Lear wins multiple awards in automotive seat quality study
Lear Corporation has won four first-place awards in the J.D. Power 2023 U.S. Seat Quality and Satisfaction Study. Read More...
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Declines for Chai Watana Tannery Group in Q2
Chai Watana Tannery Group, one of the largest in Thailand, has reported its results for the second quarter and first half of 2023. Read More...
Volvo’s leather hypocrisy
Mike Redwood ponders the decline of the Volvo estate car and the company’s decision to move away from leather seats. Read More...
Bentley Motors introduces olive tanned leather option
Bentley Motors has introduced leather tanned with Pasubio’s Olive Mill Wastewater (OMW) technology for its vehicles as part of its Beyond100 sustainability journey. Read More...
Forvia to build fourth plant in Morocco
Forvia Group has announced that it will construct a fourth automotive upholstery seating production facility in Sale, Morocco. Read More...
Hyundai Transys wins 2023 Red Dot Design Award
Hyundai Transys has won the 2023 Red Dot Design Award from the Design Zentrum Nordrhein Westfalen in Germany. Read More...
10 months of growth for EU new car registrations
May 2023 was the tenth consecutive month of growth for passenger car registrations in the European Union (EU), according to the latest data from the European Automobile Manufacturers' Association (ACEA). Read More...
GM Leather to supply Ferragamo
Arzignano-headquartered GM Leather announced the start of its collaboration with Salvatore Ferragamo on June 13, supplying leathers intended for leather goods production. Read More...
John Lewis to source all leather from Waitrose farms
UK retail company John Lewis Partnership has announced that 100% of the leather for its own label furniture will come from higher welfare farms in the UK that supply Waitrose beef. Read More...
Sales plummet for Natuzzi in first quarter
Italian furniture manufacturer Natuzzi has announced its first quarter results for the 2023 financial year, with invoiced sales falling by 27.4% to €86.1 million. Read More...
