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Diligent journalists get to the real facts

Published: June 27, 2018

The past five years has involved relentless pushing back against entrenched anti-livestock and anti-leather opinions, forcibly argued. A lot of this was trying to correct errors in the science being presented by NGOs, which had the danger of being widely accepted since they are respected bodies. It was also felt that whereas an animal rights group, PETA or any other, is absolutist in its thinking and is not interested in anything that cannot be manipulated to support their case, NGOs, however, should be more open to reason.

LASRA outline new insights in chrome tanning

Published: June 14, 2018

Dr Sujay Prabakar from the New Zealand Leather and Shoe Research Centre (LASRA) introduced new insights in chrome tanning at the 7^th Freiberg Leather Days on June 13.

Donna Karan and DKNY to halt fur in 2019

Published: March 26, 2018

Acquired by clothing and manufacturing group G-III in 2016, both Donna Karan and DKNY fashion labels are to drop fur from their collections in 2019.

Olive leaf tanning specialist to speak at Automotive Conference

Published: March 22, 2017

Dr Heinz-Peter Germann, Head of Product Development at ecological leather tanning specialist Wet-Green, will be a key speaker at the upcoming “ILM Automotive Leather Supply Chain” conference taking place in the Bavarian capital city of Munich on May 22, 2017.

Ten process “rules” to avoid Cr (VI) formation

Published: January 17, 2017

Dr Volker Rabe of global leather chemical maker Lanxess, outlined its ten golden rules to help avoid the formation of chrome VI during leather manufacture during the company’s recent leather seminar on January 12-13.

LVMH confident despite drop in leather goods revenue

Published: July 28, 2016

The France based luxury conglomerate has reported a 1% drop in revenue for its fashion and leather goods division in the first half of 2016 and says it will continue with creative reinforcement and investment of its brands.

Trumpler adds extra strength to Indian market

Published: January 22, 2015

German leather chemical maker, Trumpler announces a strengthening of its support for the Indian Leather Market at IILF 2015 in partnership with sole agents in India, Saba Group. They will also be highlighting a number of innovative products at the upcoming show in Chennai, February 1-3.

Tannery waste blamed animal feed contamination

Published: July 16, 2014

Bangladesh State Minister for Fisheries and Livestock Narayan Chandra Chanda on July 14 vowed to catch all culprits who use toxic tannery waste in producing poultry and fish feed in the country. “We will soon find out how much tannery waste is being used and which factories are using them. We will also study the effects of toxic waste in poultry feed,” he said. 