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Martin Ricker

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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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  • 1 month ago | 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.

  • 1 month ago | 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.

  • 1 month ago | 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.

  • 1 month ago | 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.

  • 1 month ago | 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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