Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) officials are reported to have seized containers with 32 tonnes of hides and skins at the port of Mombasa on May 22.
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Mercedes GLS
The shift to electric cars as well as external factors, such as volatility in the global economy, are impacting industry margins and forcing automotive manufacturers such as Daimler to increase costs-cutting efforts.
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Giacomo Rossi, Senior Consultant, Mobility Europe, Frost & Sullivan
The global rise in the premium SUV segment will provide key opportunities for the automotive leather supply chain, while mega-trends such as mobility and the rise in green tech constitute threats as the focus is shifting from car interiors to connectivity. These are some of the key findings by Giacomo Rossi, Senior Consultant, Mobility Europe, at automotive consultants Frost & Sullivan, who presented at the 4th ILM Automotive Leather Supply Chain Conference in Europe, which was held on May 21 in Munich, Germany.
Read more...“Sustainable manufacturing” was the topic of presentation by Dr Warren Bowden, Managing Director of SLGT Operations and SLG Technology, at the 4th ILM Automotive Leather Supply Chain Conference in Europe held on May 21 in Munich.
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Panel discussion at the ILM Automotive Leather Supply Chain Conference.
The 4th ILM Automotive Leather Supply Chain Conference in Europe took place on May 21 at Bayerischer Hof Hotel in Munich, Germany, and brought together a high-profile line-up of speakers as well as around 65 delegates from OEMs, tanners and the wider automotive leather supply industry.
Read more...Tyson Foods is to build a new US$300 million meat packaging plant in Eagle Mountain, U.S. state of Utah.
Read more...Australia’s cattle on feed rose to a record 1,146,500 head at the end of the March 2019 quarter, up 2% over the previous record of 1,127,000 set in September 2018.
Read more...A fire broke out on May 18 at tannery located in the Jajmau tanning district, destroying raw materials.
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After announcing a change of the layout of the four APLF fairs in 2020, the organisers have outlined the new brand identities for the trade shows.
Read more...Customs in Guangzhou, China, are reported to have seized 24 tonnes of illegal donkey hides shipped from Africa. China’s biggest producer of eijao, a gelatin made from donkey hides, said it aims to end its reliance on imports within three years by boosting domestic breeding.
Read more...Despite a ban in exports, the provincial government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, northwest Pakistan, has plans to export 80,000 live donkeys to China, where demand for ‘ejiao’ is rising. The animals are said to support millions of poor Pakistanis with agriculture and transport.
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Montblanc leather bag and watch
Group sales for the Switzerland based luxury conglomerate increased 27% at actual and constant exchange rates to €13.98 billion for the year ended March 31, 2019.
Read more...Aimed at bringing together local tanners and stakeholders across the leather supply chain, the Zimbabwe tanneries workshop takes place in Bulawayo on May 20-21.
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Courtesy: Hermès Facebook
The French luxury label has inaugurated its 17th leather goods workshop in Fitilieu, French region of Isère. ‘Les Ateliers de Fitilieu’ has a training school for professions in saddlery-leather goods, cutting and leather mechanics.
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The first-ever Car Design News Sketch-off, held in partnership with Bridge of Weir Leather Company, took place at the London Motor & Tech Show at ExCeL last week.
Read more...Representatives from the U.S. footwear sector say the increased tariffs on footwear imports from China could cost U.S. consumers an additional US$7 billion each year.
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3-D leather upholstery in the new Flying Spur.
The British car manufacturer promises to set “new standards of luxury”, with three-dimensional, textured leather upholstery - an automotive world-first - a key feature.
Read more...Thousands of tannery owners and workers staged a protest in Kanpur, Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, following an official order to disconnect the power supply of 225 tanneries for an indefinite period of time.
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Leather upholstered interior of the Alpine A110 Legende
New passenger car registrations in the European Union declined 0.4% in April, year-on-year, mainly offset by demand from Central European countries.
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TFL's flammable product manufacturing facility in Buscate.
The specialty chemical supplier has recently upgraded its flammable product manufacturing facilities in Buscate, Italy, with the most recent technology.
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The international tanning Group has inaugurated its first showroom in Europe on May 9.
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The Turkish Leather Industrialists Association has elected a new President and Vice-Presidents during its AGM on May 9 in Istanbul.
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Following China’s new tariff announcement on May 13, the U.S. Hide, Skin and Leather Association (USHSLA) has provided a list of hides, skins, and tanned materials such as wet-blue affected by the new tariff levels.
Read more...A jury for a District Court in the U.S. state of Illinois found that some pairs of sheepskin-lined boots sold by the Australian manufacturer infringed Decker Brands’ ‘UGG’ trademarks.
