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Artificial intelligence in the tanners toolkit

Mike Redwood

In this week’s Redwood comment, Mike Redwood looks at the role of AI and how it can be used to understand and analyse data, to help us consider how the leather industry and the world in general are evolving. 

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How long should your shoes last?

Mike Redwood

Mike Redwood asks whether we should accept shoes that disintegrate after a few years or opt for well-designed footwear made with leather that can be easily maintained and repaired.

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Talking Point January/February 2022

In the first issue of the year, we asked experts from across the leather industry: Why do you feel that natural materials including leather are treated so negatively on the Higg Material Sustainability Index, and do you think that materials from fossil-fuel carbon sources are unfairly advantaged?

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Turning leather scraps into yarn

Korean start-up ATKO Planning, has devised a process that re-uses leather scraps and turns them into a textile yarn to be used for footwear and apparel applications. 

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Adidas launches resale program

The sports and footwear brand has launched the Choose to Give Back program to enable customers to send back used products for reuse or resale.

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