Volvo C40 Recharge with leather-free interior. Credit: Volvo
Stephen Sothmann, President of the Leather and Hide Council of America (LHCA), has released a statement expressing his and the organisation’s disappointment in Volvo’s decision to go leather-free in its fully electric cars.
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The new Volvo C40 Recharge interior. Credit: Volvo
Volvo Cars has announced that all of its fully electric cars will be “leather-free” by 2030, while aiming for 25% of materials in all of its new cars to be recycled or bio-based by 2025.
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The international leather trade show saw more than 11,000 visitors, from more than 70 countries, come to see Winter 2022/23 collections and meet tanneries, exceeding the expectations of both exhibitors and organisers.
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With four major industry fairs taking place in Milan between September 19-24 within the same week all have been regarded as a positive step forward in the Covid-19 era and exceeded expectations in terms of visitor numbers and a mood to meet in person and do business.
Read more...Tandy Leather Factory has reported sales of US$21.4 million for the first quarter of the 2021 financial year, up from US$17.1 million the previous year.
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Simac Tanning Tech, the international fair for tannery, leather goods and footwear machinery and technology, has begun in Milan with exhibitors and visitors gathering from across the world to see and discuss the latest innovations.
Read more...The independent Switzerland headquartered testing and certification organisation is celebrating 175 years of setting standards.
Read more...Abia State government has reportedly signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Total Value Integrated Services Limited for the building of an industrial cluster for leather, garments and allied products producers.
Read more...The set of weekly slaughter statistics released by the USDA, for the week ending September 4, 2021, have shown a significant drop in numbers when compared to the week prior and the recent weekly average.
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UNIC, the Italian national tanning industry association, has released sector data for the first half of the 2021, showing the “inversion of the economic inertia of 2020”.
Read more...The crust and finished leather manufacturer, despite reporting an 8% growth in year-on-year revenue for the first three quarters of the current financial year, continues to make a loss due to increased administrative expenses and pandemic disruptions.
Read more...The Goods and Services Tax Council has decided to correct the inverted duty structure on leather footwear from January 1, 2022, to help reduce the tax burden on the leather industry in India.
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Dr Thirumalachari Ramasami
The IULTCS has announced Dr Thirumalachari Ramasami as the recipient of its Merit Award for Excellence in the Leather Industry.
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Spoor Leather has announced a partnership with Danish furniture brand Fredericia, offering customers the opportunity to purchase furniture made with 100% traceable leather.
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The Brazilian Association of Shoe Manufacturers (Abicalçados) has revealed that the country exported 9.3 million pairs in August with a total so far in 2021 of 75.2 million pairs.
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Statistics released by SECEX (Foreign Trade Secretariat) of the Ministry of Economy show exports of hides and skins from Brazil totalled US$127.8 million, an increase of 11.3% on the previous month.
Read more...The global meatpacking giant has announced its plans to resume operations at a Nebraska beef plant which halted production recently after a fire.
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The Malaysian automotive leather seat manufacturer closed its 2021 financial year with a net profit of RM19.23 million (US$4.65 million), more than twice the result from the previous financial year.
Read more...The Vietnam Leather, Footwear and Handbag Association (Lefaso) has reported that 80% leather and footwear businesses in the country have had to stop production in the face of recent Covid-19 restrictions.
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The leather manufacturer and Leather Working Group (LWG) founding member is celebrating its 10th LWG certification, a renewed Gold rating for its operating unit in China.
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SLF interactive survey results
Expressing their opinions through an interactive tool at the recent Sustainable Leather Forum in Paris, attendees from the leather and fashion worlds revealed that their corporate social responsibility (CSR) efforts were only accelerated by the pandemic.
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Dr Michael Meyer of FILK
When asked if they planned to integrate alternative materials (to leather) into their next collections, 60% of fashion brands at the Sustainable Leather Forum in Paris said yes
Read more...The Environment, Forest and Climate Change Ministry in Bangladesh has moved to implement a recommendation on shutting down the tannery complex in Savar. A parliamentary committee from the ministry on August 23 recommended shutting down the Savar Tannery Industrial Estate (STIE) at Hemayetpur because it does not have adequate facilities to treat the amount of solid and liquid waste generated by the tanners.
