The project will involve capital investment to upgrade and renew equipment and machinery in the tannery, laboratories and teaching rooms.
It is likely the Centenary will be launched at the APLF in Hong Kong with a salon show featuring leather fashion designs created by their students, with the possibility of taking the salon show to other international venues. This will sit alongside a visual history of leather education, so alumni and friends are being asked to send information, photographs and reminiscences of student life.
The highlight of the Centenary year will be a celebratory awards dinner and fashion show on July 18, 2009, at The University of Northampton, to honour those who have made a significant contribution to the leather industry over the past 100 years.
