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Buckman to increase chemical prices from April

Published: March 16, 2022

U.S.-based specialty chemical supplier Buckman has announced a global price increase for all of its product offerings.

ICT releases statement on deforestation

Published: January 10, 2022

The International Council of Tanners (ICT) has released a statement confirming its position on deforestation and its connections to the leather industry.

The leather industry has united for COP26

Published: November 2, 2021

Our industry has not always been unified in the way it needs to be but getting a leather manifesto out ahead of COP26 is a great start, says Mike Redwood.

VDL joins criticism of Volvo’s decision on leather

Published: October 1, 2021

The German Leather Federation (VDL - Verband der Deutschen Lederindustrie) has criticised Volvo Cars for its decision to stop using leather in electric vehicles from 2030.

Leather Naturally adds its voice to Volvo protests

Published: September 29, 2021

The not-for-profit leather promotion group has joined the industry in rejecting Volvo’s decision to remove all leather from future electric vehicle interiors, adding that the company has wrongly linked leather use to meat consumption.

Kering announces decision to stop using animal fur

Published: September 27, 2021

The France-headquartered luxury conglomerate has announced that none of its houses, from Balenciaga to Alexander McQueen, will use animal fur from their Fall 2022 collections onwards.

Sadesa to benefit from government aid programme

Published: June 17, 2020

The tanning Group has allegedly been included in the complementary salary assistance offered by the Argentinian government under the Work and Production Assistance Program (ATP).

APLF monitors Coronavirus outbreak

Published: January 30, 2020

The organisers of the Asian Pacific Leather Fair (APLF), to be held in Hong Kong March 31 – April 2, have published a statement on the Coronavirus outbreak as cases top 7,000.

JBS acquires value-added meat producer

Published: November 13, 2019

Brazilian headquartered JBS announced on November 6 that it is expanding its operations by acquiring a Brazilian value-added meat producer.

New Zealand tannery to phase out part of its production

Published: July 12, 2019

Changes in demand from luxury brands and the side effects of the U.S. - China trade war are leading the tannery to stop part of its leather production.