All articles by Ramesh yada

Ramesh yada

Roll the dice

Depending on when you pin the origin, we are now more than nine months into the biggest health and economic disaster the world has known in a century. Sam Setter uses this Limeblast to look at bits and pieces on what is going on in the leather business and who should and shouldn’t be gambling.

When it all comes together

M Fakhrul Alam, author of The Science of Leather Manufacture, examines the state of play for the Bangladeshi leather industry and how Qurbani aligns with LWG practices.

Cut through the waste

In the past few years, the leather industry has increasingly recognised the importance of the cutting stage of manufacturing, and the inherent issues facing it. Sabrina Auler talks to industry experts about a number of solutions that have worked to make cutting a new priority within the industry.

On the level

In this edited extract, AD Ballantyne and SJ Davis of the Institute of Creative Leather Technology (ICLT), University of Northampton, look at modelling the charge across pH and isoelectric point of bovine collagen during leather manufacture.

Strategic Partnership between Smit & Zoon and BioProTech Italia S.r.l. to jointly drive sustainability in the leather value chain

In line with their shared goal for a more sustainable leather industry, Dutch multinational Smit & Zoon and Italian based BioProTech Italia S.r.l. are joining forces in the areas development, production and marketing of zeolite products for tanning and retanning.