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Hide and Seek: US Leather Industry Has Found a New Voice

Hide and Seek: US Leather Industry Has Found a New Voice
Hide Away The L&HCA seeks to promote leather as a material, championing its sustainable credentials. The US leather & hide sector, including meat packers, hide processors, leather tanners, leather products manufacturers, brokers and dealers, and chemical producers, employs over 5,000 people and is worth some nearly $1 billion per annum. Truly international in scope, it exports several billion dollars worth of material every year, including more than 33 million hides that would otherwise be designated as waste. Exports account for more than 90 per cent of US leather and hide production making it one of the top materials suppliers to the global leather manufacturing industry. Harsh Jadav / Unsplash
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  • 23 May 2022
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  • 23 May 2022

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.

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