Speech at Opening of the 30th IULTCS Congress in Beijing, China Elton Hurlow has long had a good understanding of the issues in the leather industry. This is his speech at the opening of the IULTCS which has just started in Beijing:………….. Members of the IULTCS, Delegates, Honorary Guests, Ladies and Gentlemen, Leather as a […]
the battle against leather picks up pace, Northampton leather cluster, APLF and the recession
POSTED ON MAY 29, 2009. 3 posts below Bringing in the students One of the purposes of going out to Hong Kong is to attract new students, but APLF 2009 was no so great a success. In fact the School must be a bit unsure about next year as the recession has hit the trade […]
Bologna, APLF, Northampton and Bob Higham; plus of course Leather Naturally
POSTED ON APRIL 28, 2009 two items below From past to present in one easy move Sadly I will miss another SLTC Council Meeting in Northampton on Wednesday as after my accident and back operation I am still strictly limited in how much I can travel and how many hours I am allowed on my […]
The start of Leather Naturally triggered by bad science in Hong Kong
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. […]