UK leather producer Pittards announced on Friday, 9 November, 2001, that it plans to make 100 staff redundant and shut down its fellmongery and wet blue plant at Kinghorn in Scotland. The company also warned of a trading loss for the current year to December 2001, blaming a downturn in orders in the wake of the September 11 attacks - and in particular the rescheduling and cancellation of orders by US retailers.

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