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Textile Exchange reports senior management changes

Published: November 17, 2022

Textile Exchange has announced changes in its senior management team, including the appointment of a new CEO.

Leather Naturally announces management changes

Published: July 27, 2022

Industry organisation Leather Naturally has announced its changes to the Management Board and Supervisory Council after a member vote.

Senior management changes for Zschimmer & Schwarz

Published: June 24, 2022

Chemicals company Zschimmer & Schwarz has announced changes to its senior management, including a new CEO.

APLF Dubai: a moment for conversation

Published: March 30, 2022

As APLF Dubai gets underway, Mike Redwood acknowledges the efforts of key industry figures who paved the way for the leather industry as it is today.

Enabling positive changes in leather with Royal Smit & Zoon

Published: February 23, 2022

Royal Smit & Zoon will host a conversation about enabling positive change in the leather industry at the upcoming ‘Future trends in a post-Covid leather industry’ half-day conference at APLF Dubai on March 29, a hybrid event co-organised by ILM and APLF.

Talking Point September/October 2021

Published: September 22, 2021

In this edition of ILM, we ask four prominent tanners from different parts of the world the following: Has the global Covid-19 pandemic altered the way that leather is made and marketed? How has your business adapted to the global social and economic changes that have taken place since the beginning of 2020?

China’s 14th Five-Year-Plan

Published: December 16, 2020

As we slide towards the end of the weird and monstrous year 2020, we are beginning to see that much of the future will indeed not look like the past - like an arrow shot through skin does not reverse out with the same simplicity but leaves changes that will stay forever.

Nike job cuts could cost between US$200 and US$250 million

Published: August 12, 2020

The global sportswear manufacturer is reportedly seeking to streamline its business to focus on digital sales.

Organisational changes at ISA TanTec’s sales team

Published: September 30, 2019

The international tanning Group has announced three structural changes in sales.

Noisy about leather

Published: October 3, 2018

Everyone has heard the story of the boiling frog where it sits in a pan of water without recognising that it was slowly getting warmer and stays complacent until the water is too hot, and it is too late. I often wonder about the leather industry at the start of the 20^th century when technological changes such as the use of electricity, the internal combustion engine and the arrival of chrome tanning were all happening at once.