Leading industry figure announces retirement
Leather chemicals manufacturer Buckman has announced that its strategic marketing manager for leather, Elton Hurlow, is to retire at the end of 2021.
Elton Hurlow has been leading figure in the industry for many years. He is a past-president of the International Union of Leather Chemists and Technologists Societies (IULTCS) and later became president of its commission for liaison and communications. He is the driving force behind the Global Leather Co-ordinating Committee (GLCC), a body that brings together to discuss matters of common interest the global leather industry’s three representative bodies: the International Council of Hide, Skins and Leather Traders Associations (ICHSLTA), the International Council of Tanners (ICT) and IULTCS. He also served as a member of the executive committee of multi-stakeholder body the Leather Working Group.
