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miriam jones
Clayton and Sedgwick join forces
Towards the end of April, Joseph Clayton and Sons of Chesterfield finalised an amicable arrangement to acquire the assets and business of JE Sedgwick & Company.
Lectra appoints new chief marketing officer
Lectra, a world leader in integrated technology solutions, announced its appointment of Céline Choussy Bedouet as chief marketing officer recently.
Washing-machine company zeroes in on the leather market
South Yorkshire company Xeros has announced big plans to revolutionise washing machines, and has agreed a development programme with one of the world’s largest suppliers of chemicals for the leather industry.
Renowned artist creates works with leather
Takis Psarros, a renowned leather designer and artist making bags and coats on the Greek island of Symi, is also creating unique works of art using pyrography (burning dots) on leather hides.
Northampton’s shoe heritage inspires traditional Indian footwear
Northampton’s shoemaking heritage is helping to inspire an innovative redesign of traditional Indian footwear.
Intertek opens leather and footwear testing lab in Chennai
Intertek, the multinational inspection, product testing and certification company, has recently opened a comprehensive leather and footwear testing facility in Chennai, India, to support the country’s leather, footwear and leather goods industries.
Leather industry challenges vegan leather claims
The Global Leather Coordinating Committee (GLCC) recently issued an open letter to Jose Manuel Martínez Gutiérrez, executive director and CEO of clothing giant Esprit Holdings, about his company’s endorsement of misleading claims made by PETA regarding the global leather manufacturing industry.
Tamil Nadu faces shortage of labour and raw materials
There are approximately 1.5 million people employed in the leather industry in Tamil Nadu, and a recent press release said it is currently valued at $12 billion and poised to reach $27 billion by 2020.
Fight the good fight
Though Sam Setter will take to task anyone who lambasts the leather industry with misinformation, he is not afraid to issue a challenge when sustainability is tarnished by those operating within the industry but outside of best practices.
Pressure for tannery flow meters
The Indian minister for water resources, Uma Bharati, urged tannery owners in the Jajmau area to install flow meters in their units to monitor tannery discharge in the Ganges (Ganga).