17 November 2021 The chairman of the Bangladesh Small and Cottage Industries...

Ethiopia to Create Research and Development Centres
15 November 2021 Ethiopia has a new public entity, namely the ‘manufacturing...

Stahl to set Scope 3 carbon emission targets by mid 2022
12 November 2021 Waalwijk, The Netherlands, 12 November 2021 – Stahl, an active proponent...

Nike to Expand Vietnam Production
10 November 2021 According to their chief sustainability officer, Noel Kinder, Nike...

Stahl achieves certification for its lifecycle assessment systems in partnership with Spin 360
10 November 2021 Waalwijk, The Netherlands, 10 November 2021 – Stahl, an active proponent...

India to Welcome New Leather Park
08 November 2021 Chairman of the Leather Industries Development Corporation of India’s...

Swiss Entrepreneurs to Invest in Bangladesh Leather
02 November 2021 Bangladesh’s leather sector has attracted investment attention from...

Kanpur Testing Lab Will Boost Leather Exports
26 October 2021 India’s Minister of State for Commerce & Industry, Anupriya Patel, laid...

Indian Industry Demands Leather Park Scheme
25 October 2021 India’s Council for Leather Exports (CLE) on Saturday urged the government...

Nigerian Government in Talks with IMF
21 October 2021 The Nigerian federal government is negotiating with the...

China’s Fosun Fashion Group in Lanvin Rebrand
12 October 2021 China's Fosun Fashion Group has changed its name to Lanvin Group and...

Swiss to Invest in Bangladesh Leather Sector
12 October 2021 According to Switzerland's ambassador to Bangladesh Nathalie...

Indonesian Apparel Firm Signals Industry Risks
11 October 2021 Indonesia’s apparel sector has come under scrutiny following the plunge...

Tandy Leather Inc. Delisted from Nasdaq
11 October 2021 The Nasdaq Stock Market announced that it will delist the common stock...

Assomac presents its new logo, updates its web portal, and achieves the European Collective Mark
08 October 2021 A new style and communication approach for the association which...

EU and GIZ Collaborate to Support Nigerian Enterprises
05 October 2021 The European Union in collaboration with the German International...

Bangladesh Leather Industry Authority Proposed
30 September 2021 Speakers at a Task Force meeting in Bangladesh recently proposed to set up...

Elitron’s Booster cutting system took center stage
29 September 2021 Monte Urano, 27th Semptember 2021 – Great to be back in the saddle and...

Turkish Leather Capacity on Slow Rise
28 September 2021 The Turkish manufacturing industry’s capacity utilisation rate...

Italian Firms Consider Pakistan Industry Investments
20 September 2021 According to Pakistan’s ambassador to Italy, the country’s companies are...

Vietnam Industry Needs Recovery Time
13 September 2021 Vietnam’s garment, textile and shoe sectors have been hit hard by...

New French Leather Goods Workshop for Hermès
13 September 2021 Hermès International inaugurated its 19th leather goods workshop in...

Kenyan Leather Industry Takes Covid-19 Hit
13 September 2021 The Covid-19 pandemic had a mixed impact on Kenya’s manufacturing sector...

Chinese Industry Growth Slows
13 September 2021 As the country faced sporadic outbreaks of the delta variant of Covid-19,...

Indian Goverment Plans to Extend Leather Incentive Scheme
07 September 2021 India’s government is likely to extend its incentive scheme for the...

Bentley Joins Leather Working Group
06 September 2021 British luxury car manufacturer Bentley has become the first automotive...

Rwanda to Get New Tannery Park in Bugesera
27 August 2021 Rwanda’s Ministry of Trade and Industry has assured players in the...

Ethiopia and Italy Sign Deal to Gain Support for Industry’s Women
25 August 2021 Ethiopia and Italy signed a cooperation agreement intended to gain...

Vietnam Expects Economic High Growth
23 August 2021 Subject to how the country can control the latest COVID-19...

Pakistan Italy Trade Ties Flourish
20 August 2021 Italy’s ambassador to Pakistan, Andreas Ferrarese, said the opportunities...

Uzbekistan Increases Turkish Leather Imports
18 August 2021 Turkey leather goods exports to Uzbekistan surged by 87.1% from...

Indian Leather Exports to Pass £4bn This Fiscal Year
12 August 2021 India’s leather and footwear exports are expected to surpass £4 billion...

Kazakhstan Leather Exports Continue Growth
10 August 2021 Kazakhstan’s leather exports reached $2.4m for five months of 2021, which...

Ethiopia Leather Set for Bright Future
09 August 2021 Ethiopia's leather and leather products industry is preparing for a...

Cambodia Approves Industry-wide Projects
05 August 2021 Cambodia’s CDC has issued final registration certificates...

Ethiopia to Host All-African 2021 Leather Fair
02 August 2021 Ethiopia will host the 12th All-African Leather Fair (AALF) and 5th...

Ethiopia’s Mojo City Leather City Begins Construction
02 August 2021 Ethiopia’s leather project initiative that aims to establish a...

Bangladesh’s Leather Industry Has a Child Labour Problem
30 July 2021 According to a study, Bangladesh’s lucrative leather industry has children...

338 Bangladesh Factories Running During Lockdown
28 July 2021 Some 338 factories are running their operations across Bangladesh during...

Kenyan Leather Facility to be Renovated
28 July 2021 Kenya’s Nairobi County recently handed over the £279k Kariokor common...

Kenyan Leather Factory to Open for Operations
23 July 2021 The plan to commence large scale production of leather products by...

L Catterton to Aquire Etro
20 July 2021 L Catterton, a private equity firm with backing from French luxury...

Bangladesh’s Balikandi Leather Hub Going Under
20 July 2021 Balikandi of Moulvibazar sadar upazila has a long been Bangladesh’s...

Zegna to go Public
20 July 2021 On Monday, Zegna, a company founded in the foothills of Northern Italy...

Savar Tannery Incompletion Hits Production
19 July 2021 Although nearly four years and three months have already passed since...

Bangladesh Government Approves 10m Feet Rawhide
13 July 2021 The government has allowed five companies to export ten million square...

China’s Yantian Port Sees Covid Setback
13 July 2021 The recent outbreak of COVID-19 in South China’s Yantian Port is causing...

Yandex Pulls Out of KupiVIP Deal
13 July 2021 Last week Russian tech giant Yandex announced it was pulling out of a deal...

Huge Potential in Nigerian Leather Industry
08 July 2021 Nigeria’s vice president, Yemi Osinbajo says that Nigeria’s leather...

Pakistan Leather Industry Push for 24/7 Gas Supply
05 July 2021 Chairman of the Pakistan Tanners Association, Abdul Salam has urged...

China Boycott Prompts H&M Sales Slump
05 July 2021 Swedish fashion giant H&M saw its sales slump in China, months after...

South African Industry Flailing
02 July 2021 South Africa's clothing industry has not avoided the impact of the...

Richemont Acquires Delvaux
02 July 2021 Swiss-based luxury goods firm Richemont has acquired Belgian handbag...

Tamil Nadu Leather Benefits from Reasonable Lockdown
29 June 2021 A well-planned lockdown with reasonable restrictions and relaxations seems...

Turkish Manufacturing Sees Year High
29 June 2021 Turkey’s manufacturing industry capacity utilisation rate rose to its...

Zimbabwe Bulawayo Leather Sector Trade Fair Ready
24 June 2021 Zimbabwe leather sector players, based in Bulawayo, are seeking to use...

New Kanpur Leather Park
21 June 2021 The Uttar Pradesh government is seeking to restore the industrial charm...

India’s CLE Appoints New Chairman
21 June 2021 The Council for Leather Exports (CLE) on Friday announced it has...

Pakistan Exports Soar
21 June 2021 Pakistan’s textile and clothing sector exports have posted a near 19%...

Indian Leather Manufacturers Rush to get Staff Vaccinated
18 June 2021 The demand for processed leather and finished goods from Europe and the US...

Pakistan Tax Cuts to Boost Industry Growth
18 June 2021 The Pakistani government’s latest budget, revealed last week, aims to...

New Indian Leather Hub Planned at Kishanganj
14 June 2021 As part of its push towards industrialisation, Bihar state in India is set...

Australian Fashion Week a Boost for Economy
14 June 2021 An Australian Fashion Council report found the industry contributes more...

Global Fashion Houses Face Mexican Ire
14 June 2021 Mexico's Culture Minister Alejandra Frausto sent letters to three...

Employee Support Fund Set Up by LVMH
10 June 2021 French multinational corporation and luxury conglomerate, LVMH has launched...

Book Your Stand Now At China's Leading Leather Trade Show
09 June 2021 China Leather Will Be The First To Rebound

Pakistan Sees Double-Digit Export Growth
08 June 2021 Data compiled by the Ministry of Commerce made available last week,...

Etsy Purchasing Depop for $1.6b
08 June 2021 Fashion resale marketplace Depop will be acquired by Etsy for $1.6...

Stahl launches blockchain-based collaborations with external partners to drive supply chain transparency
04 June 2021 Waalwijk, The Netherlands, 3 June 2021 – Stahl, an active proponent...

New CEO for Natuzzi
01 June 2021 Italian furniture group Natuzzi saw sales grow by +23.1% in Q1, thanks...

Moncler CEO Quashes Talk of Italian Market Consolidation
01 June 2021 The chief executive of Moncler said last week that he did not...

Meat Imports Preventing Bangladesh Industry From Flourishing
01 June 2021 As domestic livestock production has multiplied manifold in the last...

Chinese Construction Giant Begins Work on New Ethiopian Industrial Park
01 June 2021 Chinese construction giant - China Civil Engineering Construction...

H&M’s Sellpy Launches in 20 More Countries
01 June 2021 Swedish online second-hand shop Sellpy, which is majority-owned by...

LA Pompa Carniccio P22 Dynamic E P27
26 May 2021 At the “Simac Tanning Tech” 2021 in Milan, the Italian company...

Fashion CEOs Set Sustainability Targets
26 May 2021 Leaders from fashion companies including Nike, H&M and Kering...

Turkish Textile Industry Seeks Post-Covid Partnerships
26 May 2021 The Turkish textile industry hopes forge lucrative partnerships with...

China Blocks H&M
24 May 2021 In March, Beijing all but erased H&M’s internet presence in the...

Tanzania Waives Leather Processing Machines’ Import
24 May 2021 The government of Tanzania announced this weekend that it had waived...

Footwear from Mexico launches a sales platform
24 May 2021 The Chamber of the Footwear Industry of Guanajuato (CICEG), Mexico,...

Brazil continues to recover its footwear exports
24 May 2021 Footwear exports from Brazil managed to round in the first four months a...

ILSA Brasil has already converted tannery waste into 300000 tons of fertilizers
24 May 2021 The ILSA Brasil company assures that in May it will reach the production...

APLF and ACLE launch their version of hybrid fairs with a new platforms
24 May 2021 The APLF, the great meeting point of the leather industry and...

The SAPICA fair, physical and virtual, managed to improve its results despite the complex situation in Mexico
24 May 2021 SAPICA, the shoe and leather goods fair, was held in presence from March 7...

The industry of Colombia will hold its fair in person format
24 May 2021 The Colombian International Fair of Leather, Footwear, Leather...

Mario Hernández presents Azulejo his collection of leather goods inspired by the Caribbean sidewalks
24 May 2021 The Mario Hernández company, the important Colombian leather goods...

Anti-Viral Leather by JBS Couros
21 May 2021 Brazilian global leather supplier JBS Couros has launched a new technology...

Covid Prompts Chinese Exit from Italian Textile Town
19 May 2021 An unexpected victim of the coronavirus crisis is one of Italy’s...

Vietnam Textile Industry Wants Covid Priority
19 May 2021 Vietnam’s garment and textile companies want their workers vaccinated...

Australian Fashion Industry Receives Budget Boost
17 May 2021 The Australian government is investing $1m into the country’s...

South Korean Industry Hit Hard by Covid-19
12 May 2021 Self-employed businesses across South Korea suffered sales losses of...

Ethiopia Launches Agro-Industry Park
12 May 2021 Ethiopian prime-minister Abiy Ahmed, inaugurated the state owned...

Birimian Holdings Invests in African Industry
10 May 2021 Worth an estimated $31B Sub-Saharan Africa’s apparel, textile, and...

Fashion Industry Unites to Help Students
07 May 2021 French journalist Laurence Benaïm has rallied the fashion industry around...

Luxury Deadstock Resale Site Launched by LVMH
06 May 2021 Luxury goods conglomerate LVMH is launching an online market platform to...

East African Leather Trade Welcomes New Online Platform
06 May 2021 The East African Community’s trade in leather and leather products is...

Mulberry Unveils Green Manifesto
22 April 2021 Luxury fashion brand Mulberry’s new sustainability programme includes a...

Iranian Production Doubles
22 April 2021 Iran’s textile, clothing, and leather production doubled in the last...

Spanish Municipalities Unite Against US Tariff Rise
20 April 2021 The Spanish city of Elche has become the country’s epicentre for...

Stahl outlines sustainable development ambitions in 2020 ESG Report
15 April 2021 Waalwijk, the Netherlands, 15 April 2021 – Stahl, an active proponent...

Zimbabwe to Establish Leather Design Studio
15 April 2021 Zimbabwe is to have its first satellite design studio for leather products...

Bangladesh Leather Sector Given 3 Month Loan Extension
15 April 2021 On Monday, the Bangladesh Bank extended the loan for the leather...

