Martin Ricker
Content Director at International Leather Maker
Director at Drug Discovery World
Market leading multi-platform media brand serving the entire global leather supply chain, with a focus on leather makers as well as traders, brands/retailers.
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internationalleathermaker.com | Martin Ricker
April 11, 2025 • Europe Cotance has officially announced its withdrawal from the Technical Secretariat (TS) of the Apparel and Footwear Product Environmental Footprint Category Rules (PEFCR). Warning them that durability metrics penalise natural materials and send wrong signals for future ecodesign of products.
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internationalleathermaker.com | Martin Ricker
Prada acquired Versace from North America based Capri Holdings and brings together two of Italy’s most iconic fashion brands. “We will provide (Versace) with a strong platform, reinforced by years of ongoing investments and rooted in longstanding relationships,” Patrizio Bertelli, Chairman, Prada said in a company statement. The Prada Group already owns several other designer labels including Miu Miu and luxury footwear brand Church’s.
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internationalleathermaker.com | Martin Ricker
During the 2024 edition of Simac Tanning Tech, Bauce presented its RMVT electro hydraulic combined sammying and setting out machine, the latest development as a fusion of the RM brand and the company’s experience with through-feed setting-out machines.
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internationalleathermaker.com | Martin Ricker
April 10, 2025 • Worldwide There is deep unease across the whole leather supply chain at the moment and few people are prepared to go on the record until more clarity is found in relation to the impact of retaliatory tariffs, especially between the U.S. and China, despite a change in U.S. policy announced on April 9.
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internationalleathermaker.com | Martin Ricker
Passing the “Zugno test” April 10, 2025 • Editorial Comment ILM Editor, Martin Ricker comments on how the global tanning industry should present itself to the wider world. Focussing on what images of leather making companies in the sector should use on public platforms to promote a positive image. The author discusses subjecting them to the "Zugno test" to see if they pass.
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India’s leather and footwear exports rose 25% year-on-year in the 2024 financial year, reaching INR486.67 billion (US$5.7 billion), according to the Council for Leather Exports (CLE) https://t.co/UCT2Vo9zdx
Luxury groups @LVMH and @KeringGroup visited the Solofra tanning district this week to witness ongoing infrastructure upgrades aimed at enhancing environmental sustainability and industrial efficiency https://t.co/aXPoNnk1ZF
Footwear group Stella International has reported its financial results for the first quarter of 2025, when revenue was down 1.8% to US$320.5 million https://t.co/Pg12cg9gJj