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Hélène Valade, LVMH Environment Development Group Director addressing the SLF in Paris
Hundreds of delegates have gathered at the Palais Brongniart in Paris to hear industry leaders discuss the sustainable future for leather on September 13.
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The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) makes further inroads into the leather industry following the announcement of a strategic partnership with UNIC Italian Tanneries and the Italian Quality Certification Institute for the Leather Sector (ICEC).
Read more...Employees at Ford India’s vehicle manufacturing plant in Marimalai Nagar in Tamil Nadu were shocked when the company unexpectedly decided to close the operation down in Q2 2022, according to local media reports.
Read more...While the physical edition of Première Vision Paris is set to go ahead from September 21-23, the organisers have announced a concurrent digital show from September 20-24.
Read more...On September 6, the fashion group opened the École Hermès des savoir-faire within its leather workshop in the village of Fitilieu in Isère.
Read more...The Leather & Hide Council of America (LHCA) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) ahead of collaborating on environment-focused initiatives for the U.S. leather industry.
Read more...Tyson Foods has issued a statement in which it categorically rejects the conclusions drawn on September 8 by the Secretary of Agriculture and the Director of the National Economic Council in a White House press briefing. The U.S. Department of Agriculture recently published a report detailing the drivers of consumer inflation in the food sector, none of which are related to industry consolidation or scale.
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Range Rover SV Autobiography Ultimate Edition
Bridge of Weir Leather, supplier of automotive leather to the world’s most respected luxury car brands, honoured the very best in automotive design at the 2021 Concours of Elegance, which took place September 3-5 at Hampton Court Palace near London, with a remarkable display of iconic cars, the presentation of its design award and supported on two public debuts.
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The two companies have announced their partnership following new research that Micro-Fresh now combats the presence of coronavirus on leather.
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The New York edition of the Lineapelle fair has been cancelled due to continuing travel restrictions and the suspension of B1 visas by U.S. authorities.
Read more...Brazil’s exports to China were suspended after the discovery of two cases of mad cow disease as ILM reported on September 6, however Bloomberg predicts the ban will be lifted quickly.
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The German premium car manufacturer has announced plans to replace all materials in its car interiors with “environmentally-compatible raw materials” and “secondary materials”.
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Brazil has suspended beef exports to China after confirming two “atypical” cases of mad cow disease (BSE) in two separate domestic meat plants.
Read more...The country saw exports grow by 14% year-on-year to US$3.38 billion, following a drop of more than 11% the previous month.
Read more...Twenty-five containers of hides and skins have been seized by Kenya Revenue Authority officers, and three people arrested, over tax evasion.
Read more...Leather and leather goods exports from Portugal have grown 21.4% in the first half of 2021, according to data from the National Institute of Statistics.
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The Danish tannery, which is a subsidiary of Scan Hide, has announced the launch of a collection of children’s shoes made entirely from leather traceable to the single animal.
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The port of Ningbo has reopened after two weeks of forced closure following a Covid outbreak, only to face imposed factory shutdowns after further outbreaks in both the Zhengzhou and Chengdu provinces.
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The Chinese tanning company has announced a partnership with DaFeng Paperboard and Xiangchen to reuse its chrome shaving dust created during the leather making process.
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The Sustainable Leather Foundation has announced that Vancouros is its first Brazilian tannery partner.
Read more...The Belarusian Light Industry Association and the Russian Union of Tanners and Shoemakers have signed a memorandum of cooperation as part of efforts to improve cooperation between tanning and footwear enterprises of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) member states.
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The Switzerland-based standards organisation has released its 2020-21 annual report, showing positive results despite the difficulties of the Covid-19 pandemic.
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The Denmark headquartered tanner and shoe manufacturer/retailer has announced the launch of Ecco Leather Goods, its new bags and accessories brand, available from September 7.
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The national tanning industry association for Italy has published its economic results for the industry in 2020, showing that the country managed to hold onto its position despite the heights of the Covid-19 pandemic.
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China has announced plans to adjust “excessive incomes” and more equally distribute national wealth in an effort to correct its significant gap between the rich and poor.
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A shipment of 14,000 bulls from Brazil is expected to arrive in Vietnam in late September, marking the first time the South American country has exported cattle to Vietnam.
Read more...A fire erupted in a leather garment factory in Karachi early on August 27, killing 16 workers and injuring several others.
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