Myanmar Industry in Crisis
13 April 2021 Two years after opening his garment factory in Myanmar, Li Dongliang is...

Bhartiya to Focus on Sustainable Manufacturing
13 April 2021 Bhartiya, India’s largest manufacturing export house of leather apparel...

San Francisco Leather District to be Celebrated with Markers
09 April 2021 A plan to commemorate 50 locations tied to San Francisco's leather and...

Shanghai Fashion Week Begins
09 April 2021 Shanghai’s fashion community returns this evening to the tents at...

Zimbabwe to Launch Leather Sector Strategy
09 April 2021 Zimbabwe Leather Sector’s Strategy for the next decade is to be...

New Anti-Microbial Leather
07 April 2021 Through the partnership of Muirhead and Polygiene, a natural leather has...

Carla Zampatti Dies at 78
07 April 2021 Australian fashion icon Carla Zampatti, known for elegant designs and...

Detroit Ford Leather Donated
07 April 2021 A $100,000 trove of surplus leather hides unearthed during Ford Motor...

Stahl launches next-generation solutions for lightweight automotive leather
30 March 2021 Waalwijk, The Netherlands, 30 March 2021 - Stahl, an active proponent...

APLF Introduces sampleroom
30 March 2021 Start connecting buyers and suppliers on 19 April 2021

Blue Point Acquires Weaver Leather
19 March 2021 US-based private equity firm Blue Point Capital Partners announced it...

Rubric Initiative in Full Swing
17 March 2021 Last year a trailblazing new charity dedicated to diversifying the...

Italy Enters New Lockdown
17 March 2021 Millions of Italians entered another strict lockdown this week, as a...

Leicester’s Textile Manufacturers Offered Support
15 March 2021 The Leicester and Leicestershire Business Gateway Growth Hub has offered...

Changing of the Guard at APLF
12 March 2021 Director of APLF and Executive Vice President of Informa Markets...

Maarten Heijbroek appointed CEO of Stahl
12 March 2021 Waalwijk, the Netherlands, March 11, 2021 – Stahl is pleased to...

Aston Martin to Partner With Mercedes-Benz
11 March 2021 Aston Martin’s chairman, Lawrence Stroll, told the Financial Times in the...

South Africa to Restrict Imports
11 March 2021 South African President Cyril Ramaphosa says that government will clamp...

Stahl to create more value for all stakeholders by focusing on four key strategic areas
09 March 2021 Waalwijk, The Netherlands, 9 March 2021 – Stahl, the world leader in...

Kering Invests in Resale Platform
09 March 2021 In a gamble that the resale market will be a way to win over younger,...

Indian Exports See February Decline
04 March 2021 India’s trade deficit has widened, as imports rose 6.98% during February....

Volvo to Ditch Leather
04 March 2021 Swedish car company Volvo announced that by 2030 it will only sell...

Stahl introduces enhanced probiotic degreasing solution
02 March 2021 Waalwijk, The Netherlands, March 2, 2021 – Stahl, an active proponent...

Bottega Veneta Shuts Down Asian Social Media
01 March 2021 Bottega Veneta is continuing its vanishing act from social media....

New Shoe Industry Training Institute for Kanpur
01 March 2021 Kanpur’s aspirations to grow as an industrial hub in Uttar Pradesh, has...

Italian Fashion Industry Leaders Join Forces
26 February 2021 A group of Italian fashion industry leaders met yesterday, to discuss...

Paraguay Investing in Textile Sector
26 February 2021 The Ministry of Industry and Commerce in Paraguay announced that it will...

LWG releases a new version of the Leather Manufacturer Audit Protocol – P7.0
23 February 2021

Indian Leather Sector Pushes For Self-Sufficiency
18 February 2021 “The MSME is the backbone of Indian economy. Without MSME, we cannot...

LVMH and Fenty Part Ways
15 February 2021 Rihanna’s LVMH-backed fashion house Fenty has closed less than two...

Sri Lanka’s DSI Launches Synthetic Leather Facility
15 February 2021 Sri Lanka’s D. Samson Industries (Pvt) Ltd, a subsidiary of DSI Samson...

Keen Footwear Expands US Operation
09 February 2021 Global footwear brand Keen Inc. has made a commitment to manufacturing...

Mini Cooper Ditches Leather Trim
09 February 2021 Mini Cooper’s head of design has confirmed that the brand will no longer...

UK Industries Facing Brexit Deal Decimation
05 February 2021 Due to the bureaucracy and travel restrictions imposed by the new...

Nera Tanning hosts Masterclass on the Biodegradability of Leather
05 February 2021

India’s AAP Warns Leather Import Will Collapse Industry
04 February 2021 India’s Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leaders responded to the proposed Union...

India’s Leather Import Duty to Return
04 February 2021 In a bid to boost India’s leather industry, Union Finance Minister...

Mens luxury leather line with Louis Vuitton launched
28 January 2021 According to Leatherbiz, Virgil Abloh has created and released a new...

Clarks potential new chinese owner
28 January 2021 According to Glenn Taylor of Sourcing Journal Clarks shoes might be under...

Leather Working Group Reaches 1000 Members
27 January 2021 The Leather Working Group has achieved their thousandth member company...

Welcoming Stellantis
27 January 2021 Following the merger of Groupe PSA and Fiat Chrysler the new...

No Punitive tariffs on Vietnam from US
27 January 2021 A report released by the US administration 15 January claimed actions...

£100m investment in Clarks depends on ambitious plan for shops
22 January 2021 Hong Kong-based private equity company LionRock Capital has announced...

Leather industry could be heading into difficult territory, despite China
21 January 2021 A new, exclusive Leather Pipeline industry-specific market...

First cohort starts fashion sustainability certificate with IFM-Kering collaboration
21 January 2021 Luxury group Kering partnered with Institut Français de la Mode (IFM)...

Footwear market forecast to decline by 22%
20 January 2021 According to Christian Decker, CEO of shoemaking machinery company Desma,...

Patented process eliminates viruses
20 January 2021 Leather manufacturer Gruppo Mastrotto has developed a new, patented...

Silvateam names tannery partners for biocircular project
19 January 2021 Chemicals company Silvateam has provided more information on its...

The luxury segment’s long road to recovery
19 January 2021 Management consultancy Bain & Company, in collaboration with Italian...

Cotance secretary-general comments on microplastics
18 January 2021 Gustavo Gonzalez-Quijano, secretary-general of Cotance, issued a comment...

Argentine tannery Curtiembres Fonseca SA acquired
18 January 2021 Argentine tannery Curtiembres Fonseca S. A has been purchased, with the...

Industry responds to inaccurate reporting
15 January 2021 The UK leather industry has responded forcefully to an incorrect claim...

The unsustainable truth of vegan ‘leather’
15 January 2021 While fashion has recently been in the news for its efforts to be...

Protection of the term ‘leather’ introduced in Italy
15 January 2021 In a key development in May 2020, the Italian council of ministers approved...

Cotance holds delayed elections
15 January 2021 Cotance held its delayed 2020 annual general meeting in Vienna on...

IFM study results puts the spotlight on eco concerns
15 January 2021 Results of a recent study conducted by the IFM-Première Vision Chair, led...

Fashion forward with leather searches on the increase
15 January 2021 Lyst has been looking at the emerging trends, comparing the shopping...

Aspinal is set to restructure
15 January 2021 Aspinal of London has filed for a company voluntary arrangement...

Italy declares drop of one third in leather exports for 2020
15 January 2021 Italian leather goods association Assopelleterieri said Italy’s...

Lineapelle Leather Market Overview - 1st Quarter 2020
15 January 2021

UNIC comment on safety of finished leathers
15 January 2021 UNIC have recently commented on the reasons why finished leathers are...

Lay-offs at Tasman
15 January 2021 New Zealand producer, Tasman Tanning has had to let go 17 staff due to...

Covid-19 leads to hide overflow in French warehouses
15 January 2021 According to Les Echos , the French news source controlled by LVMH group...

Joint declaration on the economic impact of Covid-19 on the Textile, Clothing, Leather & Footwear Industries
15 January 2021 The European Textile, Clothing, Leather, and Footwear (TCLF) industries...

UNIC AND LINEAPELLE OPEN THEIR DOORS TO WORLD LEATHER CONTEST
15 January 2021 UNIC - Italian Tanneries, in collaboration with Lineapelle, opens its...

PrimeAsia Launches Responsibly Raised Video Series
15 January 2021 Responsible and sustainable processing of bovine hides into leather is...

LANXESS: New Developments in Leather Chemicals
15 January 2021 LANXESS constantly offers innovative products for the manufacture of...

264 Billion USD rescue package for India
15 January 2021 According to the BBC, the 20 Trillion Rupee package has been designed to...

UNIC rallies against Solofra critics
15 January 2021 Italy’s national tanning association UNIC has come out in defence of...

Staggering decline in hide share of cattle value
15 January 2021 In comments 5th MY, The Leather and Hide Council of America (LHCA) has...

The high planetary cost of cheap fashion.
15 January 2021 The global fashion industry generates a huge amount of waste - one...

THE PRADA GROUP REOPENS ITS PRODUCTION SITES IN TUSCANY
15 January 2021 The Prada Group has begun to return to work, partially reopening its...

Brazil Meatpackers declare ready to reach US
15 January 2021 With scores of meatpacking companies in the USA impacted by...

Stahl selects Finboot’s blockchain solution MARCO to share verified sustainability credentials with brands that use its products
14 December 2020 Waalwijk, The Netherlands, 14 December 2020 - Stahl, the world leader in...

LWG and ZDHC take next joint step to ZDHC MRSL implementation in updated LWG Audit Protocol
19 November 2020 All LWG-certified leather manufacturers will be granted free access to...

Leather, automobiles, and sustainability are on the agenda of the Brazilian Leather Webinar Series
03 November 2020

Stahl launches Chinese website and increases presence on Chinese social networks
14 October 2020 At Stahl.cn, Chinese visitors will be able to read the latest updates...

Strategic Partnership between Smit & Zoon and BioProTech Italia S.r.l. to jointly drive sustainability in the leather value chain
13 October 2020 In line with their shared goal for a more sustainable leather industry,...

Natuzzi, Furf, and Grupo Minuano are the guests of the next Brazilian Leather Webinar Series
08 October 2020 Three benchmarks of the leather and furniture industry are confirmed for...

The Biodegradability of the Leather
08 October 2020

Global reputation for quality, excellence and outstanding customer care
30 September 2020

Stahl launches Stahl EleGrade™: the next generation upgrading solutions
30 September 2020 Waalwijk, The Netherlands, 29 September 2020 – Stahl announces...

Mindhive demonstrates finished leather grading at Fashion World Tokyo
28 September 2020 AI and machine vision expert Mindhive has developed a leather grading...

Participate in the Brazilian leather webinar series
21 September 2020

View from the US
03 September 2020 The US health situation with the Covid-19 pandemic was still very much...

LANXESS starts series production of modular X-Biomer plants
31 August 2020

LANXESS to sell organic leather chemicals business to TFL
26 August 2020

COVID-19 Should Not Prevent the Leather and Fashion Sectors from Moving Forward
24 August 2020 APLF announced on 9th April that the 2020 edition of APLF had...

Optitan: optimal leather performance while minimizing costs per hide and helping the envinment.
30 July 2020 Smit & Zoon keeps making the leather value chain more sustainable

ACLE2020 Reschedules to 2021 Due to COVID-19 Outbreak
16 July 2020 During this unprecedented global COVID-19 pandemic, the organisers of...

Stahl: "Personal contact meets digital service at ACLE Shanghai"
04 June 2020 At this year’s All China Leather Exhibition, Shanghai (ACLE), Stahl will...

Stahl Polymers appoints Fitz Chem as distributor for Aziridine and Carbodiimide crosslinkers in USA
02 June 2020 Independent distributor Fitz Chem, Nagase Group, has been appointed...

Join the leather industry E=experts on PALF Webinar
22 May 2020 Streaming live on 8 June, from 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM EET.

Zschimmer & Schwarz wins Axia Best Managed Companies award for the second time in a row
20 May 2020 Appreciation of sustainable and farsighted entrepreneurship.

Stahl accelerates digital customer engagement implementation to uphold its high technical service level
20 May 2020 Stahl, world leader in specialty chemistry for coatings, processing...

Prada Group reopens production sites in Tuscany
15 May 2020 The Prada Group has partially reopened its Arezzo factory, with 300...

Brazil meatpackers ready to deliver to US
15 May 2020 With scores of meatpacking companies in the US impacted by...

Stahl Polymers expands label-free carbodiimide crosslinkers portfolio with Picassian XL-755 and Picassian XL-762
13 May 2020 Specialty chemistry company Stahl has introduced two label-free...

US cattle hide value declines significantly in wake of Covid-19
06 May 2020 Hide now represents approximately 1% of a steer’s total value.

Elitron upgrades cutting systems in response to Covid-19
21 April 2020 Elitron’s customer service team is working flat out to support many of...

Pan African Leather Fair postponed to June 2021
17 April 2020 We have decided to postpone the show until June 2021 at Egypt...

APLF 2020 reschedules to 2021 due to COVID-19 outbreak
15 April 2020 Organisers to offer online channels for industry to engage and...

Leather goods business transforms factory into NHS PPE production line
15 April 2020 Leicester-based British manufacturing company Mowbray Leather Goods...

Kering top man agrees pay cut
15 April 2020 French billionaire chairman and CEO of luxury goods group...

Stahl becomes member of the Roundtable on Sustainable Biomaterials
14 April 2020 Stahl, world leader in specialty chemistry for coatings, processing...

