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Staff Writer
Our desires are too great for us. We are limited and imperfect
« IMPERFaiCTION », the trend book for the Autumn-Winter 2025-2026 season explores the limits of Man in confronting the potential of AI, and proposes a poetic reading of our imperfections… When our own biological reality becomes a “zone to defend”. To be discovered from July 1 to 3, 2024 at the Parc des Expositions, Porte de Versailles.
India’s leather exports fall by 10%
Indian leather exports fell by nearly 10% for the fiscal year 2023-24, from $4.75bn in 2022-23 to $4.28bn, according to reports in the Indian press.
Bangladesh think tank calls for tannery worker minimum wage boost
A research institution in Bangladesh has proposed an increase of the minimum wage for tannery workers in the country.
Stahl joins GO!PHA alliance to advance the use of naturally occurring PHAs in formulated coatings
Stahl, a leading provider of speciality coatings and treatments for flexible substrates, has joined the Global Organization for PHA (GO!PHA), a non-profit platform that advocates and advances the use of polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs), a naturally occurring polymer that offers a lower-impact, bio-based alternative to traditional fossil-based plastic feedstocks.
Texworld Apparel Sourcing Paris opens its doors from 1 to 3 July at Paris Expo Porte de Versailles. An overview of global production in the fashion industries in the heart of Paris.
The date is set on the calendars of every European player in the textile and clothing markets: for 3 days, the Apparel Sourcing and Texworld trade shows, with their key sectors Avantex and Leatherworld, will be bringing together at the Paris Expo Porte de Versailles most of the world’s supply for fashion brands, from ready-to-wear to luxury.
Puma makes compostable suede trainer available for sale
Sports company Puma will make a commercial version of its experimental Re:Suede trainer, the Re:Suede 2.0, available for sale, after the company demonstrated it could turn the Re:Suede into compost under tailor-made industrial conditions during a two-year pilot project.
Leather production hardware and software firms agree to deliver integrated solutions
Bauce, an Italian manufacturer of leather production machinery, and Luxembourg-based Hidexe, a provider of cloud-based software-as-a-service (SaaS) technology aimed at the hide and leather industry, have agreed to deliver integrated solutions tailored for large global tanneries.
Stahl’s 2023 ESG Report charts further progress in meeting environmental, social and governance goals
Stahl, a leading provider of speciality coatings and treatments for flexible substrates, has published its 2023 Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Report. The report outlines Stahl’s recent progress on its ESG Roadmap to 2030 and the steps the company is taking to live its purpose of Touching lives, for a better world. The report is available now as a fully digital version.
View from the US
US hide prices ended 2023 on a weak note and that is how the new year started as well. Through mid-February when the Lunar New Year holiday began, sellers watched as the market slowly edged a little lower, thanks to poor demand.
Extracts from the Hidenet World Reports
Argentina’s market was in flux at the end of 2023 with a new government in place. Raw material prices saw an adjustment with the large currency devaluations that were made at the end of the year. In January, steers were at $0.45 per kilo, cows at $0.35 and heifers at $0.45.