The American Leather Chemists Association’s (ALCA’s) Research Liaison Committee (RLC) has announced the topics for its upcoming committee meeting, which will be held April 28-29.

The proposed topics include: a recap of the global and US raw material market; an update on issues pertaining to the US hide and leather industry (USHSLA); a regulatory and trade update; a recap of domestic leather activity; and reports from the USDA Eastern Regional Research Center’s (ERRC’s) hides and leather programme covering areas such as pretanning, the physical properties of leather, alternative tannages, by-product utilisation and finishing, leather quality (UV resistance) and non-destructive testing.

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