Smit & Zoon publishes 2019 Corporate Social Responsibility report
14 April 2020 In the 2019 CSR report, Smit & Zoon shows its environmental and...

The Leather Learning Webinar Series: Part 1 - The Inherent Sustainability of Leather
08 April 2020 The Leather Learning Series is a three-part series to educate brands...

Saima Sicurezza Spa outlines COVID-19 safety precautions
07 April 2020 Saima Sicurezza Spa has issued the following press release outlining...

Coronavirus: Gruppo Mastrotto donates €100,000 to non-profit San Bortolo Foundation and provides its employees with a health insurance
03 April 2020 The sum allocated by the company will support the Hospital of Vicenza...

Ferrari eyes April restart
31 March 2020 Italian luxury sports car manufacturer Ferrari is planning to...

Aston Martin suspends manufacturing
31 March 2020 Effective until Monday 20 April, Aston Martin has temporarily suspended...

LVMH orders masks for France
25 March 2020 40 million health masks have been ordered by LVMH, the world’s biggest...

Luxury sales rise in Korea amidst viral outbreak
25 March 2020 Last weekend, customers wearing face masks queued in front of almost...

Coronavirus stalls Prada growth
25 March 2020 Italian luxury fashion house Prada Group warns that the coronavirus...

Calcutta leather complex sees light through coronavirus gloom
25 March 2020 The coronavirus has badly hit exports of leather goods, from India’s...

Fimec is confirmed: Fenac creates an extraordinary action plan for the event
04 March 2020 A contingency plan is built in conjunction with the Novo Hamburgo...

Innovation: a tannery that will launch e-commerce with no minimum order amount
26 February 2020 Associated with the CICB, Cortume Krumenauer will soon launch a...

Chemical company Stahl achieves highest certification for ZDHC Gateway compliance
21 February 2020 Specialty chemical company Stahl has achieved the highest level of...

Agfa and TFL join forces in innovative inkjet printing project for genuine leather
19 February 2020 TFL and Agfa have entered into a strategic partnership, focusing on...

Elitron set to surprise at Simac 2020
19 February 2020 Elitron is set to attract more attention than ever at Simac this week, as...

APLF announces new dates for the 2020 events
11 February 2020 APLF continues to monitor the developments of the Novel Coronavirus, and...

Winners of three 2020 IUR research grants announced
10 February 2020 The executive committee of the IULTCS is pleased to announce the winners...

Stahl opens Centre of Excellence for sustainable leather technologies in India
07 February 2020 Stahl, a world leader in specialty chemistry for coatings, processing,...

Tiffany acquisition approved by LVMH
05 February 2020 Tiffany & Co announced on Tuesday that its shareholders had approved...

Historic Liverpool blade maker Hardy UK cuts a deal for 22,066ft2 facility at Mersey Reach logistics park, Aintree
04 February 2020 Historic Liverpool-based precision blade manufacturer Hardy UK has agreed...

Launch Stahl BeTan® helps tanners create responsible high-quality leather
04 February 2020 Stahl BeTan® offers easy-to-adapt, responsible technologies for every step...

Leather from Brazil: sales to India grew over 50% in 2019
31 January 2020 Leather exports from Brazil to India saw a boom in 2019: they grew 53.1%...

76,000ft2 Bradford expansion for Collett
31 January 2020 Collett expands operations, purchasing 76,000ft2 of warehousing and...

Indian leather tech students launch start-up resource
31 January 2020 Students from Anna University’s department of leather technology...

New York soon to host seven Brazilian tanneries for the most important leather and fashion fair in the US
28 January 2020 Lineapelle New York is the US fashion sector's main leather fair and...

Scottish Leather Group in £3 million water deal
28 January 2020 Scottish Leather Group has awarded a £3 million, three-year contract...

Coronavirus hurts Chinese luxury sales
24 January 2020 The Wuhan coronavirus outbreak in China has begun to negatively effect...

Clarks bets on India
22 January 2020 British international shoe manufacturers Clarks is looking towards growth...

Leather seminar at LANXESS
14 January 2020 Specialty chemicals company LANXESS is organising a symposium for the...

Northspec Chemicals Corp. appointed as Stahl Polymers’ distributor for the Stahl Polymers portfolio in Canada
17 December 2019

euroleather.com gets a facelift – COTANCE presents its new website
12 December 2019

EU Social Dialogue “SER 20” project gets ready to analyse
11 December 2019 The partnership of the EU Social Dialogue “SER 20” project gets ready...

LANXESS presents leather fashion trends for the spring-summer season 2021
06 December 2019 Specialty chemicals company LANXESS, one of the world’s leading...

Rumours Suggest Dr Martens Sale
28 November 2019 According to reports, private-equity group Carlyle is considering...

IULTCS welcomes LETSB Bangladesh as a new member
25 November 2019

Stahl's Dr Alexis Pey appointed executive board member of EFCE
22 November 2019 Stahl Global SHE & Process Safety Manager starts two-year term on 1 January 2020

Kenyan Government Eyes 35 New Industrial Centres
20 November 2019 According to Kenya’s Trade and Industrialisation cabinet secretary,...

LANXESS to sell its stake in chrome ore mine in South Africa to Clover Alloys
19 November 2019 Clover Alloys (SA) Proprietary Limited, a South African supplier of...

Adiprene prepolymers from LANXESS offer new possibilities in 3D printing
15 November 2019 Specialty chemicals company LANXESS is offering the next generation of...

Units Mexico opts for research with the launch of its new laboratory
14 November 2019 Cromogenia Units shows clear commitment to research in the field...

ReSol department upgraded
14 November 2019 Completion of significant investments in advanced state-of-the-art...

Bangladesh Targets £8 billion Leather Export by 2025
14 November 2019 If the country can improve compliance, protect labour rights and...

Scottish Leather Group to Open New Factory
14 November 2019 One of the UK’s largest leather manufacturers will open a new factory...

Timberland to Build Responsible Leather Supply Chain
13 November 2019 Timberland has partnered with Other Half Processing to build a...

Tiffany & Co to go Under the Hammer
13 November 2019 French luxury conglomerate LVMH is planning to add the jeweller Tiffany &...

Multi-Million Northamptonshire Industrial Development on the Way
13 November 2019 A £100m property investment fund has acquired an industrial and...

Prada in Sustainability Deal First
12 November 2019 Prada has signed a £43 million deal with financial services company...

Bangladesh Leather Sector Recovers From Two-Year Slump
11 November 2019 Due to higher shipments to non-traditional markets, the export of leather...

Agra Leather Park Construction Hurdles to be Overcome
11 November 2019 India’s skill development minister, Mahendra Nath Pandey, assured...

Moschino Announce New CEO
10 November 2019 Historic Italian luxury label Moschino has announced its new CEO:...

Policies Lead to African Leather Struggles
09 November 2019 Due to poor industrialisation policies and weak value-addition...

Italian water companies launch tender for largest European sludge plant
06 November 2019 Italian water companies Acque del Chiampo and Medio Chiampo have launched...

Job opportunity at Leather Working Group
25 October 2019 Leather Working Group have announced they are looking to hire...

2020 Leather Research Grant Announced by IULTCS
21 October 2019 The Executive Committee of the IULTCS is pleased to announce the 2020...

IULTCS Announces New Chair of Environmental Commission
21 October 2019 Dr Wolfram Scholz has been appointed to chair the IUE commission of...

JBS Couros' Marabá unit receives the Gold Seal from the Brazilian Leather Certification of Sustainability
18 October 2019 The leather sector in Brazil has a new reference in sustainability:...

Partners of the hides, skins and leather value chain agree on traceability objectives
16 October 2019 Discussing issues of interest to the value chain of tanners' raw materials

USHSLA Requests Tariff Exclusions for Certain Chinese Leather Goods Imports
11 October 2019 USHSLA hopes for some some exclusions in US-China trade war

Smit & Zoon achieves highest level of ZDHC certification and thus proves to lead the industry in sustainability
10 October 2019 We are proud to announce that Smit & Zoon has received the highest level...

USHSLA Applauds U.S. Decision to Exempt EU Leather Imports from Retaliation in Airbus Subsidies Dispute
04 October 2019 The US Hide, Skin and Leather Association (USHSLA) today welcomed the...

USHSLA Establishes First-Ever Hides and Skins Traceability Program
02 October 2019 Voluntary programme aims to trace all US hides and skins back to...

LANXESS wins Responsible Care competition 2019 of German Chemical Industry Association (VCI)
27 September 2019 Specialty chemicals company LANXESS received on 26 September the first...

North American Meat Institute Releases Revised Edition of Animal Handling Guidelines and Audit Guide
26 September 2019 The North American Meat Institute (Meat Institute), with which the U.S....

Tapestry Inc. Replace CEO Victor Luis
06 September 2019 The news that long-serving chairman Jide Zeitlin has stepped into the...

VF Corp Suspends Brazilian Leather Sourcing
05 September 2019 The owner of The North Face, Vans and Timberland, has announced that it...

ACLE in Shanghai
04 September 2019 Shortly before the Shanghai New International Expo Centre opened its...

No End in Sight for Bangladeshi Leather Industry Struggles
04 September 2019 The lack of a fully functional central effluence treatment plant (CETP)...

Bangladeshi Leather Footwear Exports Continue to Grow
03 September 2019 Bangladeshi leather footwear exports have registered a steady growth...

Systems for surface design and finishing
03 September 2019 At this year’s All China Leather Exhibition (ACLE), which will take...

Indian Government’s Economic Measures Will Boost Leather Industry
02 September 2019 India’s government have announced measures which they hope will push...

COTANCE will support its customers to achieve the ambitions of the Fashion Pact submitted to the intention of the G7 leaders in Biarritz
02 September 2019 COTANCE, the representative body of the European leather industry,...

Sustainable products and systems for the leather industry
30 August 2019

ISA TanTec Begins Work on Second Vietnam Tannery
24 August 2019 Leather Supplier ISA TanTec has given the go-ahead for construction on...

Leather Naturally publishes labelling fact sheet
23 August 2019 Leather Naturally has published the latest in an on-going series of...

Hong Kong’s Yue Yuen to Move Production to Southeast Asia
21 August 2019 Yue Yuen Industries, the Hong Kong-listed footwear manufacturer, is to...

German Leather Federation in Bid to Ban Terms Like ‘Vegan Leather’
20 August 2019 The German Leather Federation (VDL) has issued a ‘cease and desist’ letter...

Bangladesh Leather Industry Flailing, Industrial Park Still Not Complete 16 Years On
20 August 2019 Bangladesh has seen a dramatic fall in its leather export earnings...

LANXESS to sell its chrome chemicals business to Brother Enterprises
13 August 2019 Specialty chemicals company LANXESS is selling its chrome chemicals...

Versace Apologises After T-Shirt Angers China
13 August 2019 Luxury fashion label Versace and its artistic director, Donatella...

Japan to be Removed from South Korea’s Preferred Trade List
12 August 2019 South Korea announced this week that it has decided to remove Japan from...

Pakistani Tanners Push for Government Action
09 August 2019 Pakistan’s government is being urged by the Pakistan Tanners...

Karen Millen and Coast in Boohoo’s Sights but 1100 Jobs at Risk
08 August 2019 Following Boohoo’s £18m purchase of the online businesses belonging to...

Despite Potential Bangladesh Leather Industry Struggles
07 August 2019 Bangladesh’s leather industry is underperforming, specifically with...

Trumpler Group joins ZDHC
06 August 2019 Trumpler Group has announced it has joined ZDHC as “Value Chain...

Inauguration of upgraded polymer production plant in Sao Leopoldo, Brazil
06 August 2019 On 5 August 2019 TFL celebrated the inauguration of its upgraded...

Gucci Hires ‘Diversity Chief’
01 August 2019

Kenyan Leather Industry Unexploited
01 August 2019 According to Chris Simba, of the Kenya Market Trust, Kenya’s hides and...

Australian Leather Industry at All Time Low
31 July 2019 According to an executive officer of the Australian Hide Skin and...

Eid Sheepskins to be Used by Moroccan Leather Industry
25 July 2019 On 24 July, the Moroccan Secretary of State for Sustainable...

Dubai Property Developer Buys Cavalli
19 July 2019 Following months of speculation, Damac Properties, a Dubai-based...

British Luxury Sales Pass £5 billion Mark
19 July 2019 In the past year, the British luxury fashion industry saw sales break...

Nike Pushes Forward with New Plant
18 July 2019 Nike Inc announced it will open a new manufacturing facility in...

Reformation Stake to be Snapped up by Permira
17 July 2019

Chanel Acquires Stake in Italian Tannery
12 July 2019 Famous French fashion house Chanel has acquired a majority stake in...

Bangladesh Tannery Workers Demand Environmentally Friendly Industry
12 July 2019 Bangladesh’s leather industry workers have urged the government to build...

Indian Leather Industry Fears Supply Crunch
10 July 2019

Kenyan Tanners Want Export Levy Removed
08 July 2019 Kenya’s Tanners Association wants the government to remove the 10%...

Struggles Ahead for Hong Kong Luxury Goods Market
04 July 2019 There are challenging times on the horizon for the Hong Kong luxury goods market

A new animation from Brazilian Leather shows off the sector's versatility
04 July 2019 A video presenting all the versatility of the bovine sector, of which...

Fez, Morocco to Host First Leather Trade Show
04 July 2019

Syntans Capacity Expansion in France completed
04 July 2019 In order to satisfy the market demands in an optimum way, TFL expanded...