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Audi S4 Avant TDI
As Europe remains the backbone of Volkswagen’s business with 4.4 million vehicles delivered in the region in 2018 (+1.2%), the automotive Group has plans to build a new manufacturing facility in Eastern Europe, after Germany's Zwickau unit. Two new electric car production facilities in China are also underway.
Read more...Despite footwear accounting for 43.5% of India’s leather sector exports, the country has a 3% global market share in footwear.
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Balenciaga Phileas bag in calfskin
Structured in three tiers (Bronze, Silver and Gold) and focussing primarily on the welfare of animals, the Kering Animal Welfare Standards are applied alongside the French luxury conglomerate’s Standards for Raw Materials and Manufacturing Processes, which mainly concern leather.
Read more...The regional pollution control board and other officials are reported to have inspected sewage pumping stations, a CETP and tanneries in Kanpur with the view of submitting a report to the State government.
Read more...The U.S. headquartered automotive parts supplier has moved its operations located in Hammond and Portage, U.S. state of Indiana, to its new 240,000 sq ft plant in Hammond.
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The Consorzio Vera Pelle Italiana Conciata al Vegetale (Genuine Italian Vegetable-Tanned Leather Consortium) has launched the eighth edition of Craft The Leather, a training project focussed on a group of talented young designers from prestigious international fashion and design schools.
Read more...A study conducted by consultancy firm Trade Partnership Worldwide has examined the economic effects of the actual and threatened tariffs on the U.S. economy and U.S. workers one to three years after the hike in tariffs have been in effect. Products listed on escalation of tariffs include leather, leather products and allied manufacturing, motor vehicles and parts.
Read more...The European Commission has decided to maintain the anti-dumping duties in force for the imports of Chinese chamois for another five years.
Read more...Total hide and skin exports from Brazil declined 25.4% in April, year-on-year, to US$102.2 million.
Read more...Traders in Buta Mandi, the largest raw hide market in northern India after Kanpur, struggle to see a future for their businesses as demand is at a historic low.
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The French luxury label is to build a new factory in Saint-Pourçain-sur-Sioule, a town located in France’s central region of Allier.
Read more...PrimeAsia China, which has been undergoing audits by the Leather Working Group (LWG) for nearly 12 years, maintains its Gold rating.
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BMW X3 Sport
In the first quarter 2019, the automotive manufacturing Group’s profit before tax (EBT) amounted to €762 million, a steep decline from €3,139 million recorded in the same period of 2018 (-75.7%).
Read more...Despite the trade war between the U.S. and China continuing to benefit Brazilian footwear exports, shipments from Brazil declined 17.7% in value in the month of April, year-on-year, representing the second consecutive fall since the beginning of 2019.
Read more...Several leather sector stakeholders met in Dhaka on May 5 to discuss the findings of the study “The leather sector after the tanning industry relocation: issues and challenges”.
Read more...The Pakistan Tanners Association (PTA) is reported to have asked Pakistan’s Ministry of Finance to revise the Statutory Regulatory Orders (SROs) on imports of tannery machinery and raw hides and skins, as well as the withdrawal of import tax on basic chemicals.
Read more...Leather sector representatives in Ethiopia have claimed the Government’s policy of value addition on exported leather and its ban on exports of pickled and wet-blue have exacerbated the decline of the sector.
Read more...Between January and April, new passenger vehicle sales in Brazil grew 8.7% to 685,800 units.
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Bentley Continental GT
Sales revenue of the Volkswagen Group rose 3.1% in the first quarter of 2019, year-on-year, despite worldwide deliveries declining 2.8% to 2.6 million units. Premium brands Audi and Porsche were particularly affected by lower demand.
Read more...An operation aimed at stopping companies from polluting rivers in Nairobi County has led to the closure of five tanneries and to the arrest of tannery supervisors on May 2.
Read more...In a joint initiative, France and Sweden are reported to have submitted a proposal to the European Chemical Agency (ECHA) to ban or limit over 1,000 skin sensitisers used in the production of textiles, leather and furs.
Read more...As the trade war tensions between the U.S. and the European Union scale up, the proposed lists of products likely to face import tariffs on both sides of the Atlantic include items such as leather handbags.
Read more...Sales of new, light vehicles in the U.S. declined 2.3% in April, year-on-year, to about 1.33 million units.
Read more...Consolidated unaudited revenue for the Russian footwear retailer increased 12.2% in the first quarter of 2019.
Read more...A fire broke out in a leather goods showroom located in Vellore, Indian state of Tamil Nadu, in the late evening of April 30.
Read more...As the U.S. carmaker pursues its US$14 billion global cost-saving plan, about 550 jobs could be cut in the UK workforce.
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