COTANCE News 3/2024 – March
Women in European Tanneries: Transforming the Leather Industry Together Conventional wisdom holds that leather production is a male-dominated industry. Indeed, the ratio of men to women in the sector supports this. But when COTANCE set out to explore the presence of women in the leather sector, we found that not only are women present, but […]
Cotance Newsletter February 2024
Leather – a Strategic Material in Military Clothing On February 24, 2024, the World celebrated a very sorrowful anniversary – two years since the onset of the Russo-Ukrainian war. While you may have heard about the delivery of Taurus missiles, F16 jets, and Patriot systems to Ukraine, the significance of leather as a crucial material […]
Cotance Newsletter January 2024
In the ever-changing world of contemporary fashion, leather has always been a key material. While trends rapidly shift, the value of leather remains unchanged. It is celebrated for its strength, luxury, and most importantly, its alignment with sustainable design and slow fashion principles. That is why it is no surprise that all over the world […]
COTANCE News 5/2023 – December
Festive Leather Treasures:Perfect Gifts for December There is something special in the air in December that instills a festive spirit in everyone. Crowded streets, glowing shop windows, and crowds hunting for the ideal holiday gift. Resistance is futile! So if you’re seeking a gift that your loved ones will treasure for years or a personal […]
European workshop on accidents/injuries at the workplace
NEWS 3/2023 European workshop on accidents/injuries at the workplace On September 19, 2023, on the premises of Lineapelle, the international leather fair in Milan, the European social partners for the tanning and leather sector, COTANCE and industriAll European Trade Union, held a European workshop to review the state of play in Workplace Safety in European […]
History and leather
The archaeological site in Schöningen (Lower Saxony) has already brought back various evidence from the Lower Paleolithic over the years: spears, arrows, sticks. More recently, researchers have focused on some bear remains: they date back 320,000 years and are particularly interesting because they carry engraving traces.They are evidence, quite rare for that time, that hominids […]
Leather and Alternatives
Our German member Verband der Deutschen Lederindustrie e.V. (VDL) has been added to the list of qualified trade associations under the German Unfair Competition Act(Gesetz gegen den unlauteren Wettbewerb) and is now authorized to issue legal warnings to companies using the word leather in a misleading way in their advertising. In COTANCE, we care about […]
Dying for leather
This kind of rhetoric is often heard when people talk about desirable bags, shoes, saddles, jackets, sofas… They must own them, they “can’t live without them”, but of course nobody would actually die for them. Now, whether people “live or die” for leather or not, certain activist groups claim that “every year a billion animals […]
Avoid microplastics, choose leather
Leather imitations, such so-called ‘vegan leather’ and ‘eco-leather’, are usually made from polyurethane (PU) or polyvinyl chloride (PVC). Recently they include plastics incorporating plant-based materials. As long as these fossil fuel-based derivatives remain cheap, their use will increase, with the associated environmental impacts during their use and at the end of their life. Unlike leather, […]
European Tanners are modern Alchemists
Some encounters are real experiences; they make us feel good and won’t be forgotten. Among them is the experience of leather. Soft, firm, supple, and strong, leather comes with special sensory properties. It is has an appearance, a smell, a touch, a sound that appeals to our senses. These sensations, so specific to leather, would […]
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