Bangladesh Leather Industry Slump Continues
03 July 2019 Due to environmental pollution caused by hide processing, lack of...

LCCI Calls on Pakistani Government to Resolve Leather Industry Issues
02 July 2019 Pakistan’s government is being urged by The Lahore Chamber of Commerce...

Dr. Martens ‘Explore Options’ with Goldman Sachs
01 July 2019 Buyout firm Permira is working with Goldman Sachs Group and Robert W....

Legal Ganga Tanneries to Reopen
27 June 2019 The Indian state government has finally decided to allow all legal...

Bottega Veneta Expands Leather Goods Plant
27 June 2019 Leather House Bottega Veneta announced this week it will expand...

Luxury Goods Spending to Top £240 billion This Year
26 June 2019 The global personal luxury goods sector will see growth of up to 6%...

New Lease of Life for Kanpur and the River Ganga
26 June 2019 Kanpur is a densely populated city in India, located on the west bank of...

Dubai Developer Tight-Lipped Over Cavalli Takeover
26 June 2019 Reported front-runners for a takeover of luxury fashion brand...

JBS Couros expands Vietnam operations and launches new showroom
26 June 2019 The plant is doubling its physical infrastructure to connect the US and...

Prize for Germany’s Best Trainee Tanner
25 June 2019 Felix Wengenroth, of specialty chemicals company LANXESS, will receive...

Egypt Makes Siemens Deal in Bid to Upgrade Industrial Sector
24 June 2019 The Egyptian government has signed an agreement with German...

Germany gets ready to host the leather industry's largest tech event
24 June 2019 The newest developments in science, technology, and positive experiences...

Dolce & Gabbana First Fashion House to Extend Size Range
24 June 2019 Dolce & Gabbana became the first luxury fashion house to extend its...

LANXESS confirmed as supplier of sustainable leather chemicals
20 June 2019 First company to complete Level 3 Certification in the ZDHC Gateway....

India to Raise Tariffs on US Products
17 June 2019 India is looking to raise tariffs on a load of products imported from...

Chinese Tariffs to Have Big Effect on American Industry
17 June 2019 American industries, including apparel, technology and manufacturing, are...

Owners of Lanvin Seek Investors for Fashion Unit
17 June 2019 The Chinese retail-to-drugs conglomerate backed by billionaire Guo...

Moda appoints director of footwear
14 June 2019 Moda, the heart of UK fashion and the trade show that brings fashion to...

Hardy UK announce new arrival
14 June 2019 Hardy UK have announced that as of 3 June 2019, Mirko Alighieri has...

Fashion Brands Not Paying Living Wage to Supply Chain Workers
11 June 2019 A new report has claimed that “no major clothing brand” has been able to...

Uzbekistan and Turkey Launch Joint Leather Production Cluster
10 June 2019 The Uzbek-Turkish cluster for the production of shoes and leather...

Luxury Brands Increase Social Media Spending
10 June 2019 In the pursuit of young shoppers, luxury brands such as Gucci, Louis...

Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the European Leather Association
06 June 2019 At a time when European citizens were reflecting on their vote and who...

France to Ban Burning of Luxury Goods
06 June 2019 France's prime minister on Tuesday announced a crackdown on the...

Bangladesh Leather Sector Struggling for Investment
05 June 2019 Bangladesh’s leather industry has been struggling to find new...

TFL is launching its own blog called "Main Reaction"
04 June 2019 As a modern and innovative company TFL is launching a blog called...

Revenues at the Top 100 Luxury Goods Firms Hits £195 billion
04 June 2019 The world’s top 100 luxury goods companies generated, in aggregated...

Inspiramais: next edition to have 17 tanneries
31 May 2019 Inspiramais: Hall of Design and Materials Innovation takes place this year...

US Tariff Imposition Could Result in Inflation
31 May 2019 In the United States, luxury consumption and the broader retail business...

East Africa Forum Pushes for Accessible Leather Market
30 May 2019 The East African Community (EAC) Leather Forum has urged the bloc to...

Fashion House Jean Patou Rebrands to Patou
30 May 2019 Following their 2018 takeover, by luxury giant LVMH, Jean Patou has...

USHSLA & LIA Submit Comments Opposing Imposition of Tariffs on EU Leather Handbag Imports to US
29 May 2019 Retaliatory tariffs would cause undue harm to US hides, skins and...

Prada to Halt Fur Use
28 May 2019 Italian luxury fashion house Prada has announced it will stop using...

Zimbabwe Industry Urged to Meet International Standards
22 May 2019 Zimbabwe’s leather sector could reap greater export proceeds for the...

LANXESS confirmed as supplier of sustainable leather chemicals
21 May 2019 First company to complete Level 3 Certification in the ZDHC Gateway....

Zimbabwe Tanners Given Expert Advice
20 May 2019 ZimTrade, Zimbabwe’s export promotion body, has urged Zimbabwean tanners...

France to Ban Burning of Unsold Luxury Goods
20 May 2019 Following French luxury group Kering’s announcement that it will no...

LVMH Now Uses Blockchain
20 May 2019 LVMH to launch the very first blockchain platform to help...

Leathers from Brazil will be present at a German trade fair dedicated to the furniture sector
16 May 2019 Interzum is the world's leading trade fair for suppliers and buyers in...

India’s Leather Industry Flailing
16 May 2019 A government-led crackdown on the slaughter of cows in India has caused...

Spotlight on Sustainable Leather Solutions
14 May 2019 The focus of the upcoming edition of Pure Origin, the section of the...

Kering Agrees Record Italian Tax Settlement
13 May 2019 The settlement, which was first reported last month, is the highest...

Rihanna Teams with LVMH to Release New Fashion Label
13 May 2019 Pop icon Rihanna announced last week that she will team up with French...

New French Factories for Louis Vuitton
10 May 2019 Louis Vuitton, French luxury group LVMH’s biggest earnings driver,...

New York City Council Speaker Spares Leather
09 May 2019 If City Council Speaker Corey Johnson has his way, New Yorkers will see...

LANXESS presents leather trends for autumn-winter season 2020/2021
08 May 2019 Specialty chemicals company LANXESS, one of the world’s leading...

Fashion Industry Sustainability Progress Slowing
08 May 2019 According to a new report, the pace of sustainability progress is...

Savar Tannery Workers Stage Demo
03 May 2019 A demonstration was staged today by thousands of tannery workers...

IULTCS Congress to host a lecture from the Brazilian Leather Certification of Sustainability
03 May 2019 The 35th Congress of the IULTCS has approved the Brazilian...

Sonia Rykiel Seeks Bankruptcy Protection
01 May 2019 Struggling French fashion house Sonia Rykiel has been placed...

Investment in Bangladesh Leather Sector Sluggish
29 April 2019 Bangladesh's leather struggles

Kering Close to Tax Case Settlement
26 April 2019 French luxury group Kering is close to settling a dispute with...

Nepal Government to Tighten Import of Luxury Goods
25 April 2019 Nepal’s finance minister, Yubaraj Khatiwada has said that the government...

Bangladesh Government Urged to Bring All Leather Exporters Into Special Scheme
24 April 2019 The Bangladesh Finished Leather, Leather Goods and Footwear...

Nigerian Leather Exports Worth $600 million a year
23 April 2019 According to a report by JCR-VIS Credit Rating Company, Nigeria...

TFL presentations at the 35st IULTCS Congress Dresden, Germany
23 April 2019 As one of the main sponsors of the global IULTCS (International Union...

Kenya Welcomes New Leather Factory
19 April 2019 Residents of Nairobi in Kenya will be able to access locally made...

Raw Skin Smuggling Key Challenge to Kenyan Leather
18 April 2019 Smuggling of skins remains biggest challenge for Kenya's tanneries

LK Bennett Has Chinese Buyer
16 April 2019 LK Bennett has been bought out of administration, saving 325 jobs

Stahl to Introduce Molecular Tagging in Leather Supply Chains
16 April 2019 Applied DNA Sciences announced today the signing of a non-binding MoU...

Dr Martens to Float on Stock Market
15 April 2019 Permira, private equity firm and owner of Dr Martens, is reportedly...

Silas Capital Invests in Bellroy
15 April 2019 New York-based Silas Capital has invested in Bellroy, a...

Luxury Goods Tax Rise Recommended by Nigerian Parliament
11 April 2019 Nigeria’s parliament has requested that the government consider...

Another record high for cruise visitors to British ports, as Cruise Britain celebrates 10th anniversary
09 April 2019 Figures released today by Cruise Britain show that the number of...

Leather Key to Growing Nigeria’s GDP, says minister
09 April 2019 Nigeria’s Minister of Science and Technology, Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu, has...

H&M Heads Towards Sustainability
08 April 2019 International fashion chain H&M has stated in its annual...

Bangladesh Plans to Lead Through Leather
04 April 2019 As Bangladesh continues on its journey to reaching the status of a...

Pittards Revenue Drops
04 April 2019 Revenues at the Yeovil-based leather goods manufacturer have dropped,...

Roberto Cavalli on Brink of Bankruptcy
02 April 2019 Florence-based Italian brand Roberto Cavalli has shut its US shops...

Two Die After Chennai Leather Factory Wall Collapse
01 April 2019 Two workers who were cleaning a tank at a leather tannery at...

South African Leather Industry Seeks Ghanaian Collaboration
01 April 2019 The Footwear and Leathers Export Council of South Africa, is on a mission...

Leather Naturally Reaches Campaign Funding Goal
01 April 2019 Leather Naturally has reached its $1.5 million fundraising goal for a...

SIMAC Tanning Tech & APLF 2019
29 March 2019 At this year's APLF in Hong Kong, as well as at SIMAC Tanning Tech in...

Bradington-Young Launches Online Leather Resource
28 March 2019 US upholstery resource Bradington-Young have continued their efforts...

UNIC-Italian Tanneries invests in Sicit’s circular economy
27 March 2019 The investment will be done via the subsidiary Lineapelle, and will be of...

Kenya Still to Enforce Shoe Import Duty Tax
27 March 2019 It’s been nearly a year since Kenya announced a 35% duty on leather...

Elitron previews Klick
26 March 2019 Once again Elitron is at the forefront of innovative automation...

Blockchain to Protect Italian Products from Counterfeiters
25 March 2019 Italian tanners are the world's leading producers of leather, and the...

Liam Gallagher’s Pretty Green Stumbles into Administration
25 March 2019 The fashion retailer set up by former frontman of Oasis, Liam Gallagher,...

Lectra's Innovation Lab brings breakthrough innovation to life
22 March 2019 Lectra boosts its innovation process by dedicating a new space to...

Hermes profits soar
21 March 2019 French luxury fashion firm Hermes is celebrating rising profits, as...

Louis Vuitton axes Michael Jackson-inspired pieces
20 March 2019 French fashion house Louis Vuitton has said it will no longer produce any...

Nigerian Government launches leather products committee
15 March 2019 Nigeria’s federal government has introduced a committee which will...

Oeko-Tex extends STeP’s reach to leather
13 March 2019 It is becoming more and more important to consumers that the leather...

JBS Couros creates new production model and launches a sustainable leather range
13 March 2019 After more than two years of research and development, the Kind Leather...

JLF auction under way
11 March 2019 There is an auction currently underway for the assets of JL Furnishings...

JLF auction under way
11 March 2019 There is an auction currently under way for the assets of JL Furnishings...

LVMH to open new Mayfair hotel
08 March 2019 Luxury goods giant LVMH wants architect Norman Foster to design its...

LK Bennett tangles with collapse
07 March 2019 British luxury fashion chain LK Bennett is going into administration as...

Simac Tanning Tech bucks the trend
06 March 2019 Satisfaction rules among the 322 exhibitors.

Ted Baker CEO quits over allegations
06 March 2019 Ted Baker’s CEO has resigned following allegations that he enforced...

Bangladesh leather sector flounders
06 March 2019 Exports of leather and leather products by Bangladesh have...

Dr Martens Goes Big on Northampton Site
01 March 2019 World-famous British footwear brand Dr Martens has announced plans to...

Nottingham Firm Teams with Smythson
28 February 2019 Retail Assist, a Nottingham-based IT firm, has won a contract to...

Lectra executive Edouard Macquin appointed President of Lectra Americas
27 February 2019 Edouard Macquin to lead the company’s new breakthrough...

LVMH Promises “Responsible” Crocodile Skins
27 February 2019 LVMH has announced it will be boosting measures to make sure a...

Italian Firms to Pump £18 million Into Tanzanian Leather Sector
27 February 2019 A couple of Italian companies have pushed their way into Tanzania’s...

Indian Tannery Ordered to Shut
26 February 2019 A tannery in Ambur, India, owned by T Abdul Wahid (TAW) Tanneries, which...

Fresh Lease of Life for Northampton Leather Factory
26 February 2019 A Grade II-listed former leather works building in Northampton is to...

Zimbabwe Minister Calls for Focus on Beef and Leather
26 February 2019 Zimbabwe’s private and public sectors have been urged upon to work...

Cow-related Violence Hindering Indian Beef and Leather Exports
20 February 2019 According to a new report released by the international...

Karl Lagerfeld Dies Aged 85
19 February 2019 World-famous German fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld has died aged 85 in...

Handmade Zimbabwean Shoes A Surprise Global Success
19 February 2019 In a tiny factory in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, leather cutter Misheck Sibanda...

A full house for SIMAC TANNING TECH 2019
19 February 2019 SIMAC TANNING TECH 2019, the International Exhibition of Machinery...

