New York-based business publication Barron’s has named the chief executive of Kering, François-Henri Pinault, in its World’s Best CEOs list for 2019, reports UK leather and fashion news web site Leatherbiz.

Leatherbiz reports that an Ethiopian government minister will lead the country’s delegation at the forthcoming IULTCS Congress in Dresden.

President of the US Hide, Skins and Leather Association (USHSLA), Stephen Sothmann, has been reappointed to an agricultural trade advisory committee for trade in animals and animal products.

Leather chemicals group Smit & zoon has carried out a rebranding exercise, launching new logos for Smit and for Italian subsidiary Codyeco, which the group acquired in 2017.

Italian tanning company Gruppo Dani has outlined the steps it will take in the near future to take forward its quest to be a circular-economy manufacturer.