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The Association of Italian Textile Machinery Manufacturers (ACIMIT) is a private national body that knits about 80% of the Italian textile machinery players. Its key mandate is to promote this segment of the industry within and beyond its shores in tandem with the Italian Trade Agency and Italian Ministry of Economic Development. ACIMIT President Alessandro Zucchi talks to texfash.com about how the machinery segment is surviving the current volatile times.

The Leather & Hide Council of America (L&HCA) — a new voice has emerged for the leather industry in the US and around the world. Stephen M. Sothmann, the L&HCA President, talks about the agenda set as he seeks to promote the quality of US-sourced products, establish and promote best practices in leather production, and set new international standards in sustainability and traceability, and to promote those values to stakeholders around the world.

'False innovation' exchanges one problem or impact for another, like the latest 'big news' funding for bio-leather created in lab conditions using the cells of a real cow. Sustainable Leather Foundation (SLF) Managing Director Deborah Taylor calls on investors of the future and global brands to support real innovation that makes a valuable industry more sustainable instead of constantly undermining it.

The Sustainable Leather Foundation (SLF) supports a whole value chain approach with focus on underpinning that communication with real data and metrics can demonstrate the work the industry is doing to ensure a sustainable future. SLF Managing Director Deborah Taylor elaborates on the mandate she has set for the not-for-profit foundation.

“Proving origin, protecting reputations” goes the tagline of Oritain, promising as it does to provide excellence in product traceability by testing products and raw materials to provide cold, hard data that can be used to verify where they come from. Chief Commercial Officer Rupert Hodges talks about the importance of certification as a crucial tool that must necessarily be validated by physical testing.

The focus at the century-old, family-run Royal Smit & Zoon is on bio-based chemistry, reducing usage of water, shortening leather-making processes, optimising waste stream. The emphasis is to support a society where nothing is wasted, everything can be re-used and ultimately recycled. The second and final part of the interview with Egbert Dikkers, Global Director ESG.

A leading global supplier of specialty chemicals for leather manufacturers, the focus at the century-old, family-run Royal Smit & Zoon is on sustainability through innovation as it develops and manufactures sustainable (bio)chemical solutions for the leather industry. Extracts from an interview with Egbert Dikkers, Global Director ESG.

India has been furiously negotiating deals ever since the RCEP came into force earlier this year. Initial rounds of negotiations on FTA and other trade policies with several countries should hopefully ensure a handful of agreements by 2024. A texfash.com report.

Does the Shroud of Turin really date back to the time of Jesus Christ? A recent peer-reviewed research suggests as much even as it calls for further laboratory tests. The experimental results are compatible with the hypothesis that the TS is a 2000-year-old relic, as supposed by Christian tradition.

The big picture is that China, once a dominant player, is under pressure and buyers are desperately looking to diversify risks. India has suddenly become important as it is the only other place with a large vertically integrated textile chain, but does not have the huge capacities. Sarbajit Ghose, Managing Director of Laguna Clothing, does some hard talk as he takes a 360-degree view of how sourcing works.