APLF LEATHER | A Homecoming Leather Exhibition with Reimagined Familiarity

After four years, the APLF Leather fair will come back to Hong Kong, where the international leather business meeting point originated to engage the most diverse participants’ profiles.  

Dates:19-21 March 2024
Opening Hours:10:00am-6:00pm on Day 1 & 2
10:00am-5:00pm on Day 3
Venue:Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre
Concurrent Events:APLF Leather, Materials+, Fashion Access

APLF, Where the Yearly Forecast is Set for Leather Industry

Hailed as the top-class leather exhibition, APLF is treasured by professional bodies for successful trades and transactions. Over 20 global associations and 800+ exhibitors will reunite in this meeting place to determine the market price, to gain insights from forums,  to devise plans for the year ahead. 

Engage with over 11,000+ Asia-Pacific and Chinese Buyers

Have your order volume boosted by buyers worldwide, especially from the anticipated APAC and China regions, which are well set for vigorous activity for leather manufacturing and retailing. Re-establish the rapport and partnership with the Asian buyers at APLF Leather in March 2024.

National Pavilions from:

Brazil
China
France
Germany
India
Italy
Japan
Korea
Pakistan
Spain
Taiwan
Thailand
Turkey
UK
USA

Opportunities to Match with the Right Buyers

APLF Leather offers a myriad of matching and networking opportunities to rekindle your spark with the leather sector; leather, footwear and sustainability conferences to sustain your competitive advantage in the market; trend area to showcase your state-of-the-art collection.  

Go with the Leather Trends

The accelerating growth of global tourism catalyses the sales of luxury fashion items from around the world. Along with the plus factor of the return of leather in fashion market, it’s time to reveal your latest collections with APLF to meet the accelerating material trend.

What Will You Find Here?

Hides & Skins
  • Brinecured / Dehaired / Drysalted / Fresh / Fresh, Chilled / Hair-on / Pickled / Salted / Trimmed / Wetsalted
Semi-finished / Crust Leather
  • Chrome-free (Wetwhites) / Chrome Tanned (Wetblues) / Vegetable-Tanned
Finished Leather
  • Aniline / Brush-coloured / Degrained / Die-cut / Doubleface / Embossed / Embroidered / Full-Grain / Handworked / Interwoven / Metallic / Nappa / Nubuck / Oily Pull-up / Patent / Pearlised / Pigmented / Printed / Semi-Aniline / Split / Stretch / Suede / Top-Grain / Washable / Waxy
Finished Leather – Animal Source
  • Buffalo / Calf / Cow / Deer / Elk / Goat / Horse / Kangaroo / Lamb / Pig / Sheep
Finished Leather – Exotic Leather
  • Alligators / Caiman / Crocodiles / Fish / Frog / Lizard / Ostrich / Python / Shark / Snake / Stingray
Finished Leather – Fur / Trimmings
  • Beaver / Chinchila / Fox / Mink / Rabbit / Raccon / Sable
Tanning / Leather Finishing Machinery & Parts
  • For Preparatory Stage / Until Wetblue / Wetblue to Crust / Finishing
Chemicals / Allied Materials for Tanning
  • Chemicals (for liming, deliming, bating, bleaching, pickling) / Colourants / Dyes / Fats / Foils for Leather /Oils / Tanning Agents (Chromium / Vegetable Tannins) / Transfer Flim / Waxes
Services
  • Business / Certification / Inspection / Leather Technology / Logistics / Media / Testing / Trade Association / Trade / Publication / Trends Consultancy

Notable Industry Association Participations

  • Assintecal Brazilian Association Of Companies Of Components For Leather Footwear And Manufactured Goods (Brazil)
  • ACEXPIEL (Spain)
  • Assomac Servizi Srl (Italy)
  • BLC (United Kingdom)
  • CICB – Centre for the Brazilian Tanning Industry
  • Council for Leather Exports (India)
  • French Tanners Association – FFTM
  • Istanbul Leather and Leather Products Exporters Association (IDMIB) & Turkish Leather Council
  • Italian Trade Agency
  • Japan Leather and Leather Goods Industries Association (Japan)
  • Leather Export Council Of Egypt (Egypt)
  • Pakistan Tanners’ Association
  • The Leather & Hide Council of America (L&HCA)
  • UNIC – Italian Tanners Industry Association

About APLF

We bring leather, material and fashion businesses together: an opportunity to meet and greet face to face. We bring them from all parts of the world so that they can find fresh partners, discover new customers or suppliers and keep ahead of industry developments.

 

We organise a number of trade exhibitions which focus on fashion and lifestyle: sectors that are constantly in flux, so visitors and exhibitors alike need to be constantly aware both of the changes around them and those forecast for coming seasons.

 

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