TFL launches two reductive unhairing agents, able to replace sulphide
19 February 2019 With the launch of PELLVIT LSG, and ERHAVIT LSU, TFL have...

Victoria Beckham in Exotic Skins Ban
18 February 2019 Victoria Beckham has become the latest designer to ban exotic skins from...

QuattroR acquires majority stake in Italian Luxury label Trussardi
15 February 2019 After months of tough negotiations, the Trussardi family has sold a...

Bangladesh Suffers Leather Export Decline
14 February 2019 Bangladesh’s leather sector is going through a tough time, due to...

Gruppo Mastrotto chosen to represent made-in-Italy leather for the fashion world in London
12 February 2019 The leading European leather production company will launch the brand...

IUR Young Leather Scientist Grants awarded
12 February 2019 Mrs Catherine Ann Maidment to receive IUR Research Grant and Md...

Office Profits Plummet
12 February 2019 Operating profits at South-African owned footwear retailer Office...

County Durham Leather Firm Wins Accolades
11 February 2019 Charlie Trevor, Equus Leather, along with his wife Dawn were last...

Indian Government Allots Land for Tannery Units
11 February 2019 India’s West Bengal government has allotted land for the tannery units...

The European Social Partners of the Leather Industry kick off their new common project
09 February 2019 Leather: European Social and Environmental Report 2020

Lectra appoints Gianluca Croci Managing Director of Lectra France
08 February 2019 Gianluca Croci's priority will be to support Lectra's French customers...

Gucci Issue “Racism” Apology
08 February 2019 Gucci has been caught up in a racism row after shoppers complained a...

Punjab Leather Factory Fire Wreaks Havok
08 February 2019 Tens of thousands of pounds worth of goods and machinery were destroyed in...

India to Welcome New 100 Acre Leather Park
05 February 2019 In a huge boost to the Indian leather industry, a mega leather park is...

No Mention of Leather in Budget Disappoints Indian Industry
04 February 2019 The leather industry in Kanpur, India was left disappointed last week when...

Egyptian Luxury Goods Imports Nears £420m
04 February 2019 The Egyptian Ministry of Finance has increased the value of the...

Don Ohsman, Hidenet founder, dies
04 February 2019 Hidenet Founder and CEO Don Ohsman passed away 31 January, surrounded...

Over 15,000 Visitors at Pakistan Leather Show
31 January 2019 The Pakistan Mega Leather Show, a three-day-long event held annually and...

TFL release colour trends catalogue
31 January 2019 TFL has released its new TFL Colour Trends Catalogue for the...

Dutch to Invest In Kanpur Leather Cluster
30 January 2019 The Dutch government plans to invest more than €2 million in the...

61% of Bangladesh’ Leather Workers Have Health Problems
28 January 2019 A huge number of Dhaka’s leather industry workers, 61% to be precise,...

Kering Faces $1.6 billion Italian Tax Claim
28 January 2019 Kering is facing a claim for $1.6 billion in unpaid Italian taxes, the...

Kering Named Most Sustainable in Luxury
25 January 2019 Luxury French conglomerate Kering has been named the most sustainable...

Leather Naturally welcomes five new members
24 January 2019 Leather Naturally announced that it has welcomed five new members in the...

Rihanna to Team Up With LVMH
24 January 2019 Rihanna is reportedly set to make history as the first black woman to head...

Bangladesh Tannery to Become Planned Township
24 January 2019 The Hazaribagh tannery site in Bangladesh will be regenerated into a...

Relatively Unknown Designer Takes Charge at Lanvin
23 January 2019 A young and promising French fashion designer has been put in charge of...

Nigerian Government Commissions New Factory in Sokoto
23 January 2019 The Federal Government of Nigeria has declared job creation and...

Sri Lanka’s Leather Industry Should ‘Go Global’
22 January 2019 Sri Lanka’s Footwear Advisory Council Chairman, Rangith Hettiarachchy,...

Indian Leather Sector Targets 10% Export Growth in Two Years
22 January 2019 An Indian industry insider has said several steps are being taken to help...

P. R. Aqeel Ahmed announced as new Chairman of the CLE
18 January 2019 We are pleased to inform you that P. R. Aqeel Ahmed is the new Chairman...

Leather Application Support at HEUSCH
18 January 2019 Heusch the global market leader in fleshing and shaving blades announces...

LVMH Purchases Stake in Gabriela Hearst
17 January 2019 Luxury fashion conglomerate LVMH has taken a minority stake in New...

New Tannery and Shoe Factory Launched in Nigeria
15 January 2019 An international start-up has been launched in London, with the aim...

India Cracks Down on Polluting Tanneries Ahead of Hindu Festival
11 January 2019 Authorities in the Indian city of Kanpur have ordered the...

Pakistan Leather Industry Wants Government Action
10 January 2019 In a meeting with Pakistan’s finance minister and the Federal Board...

Indian Exports on the Rise
10 January 2019 India’s leather, leather products and footwear exports have increased...

Chanel Acquires Minority Kenissi Stake
09 January 2019 French fashion house Chanel announced on Monday that it aimed to...

Leather is one of the highlights at the next edition of Inspiramais
09 January 2019 São Paulo will soon host 15 tanneries all in one space, presenting...

Indian Leather Industry Players Clash Over Unfinished Goods Export
08 January 2019 Leather garment and footwear manufacturers in India have asked the...

Farfetch Acquires Stadium Goods
08 January 2019 Luxury fashion brand Farfetch has acquired New York-based Stadium...

SATRA Chief Executive Retires
07 January 2019 Austin Simmons, chief executive of SATRA, has announced his intention...

Michael Kors Becomes Capri Holdings
03 January 2019 Following luxury group Michal Kors Holdings’ September 2018 acquisition...

‘Pooey Puitton’ Draws Louis Vuitton Lawsuit
03 January 2019 The California toy company behind ‘Pooey Puitton’, a slime-filled,...

Pakistan Government Urged to Help Halt Leather Export Decline
02 January 2019 The Pakistan Leather Garments Manufacturers & Exporters Association...

Indian Government Eyeing More Leather Industry Investment
02 January 2019 The Kolkata state government is focussing on the development...

Bangladesh Tanneries Relocation Dents Export Earnings
02 January 2019

Diesel Front Runners to Acquire Cavalli
19 December 2018 Renzo Rosso, founder of Diesel, is reportedly interested in purchasing...

ASOS Announce Share Slump
18 December 2018 After reports of dismal High Street activity last month, ASOS’...

Prada Pulls Problematic Product
17 December 2018 Prada is facing a potential investigation from New York City having caused...

New tanneries integrated into the Brazilian Leather Certification of Sustainability (CSCB)
17 December 2018 The Brazilian Leather Certification of Sustainability (CSCB) programme...

Balenciaga Reaches Copywrite Settlement
15 December 2018 This past summer, Ney York based City Merchandise accused Balenciaga...

Cath Kidston Suffers Loss Increase
14 December 2018 English Fashion House Cath Kidston has posted a £10.5 million EBITDA loss...

Armenia Exports More than 40% of its Leather and Textiles to EU
14 December 2018 According to Business Armenia, Armenia’s annual export growth in...

Impetus Builds for Leather Promotion Initiative
12 December 2018 Leather industry stakeholders have been making their need to promote...

European Luxury Stocks Slide
11 December 2018 Moncler, Tod’s and other European luxury stocks shares dropped as...

Egyptian Custom’s Duty Adjustment to Boost Economy
10 December 2018 The decision by the Egyptian Ministry of Finance to adjust the customs...

Kenya’s Futuristic Fish Skin Leather
08 December 2018 Kenya’s future fashion industry could be all about fish skin.

IULTCS Congress Meets Freiberg Leather Days
07 December 2018 Professor Kheng Lim Goh of Newcastle University in Singapore (NUIS)...

Pakistan’s LRC Chief Offers Assistance to Leather Industry
07 December 2018 The director of Pakistan’s Leather Research Centre, Dr Hafiz Rabb Nawaz,...

Rino Mastrotto Group Contemplate Kenya
07 December 2018 World renowned leather products manufacturer Rino Mastrotto Group...

Scottish Leather Group wins vibes award for its commitment to sustainability
06 December 2018 Scottish Leather Group, the largest leather manufacturer in the...

US Mill Owner Accepts Hazardous Waste Charges
06 December 2018 The owner of a former leather tannery in New York State has pleaded guilty...

Chanel Drops Exotic Skins in Luxury Fashion First
05 December 2018 On Tuesday Chanel announced it would no longer use exotic animal...

Gruppo Mastrotto presents People, Next Level and launches a cutting-edge project concerning social and work inclusion
05 December 2018 The company, which is a leader for the tanning of cattle hides in Europe,...

Gucci to go to Court Over Tax Avoidance Charges
03 December 2018 Milan prosecutors have wrapped up their probe into fashion group...

Luxury Giant Kering to Join Forces With Apple
28 November 2018 Kering said on Monday it would develop its own online shopping sites by...

Ethiopia Reforms in Bid to Become Africa’s Manufacturing Hub
27 November 2018 Ethiopia’s ongoing economic and political structural reform will have a...

Former COTANCE President Adolfo Mattirolo passes away; COTANCE mourns an historical figure of Italy’s and Europe’s leather industry
27 November 2018 On 24 November 2018, Adolfo Mattirolo passed away at the age of 94

Scottish Leather Group Start Brexit Risk Register
23 November 2018 The Bridge of Weir-based company, and self-professed largest manufacturer...

Bangladesh’s Annual Leather Fair Begins
23 November 2018 Bangladesh’s international exhibition on leather industry...

Dolce and Gabbana Cancel Shanghai Fashion Show After Alleged Racism
23 November 2018 Following accusations of racism in its promotions of the event,...

ELeather and Nike Partnership Announced
22 November 2018 Nike and ELeather have announced a long-term, strategic...

Two shoes brands - Arezzo and Calçados Bibi - sign a cooperation agreement with the Brazilian Leather Certification of Sustainability (CSCB)
21 November 2018 A commitment to the origin of the raw material leather was formalised by...

LVMH Plans 24 Italian Manufacturing Sites
20 November 2018 Italy is becoming increasingly important as a production hub for...

Creative Director in Lanvin Exit
19 November 2018 Lanvin’s creative director Lucas Ossendrijver has departed France’s...

Zimbabwe Tanners Appeal for Export Policy Waiver
19 November 2018 Beef and leather industry stakeholders in Zimbabwe are lobbying...

Kenyan Lobby Aims for Bigger Leather Export Turf
19 November 2018 In order to promote investments in leather manufacturing a new...

Simac tanning tech 2019. Tomorrow is now.
16 November 2018 300+ exporting manufacturers and exhibition organisers are working to...

No More Animal Hides Says Saskatoon Wildlife Foundation
15 November 2018 Canadian wildlife foundations across Saskatchewan are no longer...

Sedgwick & Co. Rescued From Administration
13 November 2018 A consortium made up of Abbey England, renowned provider of saddlery...

Indonesian Ministry of Industry Spurs Leather Industry Growth
13 November 2018 The Indonesian ministry of industry continues in its attempt to spur...

Hermes Downplays Chinese Sales Slowdown
13 November 2018 French Birkin bag maker Hermes has reported strong third-quarter...

Michael Kors’ Shares Plunge 15%
12 November 2018 Michael Kors' shares plunged by 15 percent today after the luxury...

Luxury Goods Giant Richemont UK Found Guilty of Racial Discrimination
12 November 2018 The umbrella group for brands including Purdey, Dunhill and Cartier was...

Canada Goose Holdings Acquires Hamilton’s Baffin Inc
12 November 2018 Canadian winter clothing manufacturers Canada Goose have purchased...

Clayton and Sons Bought Out of Administration
12 November 2018 British Chesterfield-based leather maker Clayton and Sons has been bought...

China’s Struggling Shopping Strength Shapes Luxury Sales Slump
12 November 2018 Middle-class consumer apprehension in China is growing, with money stuck...

Leather Industry Key in Fight Against Poverty Says Nigerian Minister
05 November 2018 Nigerian minister of science and technology has said newly approved...

Nigerian Manufacturers Bemoan Importation
02 November 2018 Shoe makers in Nigeria have urged the government to bring a stop to...

Balenciaga Being Sued Over Leather Keychain Car Air Freshener
02 November 2018 Car-Freshener Corporation and Julius Samann Ltd have taken Balenciaga...

International Luxury Group Kering to Buy Back 1% of its Shares
02 November 2018 The international luxury group based in Paris and famous owning luxury...

Industrial Production in Tunisia Down in First 9 Months
02 November 2018 Tunisian industrial production has fallen 0.5% in the first 9 months of...

Death of Wanda Ferragamo Sparks Share Rise
02 November 2018 Wanda Ferragamo, widow of company founder Salvatore, died on October 19th...

Dr Martens Reports Large Growth
01 November 2018 The famous English footwear and clothing brand has reported a revenue rise...

Chateau d’Ax USA Not Affected by Parent Company Filing For Reorganisation
01 November 2018 High-end Italian leather upholstery manufacturer Chateau d’Ax Italia...

North Korea Spends Over £400 Billion on Luxury Goods Per Year
01 November 2018 According to the head of South Korea’s state spy agency, the North...

What's the return on investing in sustainability?
31 October 2018 Mats Tannery receives a Gold level seal from the Brazilian...

Swiss tannery equipment producer Hüni announces official support of ‘Tannery of the Future’ sustainability checklist
31 October 2018 Swiss multinational The Hüni Group, producer of tannery drums and supplier...

