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IULTCS members call for reassessment of EU REACH restrictions

Published: September 2, 2022

Members of the IULTCS, in collaboration with FILK, Stahl and TFL, have prepared a document to request a reassessment of proposed REACH restrictions.

Skills4Smart TCLF concludes after four and a half years

Published: June 23, 2022

The Blueprint Project Skills4Smart TCLF 2030, which aimed to modernise the European textile, clothing, leather and footwear industries, has concluded.

25 associations participate in International Footwear Forum (IFF)

Published: February 5, 2021

The fifth edition of the International Footwear Forum (IFF) was organised by the European Confederation of the Footwear Industry on February 2.

European industry will need 400 000 extra workers by 2030

Published: November 1, 2019

The European Commission has launched a project to attract young talent to the textile, clothing, tannery and footwear industries amid new data which estimates that up to 400 000 new professionals will be needed in these sectors by 2030.

Cotance asks EU Commission to protect leather authenticity

Published: July 10, 2018

Andreas Kindermann, the recently elected President of the European Confederation of the Leather Industry (Cotance) was received by an EU official in Brussels to address the state of the proposed leather authenticity dossier.

A Future for European Leather! final conference

Published: February 3, 2016

The final conference of the “A Future for European Leather!” series jointly organised by Cotance and trade union IndustriAll tool place in Brussels on February 2, 2016.

Meeting discusses priorities for the European footwear sector

Published: January 21, 2015

In the framework of the European project “Developing social dialogue in the European Footwear Sector”, the European Confederation of the Footwear Industry (CEC) and industriAll European Trade Union have held a workshop in Brussels, which resulted in policy recommendations and new project ideas to reinforce the footwear sector in Europe.

“Leather is my job” project concludes in Bucharest

Published: November 10, 2014

The “Leather is my job!” project final event took place in Bucharest on the October 23, 2014. The initiative was a EU funded Social Dialogue Project with Cotance (European Confederation of Tanners’ Associations) and the trade union IndustriAll as the partners organising the project.

COTANCE meets in Edinburgh

Published: June 21, 2014

COTANCE, the European Confederation of Tanners and Dressers, have held its General Assembly in the Scottish city of Edinburgh on June 20. The outgoing President, Rino Mastrotto handed over the Presidency to Jonathan Muirhead.