Secretary/treasurer of the International Union of Leather Technologists and Chemist Societies (IULTCS), John Williams, will retire on December 31.

He has been involved in the leather industry for some 49 years and has held his current position for the past five years. Prior to this he served on the IULTCS Executive Committee as regional representative for Northern Europe and as chairman of the IUP Commission of the ILUTCS for six years, during which time he was responsible for steering through 44 new or revised physical tests and chaired CEN/TC 289/WG 2 (Physical test methods committee).

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