Tannery of the Year finalist: Seton AutoLeather, South Africa [premium content]
Now part of the GST AutoLeather group, the Seton AutoLeather tannery is making a positive impression on head office and on its customers for quality and efficiency.
World Leather - Dec12/Jan 2013
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Tannery of the Year finalist: Midori Hokuyo, Japan [premium content]
The Midori Hokuyo tannery in Yamagata is the only remaining automotive tannery in the home of automotive supply chain excellence. It aims to prove that many of the quality and continuous improvement initiatives to have come out of automotive manufacturing can work well in the production of leather.
World Leather - Feb/Mar 2013
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Tannery of the Year finalist: Royal Leather, Pakistan [premium content]
Royal Leather Industries, which processes goat and sheepskins and cow and buffalo hides from raw to finished leather is a long-term supplier to major furniture group Ikea. The lessons it has learned from working with the Swedish group have helped it meet the demands of customers in the footwear, garment and leathergoods sectors too.
World Leather - Feb/Mar 2013
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Tannery of the Year finalist: PrimeAsia China [premium content]
Part of the network of tanneries that PrimeAsia runs, the facility in Huangjiang in southern China is a long-serving supplier to many of the footwear industry’s household names. More recently, it pioneered a way of calculating the carbon footprint of its leather.
World Leather - Oct/Nov 2012
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Tannery of the Year finalist: Lefarc – Leon, Mexico [premium content]
Run by a fourth-generation Leon tanning family, Lefarc is committed to providing quality finished leather from quality raw materials to meet the needs of demanding footwear and leathergoods brands in Mexico and beyond.
World Leather - Aug/Sep 2012
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Tannery of the Year finalist: SB Foot Tanning Co – Red Wing, Minnesota... [premium content]
SB Foot is determined to stay true to its roots and true to the people of the town of Red Wing, Minnesota, where it has been based for 140 years. However, it is also investing heavily in new technology to make the most of the raw material on its doorstep.
World Leather - Aug/Sep 2012
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Tannery of the Year Americas 2012: Nominations [premium content]
The 2012–2013 edition of Tannery of the Year competition is under way and in this issue we look at the Americas. There were 11 shortlisted tanneries from which two finalists have emerged.
World Leather - Aug/Sep 2012
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Tannery of the Year finalist: Sepici Grubu, Torbali-Izmir, Turkey [premium content]
A family-run tannery near Izmir in Turkey, Sepiciler runs separate production lines for vegetable- and chrome-tanned leather, as well as for sole leather. It has clients in high-end markets across Europe, Asia and North America.
World Leather - June/July 2012
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Tannery of the Year finalist: Gruppo Dani, Arzignano, Italy [premium content]
As one of the biggest and longest established full-service tanneries in the northern Italian cluster of Arzignano, Gruppo Dani has grown into the role of an ambitious and pioneering company, determined to uphold the quality of ‘Made in Italy’ while making continuous progress in sustainability and in communicating openly with the outside world.
World Leather - June/July 2012
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Third Tannery of the Year programme kicks off [premium content]
Now in its third edition, Tannery of the Year, the industry’s platform for celebrating its best examples of excellence in corporate social responsibility, has more momentum behind it than ever.
World Leather - June/July 2012
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