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Blatha
A sustainable future
The historic town of Santa Croce sull’Arno in Tuscany, Italy, is home to some of the world’s leading exponents of sustainable and ethical tanning, many of whom will be attending Lineapelle and Simac Tanning Tech in Milan on 20–22 February. Andrea Guolo reports on some of the key environmental, technological and chemical trends impacting the industry.
New York state of mind
Première Vision New York, the major business hub for North American fashion professionals, welcomed a wide range of visitors on 15–16 January, offering them a programme that re-established the show’s determination to play its part in redefining the fashion of tomorrow.
Destination Brazil
Despite economic challenges, Brazil is one of the world’s leading leather producers and exporters. The biannual Inspiramais trade show in São Paulo plays a key role in showcasing Brazilian leather design. Abi Millar paid a visit to Inspiramais 2020_I, as well as the Couromoda footwear trade show, to find out how the sector is responding to upcoming market trends.
All eyes on Chennai
More than 450 companies, including at least 150 from overseas, will descend on the city of Chennai for this year’s India International Leather Fair, the country’s premier leather trade event.
Euro vision
The 2019 staging of Première Vision Paris, the global event for fashion professionals, will include 227 leather industry exhibitors – 23 of them new to the exhibition – conferences, dedicated workshops, and a chance for buyers to network with top international upstream and downstream manufacturers.
Made in Manhattan
Held in Chelsea in the heart of New York’s contemporary art district, Lineapelle New York is a must-see showcase for producers and designers of luxury and contemporary leather items. Leather International previews the first of this year’s two Lineapelle events in the Big Apple.
All the fun of the fair
The 43rd staging of FIMEC, Latin America’s largest leather footwear industry fair, takes place on 26–28 February at the FENAC pavilions in Novo Hamburgo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, and features the latest initiatives impacting the leather footwear industry.
Put to the test
The following is an excerpt from a study entitled ‘Chrome-free tannage: Suede garment leathers from rural vegetable sheep crust leathers’ by AE Musa and GA Gasmelseed from the Department of Leather Technology, College of Applied and Industrial Sciences, University of Bahri; and the Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Science and Technology, both in Khartoum, Sudan.
Chemical reaction
According to a new study by Global Market Insights, the leather chemicals market will surpass $10 billion by 2024.
Don Ohsman’s view from the US
As we settle into the new year, we are encouraged to see signs of some better prices in certain selections…