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Bridge of Weir Leather appoints new directors

08/11/2010
Bridge of Weir Leather Company, a subsidiary of Scottish Leather Group specialising in high-performance leather for the automotive industry, has appointed David Bird as quality director and Simon Cook as technical director. Mr Bird has also been appointed to the board for the group’s specialist wet blue tanning operation, NCT Leather.

With international industry experience spanning more than 30 years, David Bird has been handling environmental, quality and health and safety issues at Bridge of Weir Leather for the past decade. In September of this year he was made a Fellow of the Society of Leather Technologists and Chemists. His appointment to join the boards of both Bridge of Weir Leather and NCT Leather is testament to his many career achievements, the Scottish Leather Group said in a statement.

At the time of the announcement, David Bird commented: “Bridge of Weir has a track record in innovation that has made us leaders in the field of automotive leather upholstery and it is a pleasure to be invited onto the board of directors. NCT Leather and Bridge of Weir Leather continue to lead the way in sustainable leather manufacturing.”

New technical director, Simon Cook, began his career in tanning aged 16 as an apprentice for Pittards plc in 1989.He spent 11 years at Pittards, qualifying as a leather technologist from the University of Northampton (formerly Nene College) during that time. He joined Eagle Ottawa LLC Europe in 2000. Since joining Bridge of Weir as a leather technologist in 2006, he has been highly involved in new customer development and promoted steadily, resulting in this invitation to join the board of directors as technical director.

Speaking of his appointment Simon Cook said: “I am delighted to be taking up this new challenge as technical director. We are continually looking at technically advancements that will keep us ahead of the competition and will allow our customers to use some of the best leathers in the world.”

In July of this year, Scottish Leather Group launched a thermal energy plant (TEP), which is phase one of a wider sustainability strategy. The TEP takes waste from each of the subsidiary companies and by gasification converts it into energy, which is in turn used at the Bridge of Weir site for heating and drying. Bridge of Weir Leather was also named Tannery of the Year for Europe in March 2010.


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