All articles by Vemula Pravalika
Vemula Pravalika
In the clear
Cattle by-products – including hides – have always gone to the gelatine market. As leather demand declined, lately, some have asked whether this industry could become a greater outlet for hides, especially those of lower quality. Vera Dordick investigates.
View from the US
In January, the US hide market started to see prices stabilise after some difficulties at the end of December. By the time the Lunar New Year rolled around, the oversupply of some selections had been cleared and sellers started talking about being at the bottom of the trading range. That said, wet-blue was still under pressure due to customer inventories and footwear demand that was not yet healthy.
Footwear exports through April lower in pairs, higher in value
In the four months through April, Brazil exported 48.74 million pairs of shoes, generating US$440.2 million. This is a drop of 9.3% in volume and an increase of 1 .3% in revenue compared to the same period last year, reports the Brazilian Association of Footwear Industries (Abicalçados).
Video tutorials to introduce chemical and physical tests on leather
GSC Group, a leading Italian chemical company, supplying chemical products to the tanning industry, launches a new digital format to inspire our customers and provide an interesting series for everyone to learn from. With its new series of videos that show the importance of chemical-physical tests for the world of leather. The company shows, for the first time, its knowledge on technical topics, informing and showing many details that are informative to all.
Stahl’s emissions reduction targets approved by the science based targets initiative
Stahl, a leading provider of coating technologies, announces that its near-term greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reduction targets have been validated by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi). Stahl is one of the few coatings companies to receive this validation. To date, 145 companies in the chemicals sector have submitted an emissions reduction target to the SBTi, of which 61 have had their targets validated.
World Leather Day 2023
The theme this year is the long lasting beauty of leather and promoting the understanding that choosing it in products such as footwear, furniture or apparel, means investing items that will be long-lasting, wear beautifully and can be repaired through their lifetime.
New TFL Colour Trends Catalogue Autumn-Winter 2024/25
TFL has released its new TFL Colour Trends Catalogue for the season Autumn Winter 2024/25. In the catalogue, TFL presents the colour trends for leather garment, footwear, accessories and additionally for the upholstery industry.
Brazil’s February hide and skin exports decline
Brazil’s February exports of hides and skins totaled US$75.4 million in value. This is down by more than 23.9% from the previous month, and 31.3% lower than the same month last year.
Connect Biopharma CBP-201 Atopic Dermatitis Global Phase 2b Data Showed Rapid and Sustained Improvement Across all Body Regions
SAN DIEGO & TAICANG, China & SUZHOU, China–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Connect Biopharma Holdings Limited (Nasdaq: CNTB) (Connect Biopharma or the Company), a global clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing T cell-driven therapies to treat inflammatory diseases, announced that post hoc data analysis from the Phase 2b CBP-201 global trial in moderate-to-severe atopic dermatitis (AD) showed that CBP-201 led to rapid and sustained improvement in AD signs and symptoms across all four body regions, with both 2-week and 4-week dosing regimens, compared to placebo, as early as Week 2 and continuing through the 16-week study. This is the first time CBP-201 AD improvements have been broken down by body regions and symptom subtypes. The data were presented as an ePoster and online oral presentation today at the American Academy of Dermatology Annual Meeting, taking place today through March 21st in New Orleans.
China 2022 leather exports up by almost 20%
China’s leather exports were up by nearly 20 percent in 2022 while imports were down, according to Chen Zhanguang, chairman of the China Leather Industry association. Chen presented the statistics at a press conference during the Asia Pacific Leather Fair (APLF) in Dubai.