Tannery of the Year: Americas shortlist announced
09/07/2012
All Tanneries of the Year are 100% committed to corporate social responsibility, working as hard as they can to help the communities with which they share energy, water and other resources and making the least impact they possibly can on the environment. They are also sound businesses and operate on a stable and sustainable financial platform. They are all wonderful examples of best practice in the leather industry.
We are able to reveal the names of the tanneries that have been nominated for Tannery of the Year for the Americas this time around. The list contains the names of eleven excellent leather producers in a range of countries throughout the Americas, from which two finalists will emerge to compete in the final in Hong Kong in March 2013.
The shortlisted tanneries are, in alphabetical order:
- Arlei, Las Toscas, Santa Fe, Argentina
- Curtume Fridolino Ritter, Picada Café, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
- Curtume Viposa, Caçador, Santa Catarina, Brazil
- Fuga Couros, Jales, São Paulo, Brazil
- JBS Couros, Cascavel, Ceará, Brazil
- Lefarc, León, Mexico
- Sadesa, San Luis, Argentina
- SB Foot, Red Wing, Minnesota, US
- Suelas Wyny, León, Mexico
- Tenería Panamericana, León, Mexico
- Tyson Group, Dakota City, Nebraska, US.
We wish all candidates good luck.
World Leather is grateful for the important backing Tannery of the Year has from the APLF exhibition, chemical manufacturers BASF, Lanxess and Buckman, the International Council of Tanners, and the International Union of Leather Technologists and Chemists Societies.
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