Manuel Ríos Navarro, chief executive of Spanish double-face and entrefino producer Inpelsa, was elected as the new president of COTANCE in September 2020
31 October 2021
Mutual understanding is the only way
31 August 2021
A home for tanning waste
As reported in World Leather June-July, Finnish bio-materials manufacturer Spinnova is using wet blue shavings to produce “a new category of sustainable and circular textiles”
30 June 2021
Keep old friends, win new ones
Fuga Couros was founded in Marau in Rio Grande do Sul in southern Brazil in 1947 by José Fuga.
30 April 2021
Mission possible
This year, 2021, marks marks the 200th anniversary of leather chemicals group Smit & Zoon.
23 March 2021
Federico Brugnoli: Lifecycle thinking
Innovator and entrepreneur Federico Brugnoli, the founder and chief executive of Milan-based consultancy Spin360, has been involved for years in innovation in the leather industry and other sectors
02 February 2021
Dr Luis Zugno: The return of beauty
Dr Luis Zugno has been in the leather industry for more than 45 years. He started working in tanneries in his native Brazil in 1974.