21 February 2023 Leather Naturally invites…… Shall we meet in Dubai during APLF? We invite you to our open (free access) Breakfast Meeting – March 14 – APLF Fair Dubai – 09.00am – 10.00am – Level One, Room AL AIN F Everyone is welcome. For more information about the programme and to sign… Continue reading Leather Naturally invites……
21 February 2023 ESG tanning initiative in Tibet Nera Leather Tanning, part of Royal Smit & Zoon and Lhasa Leather (The Third Pole of the Earth Leather Industrial), is participating in a socially and environmentally responsible initiative in the autonomous region of Tibet. Local herders and families are supported in breeding yaks, taught… Continue reading ESG tanning initiative in Tibet
20 February 2023 Luxury – Hermès rewards employees after stellar 2022 performance Italy’s La Conceria reports that there are those who manage to be immune to any crisis, uncertainty, economic hesitation. This someone is Hermès. Certain numbers, just published by the French maison and referring to 2022, are enough to have the most bombastic demonstration.… Continue reading Luxury – Hermès rewards employees after stellar 2022 performance
20 February 2023 Argentina – Government pressures meat packers to lower the internal price of meat While the hacienda began an abrupt path of price decomposition, the government implemented various mechanisms to put pressure on meat packers so that the increases are not passed on to the consumer. Along these lines, this Monday they relaunched… Continue reading Argentina – Government pressures meat packers to lower the internal price of meat
20 February 2023 LCA for Isa TanTec We are proud to share that we received the Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) results for our sustainable leather business unit, ISA TanTec, and the cattlehide leather production at our two largest leather tanneries in Asia. Our cow leather scores are respectively 75% and 73% lower than the same… Continue reading LCA for Isa TanTec
17 February 2023 Italy – FGL international opens doors to students Santa Croce-based leather chemicals manufacturer Figli di Guido Lapi resumed the “Open Factories 2023” training program on February 15, after a two-year break due to the covid-19 pandemic, with a visit by the fifth-grade classes of the Charles Catteneo State Technical Institute (IT Cattaneo)… Continue reading Italy – FGL international opens doors to students
17 February 2023 Vehicle Production Conference 2023 Sustainable Leather Foundation’s Technical Director, Katie Kutskill, spoke at the Critical Technologies For Sustainable Vehicle Production Conference 2023 Hosted by The ITB Group on 16 February. Katie Kutskill, addressed the conference on the following topic: Strategic Use of LCA’s – A Comparative Review of Leather and… Continue reading Vehicle Production Conference 2023
17 February 2023 Leather Design – LHCA partners for Philippines design competition The Leather and Hide Council of America (LHCA) has partnered with the Fashion Accessory Makers of the Philippines (FAMPh) to launch the Real Leather. Stay Different. (RLSD) Student Leather Design Competition 2023 in the Philippines. Report by ILM. The new competition… Continue reading Leather Design – LHCA partners for Philippines design competition
16 February 2023 Luxury – Is the glass half empty or half full for Kering? The thud of Gucci in the fourth quarter was foretold. The October-December period coincided with the resignation of Alessandro Michele and the arduous search for a replacement. Analysts were expecting -11%: Kering ‘s balance sheet data instead says that the… Continue reading Luxury – Is the glass half empty or half full for Kering?
16 February 2023 APLF Leather Dubai 2023 – Argentina’s Cueros Leather is a first-time exhibitor Leather upholstery specialist, Cueros Leather from Argentina, will be participating for the first time at the APLF leather fair which will take place from March 13 – 15 in Dubai, at the World Trade Centre. Cueros Leather… Continue reading APLF Leather Dubai 2023 – Argentina’s Cueros Leather is a first-time exhibitor
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.
