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Committee decides that Savar should be shut down

Published: February 11, 2022

A parliamentary standing committee has asked the monitoring and enforcement wing of the Department of Environment (DoE) to shut down the Savar Tannery Industrial Estate according to local media reports.

21st UITIC postponed to 2022

Published: February 23, 2021

Initially scheduled to take place in China this year, the International Union of Shoe Industry Technicians has decided to postpone its 21st International Footwear Congress.

U.S. to exempt EU leather imports from hike in taxes

Published: October 7, 2019

After winning US$7.5 billion annually in its World Trade Organization (WTO) dispute with the EU over illegal subsidies to planemaker Airbus, the U.S. government has decided to exempt EU leather imports.

FCA withdraws merger proposal to Groupe Renault

Published: June 7, 2019

The Board of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) announced on June 6 that it has decided to withdraw the merger proposal made to Groupe Renault.

TFL invests in laboratory expansion

Published: December 8, 2017

The global specialty leather chemical supplier has decided to expand and invest in further laboratories for chemistry and screening at its Muttenz site near Basel in Switzerland.

APLF dates brought forward by two weeks

Published: October 17, 2017

Following a consultation with both buyers and exhibitors, the organisers of the international leather trade fair decided to bring the event forward by approximately two weeks, to mid-March 2018.

Cycling to action

Published: March 14, 2016

Along time ago, I worked for a company where our Chairman decided to pronounce that we were now able to “manage the cyclical nature of the industry”. We had just completed a rare few years of good results and he thought this showed an ability to control all the complex things thrown at tanners.

Brazil narrows down export incentives

Published: October 23, 2015

Brazilian footwear manufacturers express their concerns as the Government officially announced yesterday (October 22) that it is cutting down on tax incentives for exporters.

Could Richemont, LVMH and Kering ally against e-commerce giants?

Published: June 10, 2015

Johann Rupert, Chairman and Chief Executive of the Swiss luxury company Richemont, seems to have acknowledged the constant growth of online commercial platforms such as Amazon and decided to make friends with his competitors.

Fossil fuels and the G7

Published: June 9, 2015

The online Oxford dictionary tells us that a Fossil Fuel is "a natural fuel such as coal or gas, formed in the geological past from the remains of living organisms". The 2015 G7 summit that has just finished in Germany has decided to phase out the use of all these fuels by the end of this century. They plan a cut in greenhouse gases of 40 to 70% by 2050. Never before have they set such a clear target.