POSTED ON OCTOBER 5, 2008 The danger of bad science in good hands It was only a week ago that we were listening to Dr Heinz-Peter Germann give a very clear and straight forward Procter Memorial Lecture about the current technical status of tanning from an environmental stance at the SLTC conference in the UK. […]
To see a world in a grain of sand and heaven in a wild flower
(First published by APLF, Hong Kong, in my Cool Hunting Column) One of the famous characters of the 20th century leather industry was Bert Childs, a hide and skin trader from Liverpool. His wife used to collect sand as she travelled around the world and after staying with them in the early nineteen eighties I […]
Old Leather Dogs and new tanning drums
POSTED ON SEPTEMBER 28, 2008 two items below More awards please The one thing that brings our old friends out of the woodwork for the SLTC Annual Conference is the award of Life Membership…..perhaps the committee needs to establish an annual award to keep all retirees and old friends coming back year after year. Certainly […]
Catskills and Kasur
POSTED ON. AUGUST 23, 2008 Two Items August rains and American parties They have not had a great summer in the US this year but the last two weeks in New England have been just fine, and it is hard to think that just a few days ago we were in famous tanning towns such […]
Tilman Taeger at Leathersellers and 2009 thoughts
POSTED ON JUNE 26, 2008. Two items are below from my Northampton blog 2009 Centenary events start to take shape It’s more or less July now and the weather for Wimbledon is better than normal. We are sitting in the garden catching the strains from Glastonbury. Not a bad way to spend such a dry […]
United States Leather Company: a tale of power and forests
JUNE 2, 2008 United States Leather Company: a tale of power and forests Right now I am working on the history of the United States Leather Company. It is an amazing story. It was formed in 1893 when some 70 companies owning over 100 tanneries got together to form a new corporation in the hope […]
Sichuan University and more
POSTED ON MAY 22, 2008 Sichuan and our good friends Over the last year China has frequently been the focus of these columns, and it was only six weeks ago that we were in Chengdu and Deyang. Both are in Sichuan Province at Chengdu is about 50km from the epicentre and Deyang, although a little […]
ISPO, Fish Skins and New Materials
POSTED ON JANUARY 30, 2008 ispo and the Volvo Design Conference Perhaps a few of you read Lucy Kellaway in the Financial Times and noted that just a couple of years ago she complained about an e-mail out-of-office messages made popular by Lotus Notes and now an option for anyone with an email account. Particularly […]
UNIDO, COTANCE, Tilman on Collagen
POSTED ON. DECEMBER 13, 2007 Travelling, travelling, travelling. There is one thing to discover about blogs and that is that when postings are slow it does not always mean discourtesy or that I have nothing to say; perhaps that things are just too hectic. Anyway so it has been these few weeks when between trips […]
Paris and Chengdu
POSTED ON SEPTEMBER 20, 2007 (more than one item; one of many put here from my original blogs for the University of Northampton) Paris in September Paris in September was for many decades an essential part of life in the leather industry. A trip to the Semaine du Cuir, the world’s most important leather show, […]
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