cost

It comes down to a question of price

Tom Hogarth Published: December 16, 2022

Deputy Editor Tom Hogarth examines the concerns around the rise of meat alternatives and the reality of the situation.

CICUR calls for tanners to join discharge regulation programme

Published: October 18, 2022

The Chamber of the Tannery Industry (CICUR) in Guanajuato has called for tanners to make the investment and join SAPAL's residual discharge regulation programme.

Pakistan Tanners’ Association calls for support

Published: September 15, 2022

Yousuf Shafiq, Vice Chairman of Pakistan Tanners’ Association (PTA South Zone), has asked for the government to provide greater support to the domestic leather industry.

UNIC declares cost emergency for tanning

Published: September 7, 2022

UNIC, the Italian tanners’ association, has announced its concerns about how spiralling costs will affect the supply chain in the rest of 2022 and beyond.

Do computers improve tannery productivity?

Tom Hogarth Published: August 31, 2022

Mike Redwood questions whether the rise of automation has had a positive effect on productivity in the tannery.

Sustainability may not be worth the cost for consumers, Deloitte reports

Published: June 23, 2022

According to the latest Deloitte Global State of the Consumer Tracker, consumers are increasingly limited by cost when choosing to make sustainable purchases.

Heading for a post-globalisation leather industry

Published: March 4, 2022

ILM Deputy Editor Tom Hogarth ponders whether globalisation is at an end for the leather industry and what the future might look like.

Bengal tanners say “third Covid wave will finish us”

Published: October 19, 2021

Tanners in the Bengal region of India say they are struggling to stay afloat as the industry continues to grapple with cancelled orders, supply chain disruptions and growing debt.

We need to innovate out of the commodity trap

Published: May 26, 2021

In a world grown accustomed to low prices as businesses prioritise efficiency, it is hard to avoid a commodity trap. Efficiency has been very much about reducing costs through a mix of using lower cost labour and higher levels of mechanisation in order to achieve shareholder gains.

Faurecia forecasts return to profitability in second half

Published: July 28, 2020

The French automotive tier-1 announced it expects to return to profit and cash generation in the second half of the year, driven by cost control following a first-half operating loss due to the impact of the coronavirus pandemic.