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Visitors numbers up at Simac Tanning Tech

Published: September 22, 2022

Simac Tanning Tech, the trade show featuring the latest tannery, footwear, leather goods and accessories machinery manufacturers and chemical suppliers, reported higher visitor numbers this year compared with the 2021 edition.

Mixed picture for European bovine slaughter Q2 2022

Published: September 16, 2022

Ian Banks, Editor of theSauerReport, looks at how minimal growth in European bovine slaughter numbers does not show the true picture across the continent.

Opportunities in leather should apply to all genders

Published: April 26, 2022

Mike Redwood discusses the need for more women in the leather industry and the opportunities available.

Weekly cattle cull numbers fall

Published: September 21, 2021

The set of weekly slaughter statistics released by the USDA, for the week ending September 4, 2021, have shown a significant drop in numbers when compared to the week prior and the recent weekly average.

Cattle slaughter numbers down in Australia

Published: May 20, 2021

According to analysis from the global raw materials pricing and analysis website theSauerReport. The number of cattle being slaughtered in Australia remains low and with it reduced hide availability and prices.

U.S. hide supply bucks global trend

Published: March 9, 2021

In global terms, hide supply has reduced in recent months driven by national or regional restocking and weaker consumer demand caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. However, raw materials pricing and analysis website theSauerReport.com has observed that the U.S. market has bucked this trend, with weekly harvest numbers remaining well above the 600,000 level, although even here the total numbers are down on a year-on-year comparison.

Australian beef exports down 28%

Published: November 5, 2020

Australian beef exports for 2020 are forecast to slightly exceed one million tons, with international demand for Australian red meat remaining “buoyant”.

Sharp drop in exports of leather and leather goods from India

Published: July 27, 2020

The Council for Leather Exports (CLE) in India has published export data for leather and finished leather goods for the current year, which shows a steep decline compared with the same period last year. The export numbers underline the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on trade during April to June 2020.

Up and down the leather chain

Published: June 12, 2019

As tanneries steadily upgraded their wet ends last century, introducing larger drums with mechanical handling of hides and controlled additions of chemicals and water, along with modernised set ups for fleshing and splitting, the labour content dropped considerably. I first recognised this when given charge of a brand-new tannery in El Salvador in the 1970s, and looking at the costings we recognised how the labour element changed as you moved through the tannery.

Good visitor numbers at Lineapelle

Published: February 22, 2019

As usual, the second day of the Lineapelle fair in Milan on February 21 was the busiest with good visitor numbers attending the show featuring leather collections for the Summer 2020 season.