Quito-based entrepreneur and investor Esteban Proaño has helped artisan leather and leather products manufacturers in the Interandean Highland provinces of Ecuador launch a new brand, Urkuhide.

The brand will make clothing and accessories from hides and skins from mountain regions.
Mr Proaño’s team has said it wanted to use the English word ‘hide’ in the new brand’s name because it believes the company can make an impact on international markets.

For the other part of the name, the team chose ‘urku’, the Quechua word for mountain.

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