Bradford Council Refuse Plans to Refurbish Bingley Tannery
30 October 2018 Bradford Council this week knocked back plans to alter the windows of the...

After Tannery Burns Down New Albany Push Forward with Greenway Plan
29 October 2018 After a fire destroyed the former Moser Leather Company tannery, part of...

Namibian Company Shilongo Leather to Diversifies its Products
28 October 2018 The Namibian company, founded in 1986 by husband and wife duo Mr and...

Clean-up of Hannock Tannery Begins
27 October 2018 Clean-up and restoration of tannery in Hancock, Maryland is now underway....

Cairo Tanneries Relocated to Give Medieval Aqueduct New Lease of Life
26 October 2018 In recent months Egyptian authorities have dismantled and relocated dozens...

The balance of Brazilian participation at Futurmoda
25 October 2018 With its figures on the rise, Spanish fair Futurmoda (for materials used...

Zimbabwe leather industry: A call to arms
24 October 2018 Small scale players in the Zimbabwe leather industry have issued a plea...

Leather could be key to Nigeria’s economic regrowth
23 October 2018 Following its first recession in over 20 years, Nigeria is open...

Nairobi leather manufacturers push for training hub
22 October 2018 Leather makers are urging the government to set up a hub to help...

Projects aiming to boost Tamil Nadu leather industry approved
21 October 2018 The Department of Policy and Promotion has approved four projects under...

Old Hickory tannery makes a comeback with new investment
20 October 2018 The high-end upholstery manufacturer will return to High Point Market...

Former head of the British Leather Confederation (BLC), Dr Robert Sykes passed away
19 October 2018 Dr Robert Sykes OBE FRSC FSLTC, a well-respected senior figure of the...

Hewlett Packard make leather laptop
18 October 2018 Hewlett Packard claims the Leather Laptop it designed has the...

Two injured in fire at Kolkata leather complex tannery
17 October 2018 A fire broke out on 10 October at the Kolkata Leather Complex Tannery....

J.W. Hulme expected to move manufacturing overseas
16 October 2018 113-year-old leather goods company, J.W. will cease its...

Four projects aiming to boost Tamil Nadu leather industry approved
15 October 2018 Four projects have been approved, under the Indian Footwear Leather...

Production of textile and clothing grows in Tajikistan
12 October 2018 Tajikistan has enjoyed an increase of around 30% in its production...

Brazil's highlights from the Première Vision Paris and Lineapelle Milan fairs
09 October 2018 The most recent editions of Lineapelle in Milan and Première Vision in...

LIA and USHSLA hold joint annual meeting; announce merger intentions
02 October 2018 The US Hide, Skin and Leather Association (USHSLA) and the Leather...

The TFL effect – that brings a smile to my customer's face
01 October 2018 TFL successfully finishes REACH registration process

The markets applaud innovation: a smart square dedicated to CSR, SPORT & TECH, and the arrival of the premiere marketplace mark an edition with a record-breaking offer
28 September 2018 Digitalisation, eco-responsibility, technical and...

2019 Young Leather Scientist grant announced by IULTCS
27 September 2018 The Executive Committee of the IULTCS is pleased to announce the 2019...

CSCB Sustainability Forum
26 September 2018 With a diverse array of innovation and trends for the leather and...

Leather from Brazil expecting positive results from Milan at the Lineapelle fair
25 September 2018 The Lineapelle fair - taking place in Milan from 25-27 September - will...

Five tanneries shut in Kanpur
24 September 2018 More trouble in India as five tanneries have been shut down by...

Holiday season in Bangladesh hit the country's export performance
21 September 2018 Holiday season in Bangladesh hit the country's export performance, which...

Timberland has announced further progress in its bid to use all natural products in its footwear
20 September 2018 Following a commitment to increase the amount of recycled, organic...

TFL leases ICF's business
19 September 2018 TFL Italia and Industria Chimica Fine announced today that they have...

In Paris, a luxury fair will have a lecture on Brazil's leather experience
18 September 2018 The leather sector in Brazil has become an international example...

Nicki Kay appointed managing director of Zünd UK
17 September 2018 Zünd Systemtechnik, a household name in digital cutters, is set to boost...

Paris will host Brazilian leathers and a never-before-seen presentation at the Première Vision fair
15 September 2018 Brazilian leather participation in the Première Vision Paris fair...

The newest release of Lectra Fashion PLM 4.0 gives fashion companies the power of connectivity
14 September 2018 Lectra’s enhanced PLM solution puts collaboration and...

Bangladeshi tanners deny price drop
13 September 2018 Bangladeshi tanners have hit back at claims that a significant price drop...

Kyrgyzstan bans animal imports from neighbours
12 September 2018 Kyrgyzstan has temporarily banned imports of animals and products of...

Premiere Vision Paris strengthens its commitments to responsible creation: expanded smart square, new innovative offer, original speeches
11 September 2018 Tomorrow is here: this is theme that the 3rd edition of the Smart Square...

Suspended Rwandan tanners to re-open
10 September 2018 A Rwandan leather factory that fell foul of pollution laws will...

Turkish leather output drops amid wider growth
08 September 2018 While Turkish industry continues to grow, its leather sector suffered a...

Indian leather imports rise
07 September 2018 India, one of the up and coming producers of leather in the global...

TFL increases capacity for its market leading dyes
06 September 2018 TFL has announced that it is investing in increased capacity for its range...

Ethiopia FDI inflows on the rise
05 September 2018 Foreign Direct Investment in Ethopia is increasing at a healthy...

JBS Couros invests in traceability and presents new platform at China trade fair
04 September 2018 JBS Couros has developed a system that collects data throughout the...

Dispatch from ACLE, Shanghai
03 September 2018 Greetings from Shanghai, where Leather International has been in amongst...

COTANCE call on Helsinki Fashion Week to reconsider its decision to ban leather as of 2019
31 August 2018 COTANCE press release on how it regrets that the Helsinki Fashion...

Nigeria set to publish leather plan
30 August 2018 The FEC says it will soon publish a comprehensive plan for the...

Helsinki Fashion Week bans leather from 2019
29 August 2018 The prestigious Helsinki Fashion Week has announced that it will...

Turkish leather trade with Russia soars
28 August 2018 Turkey’s growing trade relationship with Russia took another upward...

Dordick named vice-president for Hidenet Publications
24 August 2018 Hidenet Publications announces that Vera L. Dordick has been...

Innovative solutions for the leather industry
21 August 2018 Specialty chemicals company LANXESS will be presenting its new...

Indian leather exports 'must double'
13 August 2018 The recent declarations of support from Indian Commerce Minister...

'We may support new leather clusters' - Prabhu
10 August 2018 Indian commerce minister Suresh Prabhu has hinted that the country’s...

Minister pledges support for Indian footwear
09 August 2018 Following its decision to promote the use of indigenous leather within...

Global footwear production returns to growth
08 August 2018 World footwear production has grown in the last year, after two years...

Four more tanners sign Brazilian pledge
07 August 2018 Brazil’s efforts to encourage sustainability into its leather industry got...

Blockchain makes leather debut
06 August 2018 The blockchain revolution, which promises to change the way many...

Pakistani tanners bemoan tax drawback delay
03 August 2018 Pakistan Tanners Association (PTA) Export Committee Chairman Anjum Zafar...

Tariffs not the solution - US cattlemen
02 August 2018 Despite the Trump administration’s insistence that trade wars are easy...

China boosts LVMH profits
01 August 2018 Luxury brand Louis Vuitton Moet Hennessy (LVMH) has announced an increase...

Luxury sneakers leading the way for brands
31 July 2018 With the news that the athletic footwear industry hit $19.6bn in sales...

India opens up new footwear design centre
30 July 2018 Hyderabad has recently seen the opening of a new footwear design...

MICAM Roadshow heads east
27 July 2018 The industry leading MICAM show is set to journey to the Far East this...

Bader Leather, Wolverine, Kuo Yuen Tannery, AI Topper and Northampton University join Leather Naturally
26 July 2018 In the last month, four more leading tanneries and a university have...

Release of the new TFL Colour Trends Catalogue Spring-Summer 2020
25 July 2018 TFL has released its new TFL Colour Trends Catalogue for the...

New country representative for LANXESS in the United Kingdom
24 July 2018 Jacques Perez succeeds Kim O'Connor as country representative of...

Kurabo International: Bridging the Generation Gap with Lectra
23 July 2018 Kurabo began using Lectra’s patternmaking software Modaris to...

LANXESS strengthens research and development for aqueous polyurethane dispersions
18 July 2018 New applications development and technical service laboratory of...

New tannery for ISA TanTec
17 July 2018 Increased customer demand has led ISA TanTec to announce the opening of...

Good chemistry
17 July 2018 July this year means a lot of things to a lot of people: World Cup...

Leathers from Brazil will be at a fair in New York
16 July 2018 Five companies will show their leathers at the fair with the support of...

Pakistan exports on the rise
14 July 2018 While some major players - notably Vietnam and Bangladesh - report...

Tannery moves hit Bangladesh leather exports
13 July 2018 Widespread structural changes to the country’s tanning infrastructure...

Nine more companies sign on to Zero Discharge of Hazardous Chemicals (ZDHC) scheme
12 July 2018 Among those signing on to the Zero Discharge of Hazardous Chemicals...

Sustainability the way forward – EU
11 July 2018 A recent event on transparency and traceability in garment value...

COTANCE president Kindermann in Brussels to defend leather authenticity
09 July 2018 COTANCE president Andreas Kindermann (Wollsdorf Leather, Austria)...

Lectra fashion PLM 4.0 ranked No. 1 by industry experts
06 July 2018 WhichPLM finds Lectra outperforms the competition in terms of...

Senegal leather output drops
06 July 2018 Senegal, one of Africa’s up and coming leather producers, has reported...

Leather from Brazil gets ready for Vietnam fair
05 July 2018 Vietnam is the next international destination for Brazil's leathers....

Ethiopia pushing for local industry
05 July 2018 Ethiopian authorities are pushing hard to attract both internal and...

Iran bans leather imports
03 July 2018 Iranian authorities have announced a ban on the import of over 1,300 goods...

Argentine firms call for action
02 July 2018 A number of leather and textile industry groups in Argentina have...

Mexico underpins Latin America’s luxury growth
29 June 2018 Latin America is fast becoming one of the engines of global luxury...

Kenya removes tariff exemptions on leather imports
28 June 2018 Despite the much mooted co-operation brought about by the construction of...

India pushes local leather for govt contracts
27 June 2018 The Indian Government’s determination to pursue an ‘Indian First’ agenda...

JBS Couros seeks CSCB sustainability certification in all its units
26 June 2018 In 2016 JBS Couros – an important leather processing industry – sought...

Growth in leather sector boosts Rwandan economy
26 June 2018 A 24% increase in leather output helped the Rwandan economy grow by...

Italy hit hard by fake goods
25 June 2018 The OECD has revealed that Italy is being hit especially hit by a rise in...

Chanel posts record revenues
22 June 2018 Luxury brand Chanel has reported excellent sales growth in the 2017....

Modern Meadow awarded as technology pioneer by World Economic Forum
21 June 2018 World Economic Forum on Thursday announced its selection of the world’s...

Senegal's leather output drops 1.4% in Q1 2018
21 June 2018 Senegal’s leather industry suffered a drop in output over the last...

Daniel Lee named creative director at Bottega Veneta
20 June 2018 Italian luxury goods and high fashion brand house Bottega Veneta...

Pakistan focused on shoemaking growth
20 June 2018 Pakistan exports footwear to more than 60 countries across the world,...

‘Tanzania first’ budget planned
20 June 2018 Tanzanian officials have reiterated their determination to protect...

Students of creative leather technologies visit LANXESS’s leather chemicals
15 June 2018 In May 2018 the Leather business unit of specialty chemicals company...

Call to include finished leather in tax scheme
14 June 2018 The Pakistan Tanners Association (PTA) has called on the Indian...

Fakes costing EU businesses €60 billion every year
14 June 2018 A study conducted by the European Union’s Intellectual Property...

Russian tourism boosting Turkish leather
14 June 2018 A growing number of retailers in Istanbul’s leading shopping districts...

Action threatened over tanning run off
12 June 2018 India authorities’ continued efforts to manage and reduce the amount...

Gucci streamlines production with more work brought in house
12 June 2018 In a week when the company says it is driven to overtake Louis Vuitton...

Two new tanneries integrated into CSCB
11 June 2018 Baby Leather and Sean Couros are the newest participants in the...

Modular technology and proven products from LANXESS for the process industry
11 June 2018 LANXESS at the leading global exhibition Achema, Frankfurt am Main,...

Bangladeshi exports hit once more
08 June 2018 A significant worsening of the country’s leather exports has led Bangadesh...

Two new tanneries integrated into the Brazilian Leather Certification of Sustainability programme
08 June 2018 Baby Leather and Sean Couros are seeking the Brazilian Leather...

46th National Conference AICC
07 June 2018 On Friday 8 June, the Italian Association of Leather Chemists, AICC,...

ICLT students visit TFL Italia S.p.A.
07 June 2018 For the 17th time students from the Institute for Creative...

Transparent leather launched in NY
06 June 2018 New York avant-garde fashion boutique Hotoveli has announced it will...

EU kicks off Egyptian tannery scheme
06 June 2018 A new a new 50,000m2 tannery is the centrepiece of a new EU scheme to...

New global fashion centre for TFL
05 June 2018 Italian leather processing giant TFL has opened a new fashion centre.

