All articles by Ky Nikitha
Ky Nikitha
Boot it up
Lanxess – the German company with a core business of developing, manufacturing and marketing chemical intermediates, additives, speciality chemicals and plastics – has reacted to the demands of the market with a portfolio of new leather chemicals solutions.
A clear conscience
Cotance secretary general Gustavo Gonzalez Quijano reveals how European tanners are employing new manufacturing technologies to make their leather products more sustainable and why tanning is arguably the world’s most effective recycling industry.
View from the US
The downward slide in the US steer market ground to a halt in June, with prices on steer selections stabilising. Good packer positions allowed them to insist on steady or better prices, and the market cooperated for the first three weeks of the month. At press time, the trade war with China was being held at a slow simmer thanks to a delay in the additional tariffs that were threatened last month.
Lead by example
Hides producers must pay close attention to customers’ changing desires and the latest technologies that can make production more efficient. For a big integrated company like US-based Tyson Foods, strategy is key. Senior VP and GM, beef enterprise, Shane Miller, discusses where hides fit in its future.
A warm welcome
An air of optimism prevailed at Indo Leather & Footwear 2019 – which this year took place on 4–6 April – with an estimated 12,500 visitors descending on the Jakarta International Expo in the heart of the Indonesian capital.
Technically speaking
Held for the first time in the historic city of Dresden in Germany, the 2019 IULTCS Congress will be framed with a multi-faceted social programme to promote environmental education within the leather industry and demonstrate how leather chemicals R&D is forging a more sustainable future for production.
Stem the flow
Jakov Buljan, KV Emmanuel, M Viswanathan, M Bosnic and I Král present analysis of flow and energy aspects of zero liquid discharge (ZLD) technology in the treatment of tannery effluents in Tamil Nadu, India.
Port in a storm
The controversial decision by the US Government to increase tariffs from 10% to 2.5% on $200 billion worth of Chinese imports to the US could have dire consequences for the leather sector. Andrea Guolo takes the temperature of the industry and assesses the potential fallout in Europe.
Why you shouldn’t worry about chromium
Cotance secretary general Gustavo Gonzalez Quijano addresses concerns surrounding trivalent chromium Cr(III), the mineral used in the tanning of around 85–90% of all leathers.
Walk the halls
The 40th edition of Première Vision New York, on 16–17 July, promises to be one of the best as the world’s top fashion brands showcase their fall and winter 2020 lines.