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Pollution notices fail to close Kanpur tanneries

A week after the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) issued a notice to shut down six tanneries in the Kanpur area for pollution and violating laws, the closures are yet to be initiated. The Regional Pollution Control Board claims it is yet to receive CPCB's written order and hence the delay.

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Government holds back tanners incentives

The government has decided not to pay any cash incentive to leather exporters who have failed to transfer their factories from the city's Hazaribagh area to Savar Tannery Industrial Estate, officials have said.

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Prime Minister blames tanners for relocation delays

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on July 31 expressed her displeasure over the unnecessary delay in relocating tanneries from the capital’s Hazaribagh area by their owners although the government has provided them with various facilities at Savar. 

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ZDHC releases 2015 annual report

The ZDHC Programme has released its 2015 Annual Report highlighting its achievements and demonstrating how collaboration by industry leaders is driving new standards in responsible chemical management forward.

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Death on the job

It is a sad fact that by early December ILM has reported on the deaths of fifteen tannery workers, covering four separate incidents which occurred mainly due to negligence. Historically, the tanning industry has had a poor record in this area and the relocation of manufacturing from developed to emerging countries, where worker health and safety is less stringent, has only served to make matters worse.

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Simac Tanning Tech optimistic for 2016

The organisers of Simac Tanning Tech, the international exhibition of machinery and technology for the footwear, leather goods and tanning sectors, are optimistic about the business opportunities likely to be fostered at its upcoming edition to be held on February 23-25, 2016 at Fiera Rho Milano.

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Assomac Business Lounge at Lineapelle

Simac Tanning-Tech, the machinery and technology event for footwear, leather goods and tanning industries, opens its doors today and will be held until September 11.

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The cow needs a lobby group

Returning home from the Las Vegas Outdoor Retailer Show a few years back, we stopped off in West Virginia for a short holiday. It is a mountainous, forested, and agricultural area on the other side of the Appalachians from Washington. 

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Kanpur tanners urged to monitor water usage

Union Minister for water resources Uma Bharati on May 9 asked the tannery owners of Jajmau area near Kanpur to install flow meters at their units to monitor tannery discharges in to the river Ganga. 

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