UK university aims to boost Ethiopia’s leather industry
06/02/2013
Rachel Garwood, director of the Institute of Creative Leather Technology, joined university vice-chancellor Nick Petford and Dr Ian Brooks, executive dean of Northampton Business School, to promote a joint strategy that aims to increase the industry’s profitability.
Dr Brooks said: “The university’s unique capabilities in leather technology and business capability can offer the Ethiopian leather industry support to help it become a world leader for leather; from innovation in animal stock management through to high-quality products.
“The industry is already robust, but we can transform its future by helping it become a global brand of high quality. ”
The meeting, held at the Ethiopian embassy in London, was organised in conjunction with Pittards, a UK-based leathergoods company that owns a tannery and has production lines in Ethiopia.
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