All articles by julian turner
julian turner
Formaldehyde-free melamine resin – Smit & zoon’s Safetan range
Well known throughout the industry, Smit & zoon develops and produces chemicals used in the manufacturing and finishing of leather for shoes, cars, furniture, clothes and bags. As it increases its Safetan range, Leather International profiles what this newest addition can do for leather articles.
Practical factory sustainability in the footwear industry
The environmental impact of the footwear industry has raised much attention in recent years and more sustainable production is urgently required. As one of the most important parts of the footwear value chain, manufacturing factories need to learn how to achieve sustainability. In this article, one such sustainability implementation tool for footwear factories created by SGS is introduced by Jane Jiang, Mike Song and Dr Andrew Hudson.
Over 140 years of change – a history of sustainability
Anne Lama from the Institute for Creative Leather Technologies, The University of Northampton, investigates changes made within the leather industry in the past century with a focus on sustainability.
Laser-sharp innovation – multiplexed laser surface enhancement technology
Dr Francisca Arán Ais, along with other colleagues at INESCOP footwear technology institute in Elda, Spain, delivers a paper on functional leathers by means of multiplexed laser surface enhancement technology, which was also presented at FILK in June.
Extracts from the Hidenet World Report July 2016
The latest news and views from the global leather market.
Safety data sheets – digital exchange in the supply chain
Dr Thomas Martin of GisChem, speaking at the fifth FILK conference in June, discusses the structured digital exchange of safety data in the supply chain.
Fallout shelter – Italy copes with Brexit
The votes have been counted and, by a narrow margin, the UK has voted to leave the EU. Although the dust is far from settled and is likely to linger in the coming months, the shockwaves are already being felt throughout mainland Europe. Andrea Guolo looks at how Italy in particular is going to face the referendum headwinds.
Within range – inside the TFL portfolio
TFL is a leather chemicals company that is constantly innovating in its R&D, and producing a wide range of chemicals for processing and finishing products, from wet-end chemicals and dyes to finishing.
Don Ohsman’s view from the US
The key news and trends from the US leather market for July 2016.
What’s new in chemicals?
Chief executive officer of Stahl Huub van Beijeren comments on the new leather chemicals the company is bringing to the supply chain, including Proviera Probiotics for Leather from Proviera Biotech.