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I’m 40% vegan!

Published: October 5, 2022

ILM Content Director Martin Ricker reflects in the September/October 2022 issue of the magazine on the need for clear messaging around leather.

Discovering a love for leather

Published: May 11, 2022

Mike Redwood discusses the great benefit of activities like the APLF Design-a-Bag Competition in helping people to discover leather and fall in love with the material.

Fashion police ban leather coats in North Korea

Published: November 26, 2021

Authorities in North Korea are preventing citizens from wearing leather trench coats, claiming that it is disrespectful to emulate the fashion choices of leader Kim Jong Un.

Master saddler cuts ribbon to reopen Leather Skills Centre

Published: November 22, 2021

Suzie Fletcher, known for her work on BBC TV series ‘The Repair Shop’, has cut the ribbon to reopen Walsall’s Leather Skills Centre in central England.

Ganni to phase out leather by 2023

Published: October 25, 2021

The Danish fashion label has announced that it will begin to eliminate leather from its products, with plans to be entirely leather-free by 2023.

The difference between success and failure for industrial leather parks

Published: April 27, 2021

In ILM’s new column ‘Against the grain’, Sam Setter shares his views on the issues affecting the leather industry around the world. His first piece examines the problems that have prevented leather parks to live up to expectations and become the beacons of tanning communities around the world.

Rise in demand for sheepskin slippers

Published: January 8, 2021

As Covid restrictions continue and lockdown measures are applied again in some countries, sales of comfortable slippers, particularly made of sheepskin, are reported to have significantly increased.

Your future is in the ether

Published: August 26, 2020

If you read these articles, and especially if you have been doing so since they began seven years ago, you have been finding them online. Some prefer to print them out first, but increasingly, they are being read directly on computer screens, tablets or phones. Equipment, software and user skills are all advancing, and the internet is getting more intertwined into our lives and work every day.

Stahl reveals online program after ACLE cancellation

Published: August 25, 2020

Chemical company Stahl has revealed its online program to ensure that industry professionals don’t miss out after the recent cancellation of the All China Leather Exhibition (ACLE). Specifically, from September 1 to September 3, Stahl experts will host a series of webinars and broadcasts on Instagram TV on renewable carbon, chemical compliance, trends for 2022, and product applications, amongst other topics.

Arrests and tannery closures in Kenya due to illegal waste discharge

Published: May 3, 2019

An operation aimed at stopping companies from polluting rivers in Nairobi County has led to the closure of five tanneries and to the arrest of tannery supervisors on May 2.