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E-Leather raises £70m to supply more Flyleather to Nike

14/02/2018
E-Leather raises £70m to supply more Flyleather to Nike

UK-based E-Leather has raised £70 million from investors to help it grow after being revealed as a supplier of Nike’s Flyleather. The material, made using tannery scraps reconstituted with synthetic materials, has been widely condemned by the leather industry.   E-leather says the manufacturing process uses 90% less water and has an 80% lower...

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