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Stahl runs leather finishing week at BSLT

12/03/2007

Netherlands-based Stahl recently ran a ‘Leather Finishing Week’ at the British School of Leather Technology, Northampton, UK, which, according to the organisers, was a great success.

Wolfgang Schmälzle, from Stahl Europe, who designed the course, added a new competitive element this year in order to help in evaluating the skills of the participants. Based on a mix of theoretical and practical input the course provided BSLT’s overseas students with the basics of leather finishing, during which the students’ skills in achieving a correct colour match were tested to provide a ‘good-natured’ competitive element, with a prize awarded for the most accurate interpretation of the final shade.

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