The car manufacturer restarted initial production at its Dagenham Engine Plant in Essex and Bridgend Engine Plant in South Wales on May 18. Meanwhile, new car registrations in the UK are reported to have declined 97.3% in April, a record low for the new car market.
Read More...Global fashion search engine, Lyst, says it saw a +66% increase in searches for sustainable fashion, with footwear and denim as the two key categories.
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By accident today I ended up in a theoretical discussion on innovation. A hundred years ago tanneries used to trademark their strong selling leathers, and twenty or thirty years ago, the top tanners supported their most innovative products with heavy branding and promotion. “Heavy” in leather industry terms, anyway.
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One of the concepts behind industry 4.0 involves holding, using and sharing large quantities of data to facilitate the speed and efficiency of supply networks. This allows direct contact with a supplier when key inputs, needles for a sewing machine for example, require replenishing. An extreme example would be a Rolls Royce aero engine in a large passenger jet sending diagnostic data during a transatlantic flight to their headquarters in real time.
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Volvo Cars inaugurated its first U.S. manufacturing plant, in Charleston, South Carolina, on June 20 establishing the company as a global car manufacturer with plants in all three major sales regions.
Read More...Austria based high-end upholstery tanner, Wollsdorf Leather, has been commissioned to equip approximately 100 aircrafts.
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This article was first published in ILM November-December 2014 edition page 54. Type “Faux leather jacket” into Google, the biggest search engine on the web, and what comes up: an invitation to buy faux leather jackets. On Google!
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