Fourth Tannery of the Year programme launches, European shortlist named
08/11/2013
This is the magazine’s fourth time of running the competition, with the last programme culminating in the PrimeAsia China picking up the global award at a gala dinner in Hong Kong in March 2013, and five tanneries achieving regional awards:
Africa – Seton AutoLeather, South Africa
Americas – SB Foot Tanning Co, US
Asia excluding China – Midori Hokuyo, Japan
China – PrimeAsia China
Europe – Sepici Grubu, Turkey
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.
World Leather is grateful for the important backing Tannery of the Year has from sponsors BASF, Buckman and Lanxess, and the support of the International Council of Tanners, the International Union of Leather Technologists and Chemists Societies and the United Nations Industrial Development Organisation, as well as from the APLF exhibition.
This fourth Tannery of the Year programme will begin with detailed reports in World Leather on two finalist candidates for Europe, to be announced in the coming weeks. After similar assessments of tanneries in the Americas, Asia excluding China, Africa and China, it will culminate in a glamorous awards evening in Shanghai in September 2014.
We can reveal the list of eleven shortlisted tanneries from Europe, from which two finalists will come. The shortlisted tanneries are (in alphabetical order):
- Alran, Mazamet, France
- Couro Azul, Alcanena, Portugal
- GEA Srl, Arzignano, Italy
- Curtidos Badia, SA, Igualada, Spain
- Lecapell-System Leder GmbH, Waizenkirchen, Austria
- Lederfabrik Gmelich und Söhne GmbH, Grossbottwar, Germany
- Rino Mastrotto Group, Trissino, Italy
- Tanneries Masure, Estaimbourg, Belgium
- SlovTan, Liptovský Mikuláš, Slovakia
- W.J & W Lang, Paisley, Scotland
- Wollsdorf Leder, Wollsdorf, Austria.
We wish all candidates good luck.
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