27 March 2026
The winners of the Best of APLF Awards (BOAA) 2026 were announced during the BOAA cocktail party on the second day of the three-day event.
The concept behind the awards program was to provide exhibitors with an incentive to focus on originality of design and quality craftsmanship.
APLF Leather
Company Name: D&A Edge Polymer Ltd
Country: Hong Kong, China
Judges’ Decision: A leader in edge-paint technology, they now present the leathergoods industry with an exciting range of colours and patterns that brings greater creative possibilities for bag and shoe designers.
Company Name: Henan Prosper & Colomer Moda Co., Ltd.
Country: China
Judges’ Decision: This collaboration between China and Spain give us an interesting development in hair-on pony leather design, showing a complexity of textures and finishes, including embroidery, laser cutting, and embossing.
Company Name: Megisserie Bodin-joyeux
Country: France
Judges’ Decision: Its soft-touch luxury leathers are sensual and sophisticated, with rich yet refined colours. Bodin Jyeoux’s collection caters to high-fashion brands that put emphasis on high-quality and high performance.
Company Name: Tannerie Haas
Country: France
Judges’ Decision: Their vegetal calf leather collection is a cross between timeless tradition and modern refinement. It is leather that is luxurious and classic, exuding quiet elegance.
Company: Egedamla Leather
Country: Türkiye
Judges’ Decision: As a leather finisher, Egedamla is tuned into the pulse of the fashion market, creating a new fashion leather collection every 6 months, backed by a strong production capability. Working mostly with lambskin, they have created a collection that is trendy in terms of colour, textures and motifs.
Company: Couro & Arte
Country: Brazil
Judges’ Decision: Their innovative line of premium double-face, full-sized cow leathers demonstrates a high-level of production expertise, covering multiple processes, and an eye for design that creates a coherent and visually impactful collection.
Materials+
Best Functional Materials Collection
Company: Dongguan High Tech And High Fashion Shoe Material Co Ltd
Country: China
Judges’ Decision: Extensive range of functional, yet fashionable, auxilliary materials for footwear and bags. This collection is fashion forward and can readily be adapted to current trends.
Best Shoe Components Collection
Company: Versalis Pacific Trading (Shanghai) Co. Ltd.
Country: China
Judges’ Decision: Italian design meets Chinese production efficiency with its versatile, closed-cell foam plastic material used in high-performance applications, known for being lightweight, durable, and flexible. The material is heavily used in footwear.
