Next Le Cuir À Paris details

18/11/2008

The organisers of Le Cuir À Paris have announced that the next edition of the event wiil take place from February 10–13 in Hall 4 of the Paris Nord Villepinte Exhibition Park, covering an area of 3,000 square-metres.

Around 200 exhibitors have already confirmed their participation to date, including 10 new companies from Spain, Italy, Turkey, Peru and the UK.

Fourteen exhibitors who took part for the first time in September 2008 have registered to return in the spring. They are: Conceria RCM, Vogue Finish, Mastepell Spa Conceria, Fedi Silvana Leather, Patricia Industria Conciaria, Dean Spa Industria Conciaria, RG Deri, Italhide, Conceria Incas, B Spoke, Omnipel Technologies, Pellegrini and Russo di Cassandrino from Italy, and Tanneries Mégisseries du Maghreb from Tunisia.

As usual five national pavilions will be present: the French Tanning Federation, Assintecal and CICB (Brazil), the Agency for the Economical Promotion of the Tuscan Region, and the Consorzio Italian Leather System (Italy).

As for the Designers’ Village area, designers Tatiana Roussillon and Coline Grandpierre will present stunning marketry works in leather—patchworks of leather with different textures to be used in fashion accessories as well as interior design. Other applications for this space are being finalised and will be communicated later.

The event’s website (www.lecuiraparis.com) is regularly updated with new information on the February 2009 edition. Visitors can already pre-register to obtain an e-badge free of charge. Technical files on leather are also avaiable for download. The next file will deal with innovations on crocodile leathers and will be available online shortly.