Lanxess rolling out NMP alternatives
05 June 2018 One of the world’s leading specialty chemicals company, Lanxess is...

LANXESS supports sustainable leather production
05 June 2018 Range of products for NMP-free leather production....

Andreas Kindermann becomes president of COTANCE in Verona
04 June 2018 Austrian Andreas Kindermann, CEO of Wollsdorf Leather, was...

Vietnam leather continues healthy growth
30 May 2018 Some of the world’s leading footwear firms are increasingly turning...

Export body helping Zimbabwe leather
30 May 2018 An NGO focused on improving business practices in the developing world...

Burberry acquires leather goods business
29 May 2018 Burberry has announced it is to acquire Italian luxury leather goods...

Clayton’s technical director appointed president of SLTC for terms 2018/19 and 2019/20
25 May 2018 The technical director of Clayton & Sons, Matthew Abbott, accepted...

Miti takes control of leather cutting with Lectra’s Versalis
23 May 2018 With the support of Lectra’s expertise and technology, Miti...

Bangladeshi tanners scoop industry awards
23 May 2018 President Abdul Hamid of Bangladesh handed out a series of awards to some...

LHTBI elects new president
18 May 2018 The UK leather industry charity, LHTBI, has elected Ian Walker,...

Meatpacking giant JBS returns to profit
18 May 2018 Brazil headquartered JBS SA has posted positive results in the first...

TFL launches highly masked pre-tanning agent
24 April 2018 The demand for chromium-free tanning continues to increase – not only...

USHSLA supports customs reclassification initiative for US hides and leather
24 April 2018 New initiative would allow value of US origin hides and leather components...

Generational relief in Cromogenia Units and in the Tanning Division
20 April 2018 Álex Cabestany substitutes José Luis Cabestany, who becomes the company’s CEO.

Leather product environmental footprint category rules officially approved
20 April 2018 On 18 April 2018, the Leather Product Environmental Footprint Category...

LANXESS engages in the BLC Chem-MAP Programme to achieve ZDHC Conformance Level 3
16 April 2018 Global chemical supplier LANXESS has recently engaged with the BLC...

Smit & zoon announces global price increase
16 April 2018 Prices of Smit & zoon leather chemicals adjusted due to rising raw...

French leather industry exports rise by 7% in 2017
10 April 2018 The French leather industry experienced healthy growth in exports (+7%)...

Opening of TFL Global Fashion Centre
10 April 2018 TFL relaunched its facilities in Tuscany, Italy, renewed its look...

Arkote Ltd to acquire issued share capital of Zanogen (UK) Ltd
06 April 2018 Arkote Ltd is pleased to announce it has reached a definitive agreement...

Brazilian Leather Certification of Sustainability awards first Gold seal
03 April 2018 The Brazilian leather sector has a new historical reference in the field...

LANXESS increases prices for leather chemicals
28 March 2018 Specialty chemicals company LANXESS increases the prices for selected...

Major Scottish export award win by Bridge of Weir Leather Company
28 March 2018 Bridge of Weir has been named Scottish Exporter of the Year at...

Modern Meadow partners with Evonik to grow fermentation processes to commercial scale
09 March 2018 The biofabrication company announced that it will be joining forces...

European leather industry partners join forces in video promoting responsibly produced leather
01 March 2018 Video co-produced by Leather Naturally highlights the positive facts...

JBS Couros receives global recognition for best practices at South America units
21 February 2018 Seven units in Brazil and one in Argentina meet strict criteria to...

ICHSLTA and USHSLA announce annual joint cocktail evening
19 February 2018 The International Council of Hides, Skins and Leather Traders Association...

GG Organics celebrates its tenth year
13 February 2018 Leather chemicals manufacturer GG Organics is celebrating its decennial year.

TFL Japan managing director appointed to develop Ethiopian leather industry
02 February 2018 TFL Japan managing director Yasuhisa Nakamura will help develop the...

Guangzan fuels rapid growth with leaner operations and increased productivity
31 January 2018 Seeking to improve profitability, the China-based automotive trim cover...

PrimeAsia names Sergio Da Costa as PrimeAsia China’s assistant chief operating officer
30 January 2018 PrimeAsia Leather Company announced on 17 January that Sergio Da Costa...

Lectra appoints Holger Max-Lang as managing director of Lectra Central & Eastern Europe region, Russia
23 January 2018 Holger Max-Lang’s role is to support fashion & apparel, automotive...

Fuga Couros S/A tannery first to receive the Brazilian Leather Certification of Sustainability
16 January 2018 This achievement reflects its dedication to developing activities...

New branding identity for Lectra
10 January 2018 Resolutely reflecting the digital era, Lectra’s new branding identity...

Smit & zoon joins the ZDHC Roadmap to Zero Programme
08 January 2018 Smit & zoon just announced it is joining the ZDHC Roadmap to Zero...

LANXESS raises prices for sodium dichromate
22 December 2017 Specialty chemicals company LANXESS globally raises the prices for...

TFL expands R&D facilities in Europe
12 December 2017 TFL believes that innovation is an important part of the company...

LANXESS successfully starts test operation for on-site production of retanning agent
04 December 2017 Modular pilot plant put into operation in tannery. First ton of...

JBS Couros presents new version of the Authentic collection
01 December 2017 Produced at its Italian, South American and Asian units, the current...

Vietnamese footwear exports up 13% for January to October
01 December 2017 Vietnamese footwear products had an export turnover of $11.82 billion...

New tannery joins Brazilian Leather Certification of Sustainability (CSCB)
01 December 2017 Rhoma Peles is the newest company to adhere to the Brazilian...

TFL joins Leather Naturally
23 November 2017 TFL has issued a statement on its alliance with Leather Naturally.

Sadesa receives three new GOLD awards from Leather Working Group
22 November 2017 Sadesa has been awarded three new GOLD certificates by the Leather...

Scottish Leather Group subsidiaries honoured at ROCCO Awards
22 November 2017 Scottish Leather Group, the largest leather manufacturer in the UK, saw...

Pressure on Vietnam to scale up ahead of EU FTA
21 November 2017 The Vietnamese Ministry of Industry and Trade, and the European Trade...

Bangladesh plans for leather industrial estate growth
20 November 2017 Bangladesh plans to create two more environmentally friendly...

Five-year programme to clean up Ganges
20 November 2017 Solidaridad Network Asia is collaborating with leather chemicals and...

Talks on to expand clean leather technology in India
10 November 2017 Discussions are ongoing to expand ‘hair saving’ technology to clusters...

JBS Couros receives global recognition for best practices at Vietnam distribution centre
08 November 2017 The unit complied passed rigorous verification process in order to obtain...

More Savar leather estate project delays
08 November 2017 After a decade and a half in the making, the leather industrial...

ISA TanTec acquires major stake in Italian tannery
08 November 2017 International tanning Group ISA TanTec has bought a major share...

Profits jump at Scottish Leather Group
08 November 2017 Annual pre-tax profits at Scottish Leather Group have risen from...

Smit & zoon acquires Italian leather chemicals producer Codyeco
02 November 2017 Smit & zoon, global supplier of wet-end and finishing leather chemicals...

COTANCE urges European Commission to regulate leather authenticity labelling
13 October 2017 The Council of COTANCE has urged the European Commission to use...

Last chance to apply for 2018 Young Leather Scientist Grant
13 October 2017 IULTCS has reminded prospective applicants that the deadline for...

Stahl Group acquires BASF Leather Chemicals business
02 October 2017 Netherlands-based Stahl, a leading company in process chemicals for...

Smit & zoon files patent application on bio-based leather retanning chemicals
27 September 2017 Smit & zoon has filed a European patent application for ‘lignin...

Modern Meadow reveals name of biofabricated material that mimics leather
26 September 2017 Ahead of its big reveal at the Museum of Modern Art in New York next...

Chinese bed company De Rucci employs smart tech
21 September 2017 Premium Chinese bedding De Rucci has chosen to use new digital...

Prada shares perform poorly
20 September 2017 Data from Bloomberg has revealed Hong Kong-traded Prada has delivered...

Leather luggage market to reach $525 billion by 2022
19 September 2017 Demand for leather luggage and good such as wallets, jackets and shoes...

Brazilian meat giant BRF bids farewell to CEO
18 September 2017 Incumbent CEO Pedro de Andrade Faria will depart ailing Brazilian...

New gadget identifies fake designer handbags
12 September 2017 A new handheld microscope camera called Entrupy has been developed to...

Price of rawhide slumps in Bangladesh
12 September 2017 The price of rawhides in Bangladesh dropped more than 30% during...

Modern Meadow moves headquarters to New Jersey
17 August 2017 Modern Meadow, the biofabrication company pioneering biologically...

US hides and leather industry welcomes research report documenting less cattle branding
15 August 2017 The US Hide, Skin and Leather Association (USHSLA) applauded a new...

Lectra appoints Rodrigo Siza, regional director of Spain and Portugal
02 August 2017 Rodrigo Siza will develop new regional synergies to support local...

Smit & zoon appoints strategic leather specialist
31 July 2017 Smit & zoon has announced that Dirick von Behr has been appointed...

ASSOMAC opens the first Italian-Vietnamese technology centre in Vietnam
25 July 2017 The first Italian-Vietnamese Technology Centre has been opened in Vietnam.

See the results of the Leather Law Blitz in Rio de Janeiro
24 July 2017 Leather Law Blitz, part of the Centre for the Brazilian Tanning...

Frost & Sullivan confers Lectra's Versalis digital leather cutting solution with product leadership award
19 July 2017 Lectra’s Versalis boosts automotive leather suppliers’ overall...

Silvateam wins innovation award at World Polyphenol Congress
17 July 2017 Silvateam was awarded a prize for innovation during the 11th World...

Brazilian Leather to disembark in New York for the Première Vision fair
13 July 2017 Three Brazilian tanneries are participating in the the Première Vision...

Brazilian leather expects to market US$20 million in Vietnam
06 July 2017 The city of Ho Chi Minh will host the 19th edition of the Shoes &...

Incotec Automation unveils new name and branding
05 July 2017 Incotec Automation has become INCOTEC and adopted a new brand logo.

Leather and Footwear machinery exports rise by 38.4% in five years
03 July 2017 Data processed by the Italian Association of Manufacturers of...

2018 Young Leather Scientist Grant announced by IULTCS
29 June 2017 The International Union of Leather Technologists and Chemist...

Lectra boosts leather cutting productivity by up to 15%
16 June 2017 New Versalis® LeatherSuite V6 helps automotive and furniture makers get...

University of Northampton students impress Leathersellers Company
15 June 2017 Students at the University of Northampton have impressed the...

Students from the UK and Italy attend TFL Academy training course
12 June 2017 In May, TFL Academy welcomed students from the Institute for Creative...

Leather Law Blitz heads for Rio de Janeiro
08 June 2017 The Centre for the Brazilian Tanning Industry (CICB) will visit nine...

Report from 'Leather is My Job' Conference
08 June 2017 Leather International editor Carl Friedmann reports from the second...

Billy Tannery launches today
02 June 2017 Billy Tannery, the first British goat leather brand, launched in May...

Brazilian hides and skins exports show positive results in area in April
18 May 2017 Brazilian exports of hides and skins in 2017 are larger in area than...

Brazilian Leather joins celebrated furniture fair in Germany
11 May 2017 Five Brazilian tanneries will take part in Interzum, the world's leading...

TFL increases commitment to safe products
09 May 2017 Leading leather processor and finisher TFL has became a recognized ZDHC...

Leather is my Job photo contest winners revealed
09 May 2017 COTANCE and the Leather is my Job project partnership have announced...

New addition to Brazilian Leather Certification of Sustainability (CSCB)
04 May 2017 Gobba Leather, a tannery producing furniture, automotive and...

BASF Leather Chemicals business to become part of Stahl Group
05 April 2017 Stahl, headquartered in the Netherlands, announced today that it has...

Smit & zoon opens sales office in India
04 April 2017 Smit & zoon, a leading global supplier of wet-end and finishing...

Silvateam presents 'Leather of the Year' winners
31 March 2017 Silvateam, a world leader in the production and sales of vegetal extracts...

Report from APLF Leather & Materials+
29 March 2017 The 33rd edition of APLF is underway, now rebranded as APLF Leather...

JBS curtails beef production in Brazil
24 March 2017 Meat processing company JBS has suspended beef production at 33 of its...

PrimeAsia appoints Sarah Swensen CSO
21 March 2017 PrimeAsia, a leading manufacturer of high-quality lifestyle and...

Leather industry reacts to ICN human rights report
16 March 2017 A long-awaited report on human rights issues in the Indian leather...

BASF to showcase process innovation at APLF 2017
16 March 2017 BASF will introduce a new process innovation to Asia Pacific Leather...

Expert industry panel in place for Prophets of Price 2017
16 March 2017 Market analysts Hidenet and leaders from four major global hide regions...

New European social dialogue project launches
03 March 2017 European Social Partners, COTANCE and the industriAll-European Trade...

Leather International reports from Tanning Tech
22 February 2017 We're in the middle of day two here at Tanning Tech on one side of...

Stahl Campus expands with performance coatings
21 February 2017 Stahl Campus is expanding its training course offering for...

Hidenet Publications announces new report in Chinese
20 February 2017 Hidenet Publications announces the latest addition to its collection...

Elitron to showcase innovations at SIMAC 2017
07 February 2017 Elitron will showcase five different automatic digital cutting...

