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From March 25th to 27th 2013 Hong Kong is setting for APLF – Materials, Manufacturing & Technology (MM&T), the  leading international trade fair for innovations in leather , materials and components, tecnologies and services, for fashion and lifestyle industries.  

Here we are with a new edition of “LE CUIR A PARIS”! The fair will take place at Parc Des Expositions, (nord Villepinte) as usual from 12th to 14th of February. We will be very happy to show you our latest leather proposal for Spring-Summer 2014 collection. Come visit our tanneries: CONCERIA CAPONI GIUSEPPE &… Read more

Wen Wen Wang (from Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology) : Good leather is the result of good tanning, Vegetable Tanned leather is a job well done.  

Meng Ying Liang (fromBeijing Institute of Fashion Technology) Making my bags using vegetable tanned leather was an exciting emotional experience, full of contrasts of familiar and strange, ordinary and unexpected.    

Mark Sturkenboom (from Artez Arnhem): The different intricate qualities of this leather opens up a new window for me. I did not know before that veg tanned leather was so good accepted by the human body. A huge game changer. It is possible to use this leather directly onto the body because it breathes and… Read more

Fflur Cadwaladr Owen (from Royal College of Art) Traditional crafts and skills have been a passion of mine for years, and so combining my skills with an honest and organic product, the vegetable-tanned leather worked well. Having not been over treated, the leather hide varies in texture and carries scars and blemishes from the animal’s… Read more

Tomoki Maruoka (dal Bunka): I was really impressed that it is possible to move towards the future with minimal impact in the environment from the processing of raw materials to production. The scratches and changes as a result of heat and water are the appealing aspect of this leather and won’t be able to be… Read more

Renee Verhoeven (from ArtEZ): I see myself as an experimentative designer, preferably playing with the boundaries of materials. Veg tanned Leather, for me is a wonderful material because it can be treated in so incredibly many ways. It reacts to a various circumstances and can be influenced by things like heat. These facts about a… Read more

Elena Blank (From Royal College of Art): Working with Vegetable-Tanned Leather, a highest quality product with its very own character and features, is an adventure! Throughout the working process I developed a sense for the infinite realm of possibilities of how the different leathers would react and behave towards the various techniques and processes. I… Read more

Positive contacts with the over 18,000 operators (+10% on last yers edition) gave trust to the whole international leather market. After Lineapelle (April 6th – 8th, 2011) recovery appears solid and work is destined to go on without troubles until the summer period. Buyers from the main countries producing leather articles have definitively increased in… Read more