In the latest days, the appointment  of the next global president of the tannery sector: the undisputed leader of the Vicenza’s tanning. From Jenuary 2014 Rino Mastrotto will become the next global president of the tannery sector, appointed by the Ict – International council of tanners. The news was published on Jenuary 22th 2013 on [...]

The economical data from the UNIC 2012 reportRooted in the land, world leader in terms of quality, technology, environment and styling, driven by the luxury market with a powerful international export vocation. This is an x-ray of the tanning world in the ninth UNIC (National Tanning Industry Union) social-environmental report.In reference to 2011 data, the [...]

Clini in Milan: “the Italian tanning industry is a model for the rest” “The Italian tanning industry is a model for the rest”, declared the Ministry for the Environment, Corrado Clini, during the opening week of female fashion in Milan, to sign an agreement with Gucci addressed to giving more importance to the environment and [...]

The Trissino company has opened a new factory in Rio Grande Do Sul: “Brazil is our largest market”. Clients in China, Turkey, Africa and halfway around the world, 15 million Euros turnover and 7-8 wet leather machines produced every month. In August 2011 Bauce celebrated its 1500th tannery machine sold, in April 2012 it inaugurated [...]

Success for Italian haute couture footwear in Germany Whether they are boots from the belle époque or sandals with primitive prints, urban futuristic heels or nude long slippers, once again the halls of the Moc Trade Fair in Munich hosted the excellence of Italian footwear production. Now at its 38th edition, at the Moc Footwear [...]

Gruppo Mastrotto will be present at ‘Lineapelle‘, the most important international event dedicated to the leather business, in Bologna from Tuesday 3rd to Thursday 5th April. The company will partecipate presenting the new 2013 Spring/Summer Collection. Gruppo Mastrotto will be present with a new-look stand, both in terms of image and, in particular, the wide [...]

Materials, Manufacturing & Technology (MM&T) runs March 28 – 30, 2012, in Hong Kong.  Members of the global leather industry are expected to attend the sector’s largest and most important event. The substantial increase in pre-event registrations compared to last year suggests a rise in buyer turnout in the exhibition that is held in the [...]

Bologna, April 3rd – 5th 2012, is the setting for LINEAPELLE, the international leather, fabrics, accessories and components exhibition. On display will be the collections for Summer 2013 and the Winter selections, presented by more than 1,000 exhibitors from 42 different countries. Despite 2012 getting off to a rocky start based on caution and unexpected [...]

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Different eyes but with the same expression. Eyes that look at us and invite us not to close ours. The protagonists in the ger 2012 calendar are all animals in dying species, who every day see their living space being gradually eroded by man, threatening their survival on our planet. We have chosen the eyes [...]

The number of foreign visitors is increasing. Linea Pelle, the exhibition of the world of tanning, which tooked place in Bologna from 18th to 20th on October last, has registered positive signs for the attendance and the foreign visitors, in particular the Asian ones were the most interested. The show, was visited by 20.422 buyers, [...]

Spain: in technology, a faded pictures “The tanning situation in Spain? A black and white photo”. Not much quality, turnover at minimum: the Iberian peninsula does not look good for the tanning sector. That’s the feeling that we got listening to Mr. Carlos Perez, the tannery machines agent in Spain and Germany and trusty reseller, [...]

The warm and reassuring tones of caramel, of cameo pink, of Venetian red with a shade of rust brown. In addition the Bordeaux, the darkest green and the dark brown. These will be the protagonists of the fashion season 2012 2013 as declared by the stylists and producers at LINEAPELLE, the huge Bolognese even, which [...]

The 14th All China Leather Exhibition (ACLE) edition is closed. Assomac the Italian association of the shoes, leather goods, tannery machines and accessories manufacturer has attended the Shaghai exhibition with a group of 23 companies. As in previous years ACLE was integrated with a exposition of the finished footwear (China International Fottwear Fair CIFF) and [...]

Brazil’s tanning industry has posted a sharp decrease in leather exports for June and July, according to the Centre for the Brazilian Tanning Industry (CICB). The country exported 1.7 million hides in July, the lowest number since March 2009, achieving export earnings of $148.7 million. The value of July’s exports represented a decline of 11% [...]

Naoum Ditsios took the plunge and invested the astronomical — for these times — amount of 11 million euros to build a cutting-edge environmentally friendly tannery in the northern Greek city of Kastoria. The risky initiative has already attracted the interest of businessmen from Italy, France and Germany, who will be visiting the facility to [...]

Turkish leather exports has increased by 23% from US$431 million in 2010 to US$531 million in the first five months of 2011, according to the Turkish Leather & Leather Products Industry Assembly. Russia, Italy, Germany, China, France, Kazakhstan, Iraq, Ukraine and Britain were the top nine countries in Turkey’s leather exports.

ACLE 2011 kicks off on September 6th. This is the fourteenth edition of this leading leather fair in Mainland China and a record number of exhibitors and visitors are being forecast. This should be no surprise due to the growing activity in China’s leather sector. According to recent figures published by the China Leather Industry [...]

As every year, on this 2011 from 18th to 20th October, Bologna plays host, besides Lineapelle, to SIMAC and TANNING TECH the two most important International exhibitions of machines and technologies for the footwear, the leathergoods and the tannery sectors. TANNING TECH “changes its skins” On 2012 the “running machines” will be back in the [...]

During the crisis, which has also affected the world of leather, in 2010 the tannery machinery sector saw a strong recovery, more than +40% compared to 2009. Especially exports have grown, getting again the levels of 2008 (+49.17%), with a positive trend on all international markets. Good performance from the beginning of the year, with [...]