Reaction to Tannery of the Year result
26/03/2013
Giving his immediate reaction to winning the global award, PrimeAsia’s chief executive, Jon Clark, said: “For many years it’s been our passion to try to do the right thing and to make a difference. We are just so pleased that this award recognises some of that work.”
Earlier in the evening, PrimeAsia China picked up the regional award for China. Other regional winners on the night were Seton AutoLeather for Africa, SB Foot Tanning Company for the Americas, Midori Hokuyo for Asia excluding China, and Sepici Grubu for Europe.
In all, nearly 50 tanneries were nominated for the 2013 awards, with nine finalists featuring in detailed reports in World Leather magazine over the course of the past year. Finalists travelled to Hong Kong to make formal presentations to an independent judging panel on March 25 and to take part in the awards ceremony at a gala dinner the same evening.
Members of the judging panel were Paul Pearson from the International Council of Tanners, Dr Patricia Casey of the International Union of Leather Technologists and Chemists Societies, Kim Reid from British Airways and Ivan Král from the United Nations Industrial Development Organisation.
Four finalists won Highly Commended awards: Lefarc (Americas), Royal Leather Industries (Asia excluding China), Xuzhou Nanhai (China) and Gruppo Dani (Europe).
In addition Xuzhou Nanhai won the inaugural Tannery of the Year: Innovation Award for work it has done on the recovery and re-use of sulfides.
Simon Yarwood, chief executive of World Trades Publishing, the company that runs the Tannery of the Year competition, said in response: “We have been delighted by the standard set by the nine finalist tanneries for Tannery of the Year 2013 and by the response we have received to this initiative.”
The fourth Tannery of the Year programme will begin later this year, with the final taking place in Shanghai in September 2014.
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