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Diminishing applications signifies narrowing thinking

Published: June 17, 2014

In the leather industry we measure, or rather estimate, use of leather using six categories. Footwear, furniture, automobile, leathergoods, garments and gloves. I read the other day that leather used to be mostly destined for shoes but that interest in automobile leather had changed all that. If that is what you think then I suggest you nip down to your local library, if it still exists, and check out a bit of history.

Lineapelle returning to its roots

Published: June 12, 2014

And so Lineapelle has returned to Milan, where it first was in 1981.Italian tanners, driven by their growth, left their stands in the footwear and leather goods fairs and established their own trade show, which immediately propelled them into international markets.