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National Beef Announces Plan to Close Brawley, California Beef Processing Facility
KANSAS CITY, Mo., January 31, 2014 — National Beef Packing Company (National Beef) today announced plans to close its beef processing facility located in Brawley, California. The last day of production is expected to be April 4, 2014. Approximately 1,300 employees working at the facility will be impacted by this closure and will be offered support, including assistance finding employment at other National Beef facilities
State of Brazilian leather exports
The Brazilian leather sector entered 2014 exporting $ 200 million, and according to the Department of Intelligence of the Centre for the Brazilian Tanning Industries (CICB), and with preliminary data from the Department of Foreign Trade – Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade (MDIC), the value registered in January alone represents an increase of 21.3% compared to January 2013.
Growth of India’s leather exports
According to data from the Directorate General of Commercial Intelligence and Statistics (DGCI&S), Kolkata, under the Ministry of Commerce, India’s leather and leather-product exports increased by 17% to $ 3.786 billion during the first eight months of the 2013-14 financial year, compared to $3.2 billion during the corresponding period of the previous fiscal.
Mulberry chairman on board at Pittards
Pittards PLC, the renowned leather and luxury goods producer, experienced a rise in shares last Thursday when it appointed chairman and former CEO of Mulberry Group PLC Godfrey Davis as a non-executive director.
Brazilian group JBS has announced the death of Steve Miller
JBS announces death of leather industry figure Steve MillerSteve worked for the leather division of Brazilian group JBS Mr Miller…
Leather work course revived at Hexham
Renowned Hexham-based leather worker Andy Bates and Northumberland College have joined forces to produce a 15-week creative leather work course in order to revive a local association with the craft.
Japanese manufacturer in Ethiopia
In a few weeks, Japanese leather producing factory Hiroki Co. Ltd. is poised to start production at its Ethiopia plant of leather garments, bags, wallets and shoes for export to the Japanese market, according to Fortune.
Chip-enabled bags
Top French leather goods brand Delage has recently aligned with near-field communication (NFC) object identification specialist Selinko to integrate tags with unique serial numbers into a range of premium leather bags.
Leather International and APLF invite you to register today for the 2nd Webinar
February 26th 18:00 (Hong Kong Time)
Why Leather Should Not Be Purely For The Luxury Market
India on the rise
According to India’s Council for Leather Exports (CLE), exports of leather goods is projected to increase by up to 20% to $6 billion by 2014 fiscal end if current trends are any indicator. There’s also an industry expectation to reach $14 billion by 2016-17.