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31 October 2022

Leather in the land of 3.5 million cattle farmers

Brazil’s main leather industry body CICB celebrates its 65th year in 2022. Its executive president says this shows how many stories the Brazilian leather industry has to tell.

30 August 2022

United front must continue

As discussions develop around sustainable materials, the president of the Leather and Hide Council of America says the leather industry has “a wonderful opportunity” to capitalise.

30 June 2022

Double-digit growth (again)

Official figures from India’s Council for Leather Exports (CLE) show the industry there is likely to have achieved export revenue growth of around 33% in the financial year that ended this March, taking total...

30 April 2022

Accuracy matters

The new president of the International Union of Leather Technologists and Chemists Societies took up the role at the start of 2022.

28 February 2022

A share of the spoils

Franco Gabbrielli, president of Assopellettieri, the main industry body for Italy’s leathergoods manufacturers, has launched Mipel Lab as a new way to present the talent of member companies to some of the...