Tannery honoured in Brazilian Women in Business prize

16/03/2012
A specialist tannery in Guaratuba in the Brazilian state of of Paraná has won recognition from state-owned Brazilian business consultancy Sebrae. It was among the companies to win an honour at the 2012 Sebrae Prize for Women in Business at regional level, for Paraná.

The tannery, Couro de Peixe Ryo & Mar, is run as a collective by women in the small town on the river and it was in a special category for collectives that it received recognition.

President of the collective, Angela Maria Sfendrych, received an individual nomination for the award. She said afterwards that the competition gave her the chance to give an account of the experiences of the women who set up the tannery.