Mike Redwood
Leather
5th January 2012
Tales of Cuba, Chennai IILF, and multiple UK events
MONTH: JANUARY 2012 POSTED ON JANUARY 30, 2012. Two Items below Second of February, Le Royal Meridien Hotel – Chennai If you are on your way to Chennai for the IILF this week then check the ICLT Corium Facebook page for updates of the Corium reunion on the 2nd February at Le Royal Meridien Hotel. Details […]
28th November 2011
TPRG: just another foolish Acronym
POSTED ON NOVEMBER 29, 2011 TPRG: just another foolish Acronym A new term turned up in Rio de Janeiro this month: TPRG! It came up as a question in the World Leather Congress and was supposed to be a humorous way of saying tanners were feeling squeezed. So out came Tanners Profitability Rescue Group (TPRG). […]
15th September 2011
UKLF has a new strategy
POSTED ON. SEPTEMBER 15, 2011 UKLF has a new strategy On Tuesday the 13thSeptember the UK Leather Federation launched a new strategy document in a combined meeting with the Institute for Creative Leather Technologies at the House of Lords in London. Reg Hankey of Pittards spoke on behalf of the UKLF and gave an excellent […]
20th April 2011
What is a trade fair for?
POSTED ON APRIL 20, 2011 What is a trade fair for? Meeting alumni is a good start. For those alumni who rushed from Hong Kong to Bologna this has been a hectic few weeks. Some even have added the Portland material show, more of an athletic than a leather one, but important none the less. […]
27th January 2011
Innovation at Northampton
The BSLT Becomes the ICLT and the start of some unusual decisions regarding the leather courses at Northampton University, which created the confusion that has lasted until 2021 POSTED ON JANUARY 27, 2011 Innovation at Northampton The industry group of the UK Leather Federation had an unusual hour yesterday as for the first time they […]
20th January 2011
Back from Brazil
Hot in São Paulo It’s Tuesday and it is hot in São Paulo, and late afternoon some of the suburbs are flooded when a huge thunderstorm fills the skies with incredible rain for an hour. The lights and power go out at Cuoromoda and the 2nd International Leather Forum is nearly brought to a stop. […]
23rd December 2010
Research Funding
POSTED ON DECEMBER 23, 2010 “Many of the smaller, less research intensive universities have thrived without significant state funding” Many readers of this may not know that we have a new Vice-Chancellor, Nick Petford. All those associated with Ann Tate know how much we owe to her during her years in charge. She forced through […]
5th October 2010
Corium in Bologna and Princess Anne in Scotland
POSTED ON OCTOBER 6, 2010 An excited industry goes to Bologna The autumn season has rushed up on us as we move from Shanghai to Bologna to see what hide prices will do and continue taking the temperature of the industry to see if a double dip in the world economy. Shanghai was a resounding […]
10th September 2010
LeatherNaturally!
POSTED ON SEPTEMBER 10, 2010 LeatherNaturally! For some time discussion has been going on about a Brand Leather generic campaign similar to WoolMark and the Cotton Council in the USA. With pressure on leather from new technical textiles, plastic materials at one end and some unchallenged claims by environmental NGOs at the other the time […]
19th August 2010
Crispin Odey
POSTED ON AUGUST 19, 2010 Crispin Odey “looks forward when others can only see the past” I was sitting in the Virgin Atlantic Clubhouse Lounge in Heathrow the other day and picked up a copy of a paper called Financial News. It is a paper I have rarely seen, and never read. Yet inside the […]