Lectra appoints Jérôme Viala executive vice-president for the Group
03 February 2017 Lectra's former chief financial officer Jérôme Viala has been...

Fratelli Carlessi to unveil scalable spray finishing concept in Milan
30 January 2017 Italy based leather finishing and drying machinery specialists,...

Erretre to redefine milling at Simac Tanning Tech 2017
27 January 2017 Erretre Spa, part of Erretre, the Italy based global leaders in...

Report from Inspiramais in Sao Paulo
17 January 2017 The latest edition of Inspiramais in Sao Paulo is underway to examine...

Brazilian leather industry should generate $ 4 million in New York
13 January 2017 Première Vision Leather New York will take place on 17-18 January, with...

Trumpler and ICLT run training course
05 January 2017 German chemicals supplier Trumpler visited the Institute for Creative...

Smit & zoon to use recycled drums
24 November 2016 From December 2016, Smit & zoon will take its corporate social...

Brazilian leather: exports show growth in October
21 November 2016 October registered an increase of 2.3% in Brazilian leather exports....

Stahl acquires Eagle Performance Products
21 November 2016 Chemical company Stahl, headquartered in the Netherlands, has acquired...

CBR joins Brazilian Leather Certification of Sustainability (CSCB)
09 November 2016 Brazilian tannery Couros Bom Retiro - CBR is the most recent name to join...

Footwear manufacturer boosts environmental agenda with baling of leather
09 November 2016 Footwear component manufacturer E A Tailby Ltd has strengthened its...

Stahl promotes leather supply chain traceability at ReVeal
04 November 2016 Stahl, PALI Group, Vitelco, Rompa Tanneries and Rompa Leder used...

Only Lectra for new DFM production plant
03 November 2016 DFM Sp. z o.o based in Dobre Miasto in the Mazuria region of Poland...

APLF announces new fair dates for 2018 and 2019
26 October 2016 In line with its policy of serving the global leather and fashion...

Vietnam to reach $12bn in leather product exports in 2014
25 October 2016 According to the Vietnam Industry and Trade Information Centre (VITIC),...

ACLE, CIFF and Moda Shanghai underway in Shanghai
25 October 2016 The 17th edition of the All China Leather Exhibition (ACLE), the...

Brazilian leather joins Material Connexion in New York
21 October 2016 Thanks to support from Brazilian Leather, a project dedicated to...

Gruppo Mastrotto accelerates digital transformation with Lectra
14 October 2016 Lectra supports the digital transformation of European producer of...

IULTCS supports next generation research
11 October 2016 The IULTCS initiative of investing in the next generation of leather...

Miti creates in-house leather cutting room with Lectra
03 October 2016 The high-end upholstered furniture manufacturer lowers operational costs...

Waterless Chrome Tanning Technology demonstration and workshop in Kolkata
26 September 2016 CSIR-Central Leather Research Institute has developed a new technology...

UNIDO launches hydrogen sulphide online training course
15 September 2016 Within the framework of the Tanzania United Nations Development...

Leather International reports from 2016 All China Leather Exhibition (ACLE)
01 September 2016 The 2016 All China Leather Exhibition (ACLE) is in full swing at the at...

Circular Economy drove CSCB Sustainability Forum
23 August 2016 The circular economy was widely discussed during the CSCB...

LANXESS showcases sustainable portfolio at ACLE
04 August 2016 Company presents technologies for waterproof leather, anti-soiling...

Stahl opens Pielcolor Application Lab in India
04 August 2016 Chemical company Stahl has opened a new Pielcolor Application Lab in...

Laziale Interni Auto chooses Lectra Versalis for digital cutting room
19 July 2016 Laziale Interni Auto, a leading Italian supplier of leather cut parts...

Brazilian leather showcased at Première Vision New York
13 July 2016 Five Brazilian leather companies and the Centre for the Brazilian...

LINEAPELLE London to discuss UK leather market and Brexit
11 July 2016 A total of 41 exhibitors will exhibit their new collections at...

Lectra announces opening of subsidiary in Vietnam
08 July 2016 Lectra, the world leader in integrated technology solutions dedicated...

2017 IULTCS Merit Award Winner announced
07 July 2016 The Executive Committee of the IULTCS has announced the 2017 winner of...

COTANCE Assembly General elects Thomas Bee as new president
05 July 2016 Last 14 June, the Assembly General of COTANCE took place in...

Young leather scientist grant to be sponsored by Lear Corporation
04 July 2016 The Executive Committee of the IULTCS has announced that Lear Corporation...

Lectra appoints Céline Choussy Bedouet to its executive committee
24 June 2016 Lectra, the world leader in integrated technology solutions dedicated...

Curtume Moderno joins the Brazilian Leather Sustainability Certification (CSCB)
24 June 2016 Curtume Moderno has become the most recent company to join CSCB,...

BPR Registration granted for Chlorocresol (CMK) in leather manufacture
20 June 2016 The European Chemicals Agencies (ECHA) Biocidal Products Committee...

TFL adds global operations resources and announces new member of Executive Board
14 June 2016 Brian R. Watson has joined the TFL Group as chief operating officer...

Cobrasil Tannery joins the Brazilian Leather Sustainability Certification (CSCB)
13 June 2016 The Brazilian Leather Sustainability Certification (CSCB),...

Stahl opens Dyes Centre of Excellence in Mumbai
10 June 2016 Chemical company Stahl has opened a new state-of-the-art Dyes Centre...

Leather features in University of Northampton Graduate Fashion Week catwalk show
09 June 2016 Fashion students from the University of Northampton took to the catwalk...

Inspiramais will host lecture on Design na Pele
06 June 2016 Design na Pele will be presented at Inspiramais - Design and...

Erpo modernises production with Lectra
24 May 2016 German high-end upholstered furniture supplier Erpo has chosen...

Design na Pele to attend International Shoes & Leather Exhibition - Vietnam
23 May 2016 Brazilian exhibition Design na Pele has confirmed it will take part in...

Brazilian leather exports show inscrease in April
18 May 2016 Brazil has shown an increase in leather and skins exports last April,...

Lectra helps Freedman Seating meet growing demand
18 May 2016 US seat manufacturer aims to double its production capacity with...

Northampton University given green light to create centre of excellence
17 May 2016 Plans for a centre of excellence involving the University of Northampton...

Stahl opens central leather application lab of Pakistan
13 May 2016 Chemical company Stahl has opened a renewed application lab in...

LANXESS raises guidance for 2016 after strong first quarter
12 May 2016 Speciality chemicals company LANXESS has raised its earnings forecast...

Sustainably Yours Ltd. launches environmentally friendly SANDLUND/HOSSAIN brand
05 May 2016 Sustainably Yours Ltd. has launched its environmentally friendly...

Report from day two of LeatherWorld Middle East
27 April 2016 We're all wrapped up here on day two of Leatherworld Middle East in Dubai...

JBS, AMCM and Mats join Brazilian Leather Sustainability Certification programme
27 April 2016 JBS Couros, AMCM and Mats Beneficiamento de Couro are the most...

Report from day one of LeatherWorld Middle East
27 April 2016 It's day one of LeatherWorld Middle East at the World Trade Convention...

University of Northampton honours Stahl CEO Huub van Beijeren with honorary doctorate
18 April 2016 Huub van Beijeren, CEO at Stahl, received an honorary doctorate for...

Hardy UK Ltd appoints new international sales technician
15 April 2016 Hardy UK Ltd, specialist in producing high-quality shaving and...

Stahl acquires Viswaat’s leather chemicals business
13 April 2016 Netherlands chemical company Stahl has acquired the leather...

Stahl extends Stahl Campus® with Americas hub in Mexico
08 April 2016 Chemical company Stahl is launching the first Stahl Campus training...

CSIR-CLRI and ILTA to host XXXIV IULTCS Congress
08 April 2016 The Central Leather Research Institute (CSIR-CLRI) in Chennai, India,...

ICHSLTA members meet for 87th AGM in Hong Kong
04 April 2016 ICHSLTA members gathered for the 87th annual AGM in Hong Kong on 31...

Couro do Norte named Global Tannery of the Year
31 March 2016 The Tannery of the Year awards kicked off the first evening of this...

Report from MM&T Hong Kong
30 March 2016 MM&T in Hong Kong is underway following a press conference and a lot...

JBS Couros in spotlight at Asia Pacific Leather Fair
29 March 2016 JBS Couros will have two stands at the Asia Pacific Leather Fair (APLF)...

Tannery of the Year 2015-16 finalists announced
24 March 2016 The list of finalists for World Leather’s fifth Tannery of the...

Zschimmer & Schwarz showcases post-tanning technology at Northampton University
24 March 2016 Bodo Brandt, a senior technologist from chemical company Zschimmer &...

Sherborne Upholstery goes for full automation with Lectra
22 March 2016 UK furniture manufacturer Sherborne Upholstery is transforming its...

Stahl and PUM join forces to promote sustainable leather industry in developing countries
21 March 2016 As of February 2016, chemical company Stahl and PUM are joining forces...

Govt ban on raw hides in Hazaribagh
21 March 2016 In efforts to expedite the tannery relocation process from Hazaribagh...

BASF introduces its 'Inspirations for Leather – Edition Livigno' Autumn/Winter 2017/2018 trends
18 March 2016 BASF has introduced its new 'Inspirations for Leather' catalogue...

Lectra North America appoints new president
18 March 2016 Lectra, a global leader in integrated technology solutions for leather...

New president for the Italian Leather Chemists Association
18 March 2016 At the first meeting of the Italian Leather Chemists Association's...

Lineapelle and SIMAC Tanning Tech begins
23 February 2016 SIMAC and Tanning Tech is underway, alongside Lineapelle, at the...

Day two at Première Vision Paris
17 February 2016 We're in the business end of the second day at Première Vision Paris,...

Capital gains - Première Vision New York
10 February 2016 In its 32nd edition and its first foray into leather, Première Vision...

Premiere Vision New York - Day Two Report
20 January 2016 We're in the middle of day two here at Premiere Vision New York and the...

Leather International reports from Premiere Vision New York
19 January 2016 Since the French international industry trade show group Première Vision...

2016 Editorial Programme
29 December 2015

Promotional Opportunities
23 December 2015

University of Cincinnati launches 2016 educational programme
18 December 2015 The Leather Research Laboratory at the University of Cincinnati has...

‘Leather is my Job!’ wins European Commission support for a follow-up phase
16 December 2015 After a successful first project on the promotion of jobs in the EU...

STAHL Chemicals works with Northampton University students
16 December 2015 STAHL Chemicals, one of the leading international leather chemical...

ICLT Corium Club and Trumpler get muddy
02 December 2015 The Corium Club (Institute for Creative Leather Technologies leather...

2015 IULTCS Merit Award winner announced
25 November 2015 The IULTCS executive committee has bestowed the 2015 IULTCS Merit Award...

The 33rd IULTCS Congress opens in Brazil
25 November 2015 The world's largest technical leather event, the XXXIII IULTCS...

Istanbul Leather Fair 2015 update
04 November 2015 After a quick ribbon-cutting ceremony, the premier Turkey leather fair,...

Grupo Kaltex chooses Lectra Fashion PLM
13 October 2015 Mexico-based home textile and apparel group to implement Lectra’s...

USHSLA gives statement on its support for Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) deal
07 October 2015 Following the announcement on 5 October that trade ministers from the US...

Lectra wins intellectual property battle in Germany
07 October 2015 The German Supreme Court in Düsseldorf rules against local competitor...

Trumpler Chemicals and Dyes celebrates ten years in China
11 September 2015 Trumpler Chemicals and Dyes (TCD) in China celebrated its...

Leather International reports from ACLE 2015
01 September 2015 On the ground in Shanghai, market uncertainty is a prevailing...

David Sherwood joins ICLT at University of Northampton
27 August 2015 David Sherwood has joined the staff of the Institute for Creative...

TFL Group announces changes in Executive Board
27 August 2015 Eugen Katzenstein, who worked for more than 13 years for TFL, since 2001...

USHSLA looks to hold companies to account for the rule of law
21 July 2015 The US Hide, Skin and Leather Association (USHSLA) issued a letter to...

Cartigliano has won Le Fonti International Award
26 June 2015 Cartigliano has won Le Fonti International Award for 'Company of the Year...

Clayton and Sedgwick join forces
15 May 2015 Towards the end of April, Joseph Clayton and Sons of Chesterfield...

Footwear producers urged to improve branding
15 May 2015 Indonesian leather product producers were recently advised to build on...

Tamil Nadu faces shortage of labour and raw materials
15 May 2015 There are approximately 1.5 million people employed in the leather...

Washing-machine company zeroes in on the leather market
15 May 2015 South Yorkshire company Xeros has announced big plans to...

Renowned artist creates works with leather
15 May 2015 Takis Psarros, a renowned leather designer and artist making bags and...

Intertek opens leather and footwear testing lab in Chennai
15 May 2015 Intertek, the multinational inspection, product testing and...

Leather industry challenges vegan leather claims
15 May 2015 The Global Leather Coordinating Committee (GLCC) recently issued an...

Northampton's shoe heritage inspires traditional Indian footwear
15 May 2015 Northampton's shoemaking heritage is helping to inspire an...

Pressure for tannery flow meters
15 May 2015 The Indian minister for water resources, Uma Bharati, urged tannery owners...

Ceylon Leather Products suffers loss due to fraud
15 May 2015 Leading leather products manufacturer Ceylon Leather Products said it...

Lectra appoints new chief marketing officer
15 May 2015 Lectra, a world leader in integrated technology solutions, announced...