POSTED ON MARCH 9, 2011 It is getting intense The Corium Club dinner in Northampton is just a couple of weeks away on the 18th March. Paul Evans is the contact for tickets. It is to be held at the Oriental Garden Restaurant, 13 – 15 Sheep Street, Northampton NN1 2LT from 6:30pm and the guest speaker will […]
Corium in Bologna and Princess Anne in Scotland
POSTED ON OCTOBER 6, 2010 An excited industry goes to Bologna The autumn season has rushed up on us as we move from Shanghai to Bologna to see what hide prices will do and continue taking the temperature of the industry to see if a double dip in the world economy. Shanghai was a resounding […]
APLF 2010 was busy
POSTED ON APRIL 13, 2010 APLF was busy this year Between a smaller than usual but very successful Corium Club Dinner and the start of a trip by Mark Wilkinson to Latin America this coming week, things have been busy in the world of the British School of Leather Technology. APLF 2010 was always going […]
Prof Geoff Attenburrow and Pat Potter
Two stalwarts retire from the BSLT POSTED ON JANUARY 12, 2010 All in a decade We seem to be rushing into the new decade at breakneck speed for the BSLT the first decade of the 21st century was pretty momentous. We had a succession of Heads of the BSLT, a succession of Deans, a new […]
Shanghai ACLE, Leather Chemical Consolidation
POSTED ON SEPTEMBER 7, 2009 From the Terraces This is being written from the Terrace on the 18th floor of Broadway Mansions, a famous Shanghai residence since 1934, and now a modern hotel overlooking the famous Bund. It is actually the best way to see the Bund right now as the road, the riverside walkway […]
Pakistan industry at a cross roads
Pakistan industry at a cross roadsJanuary 2009 We have spent the last two days discussing Pakistan with Dr. Warren Weinstein of J.E. Austen. Warren has been running the Austen office in Pakistan for some years and has gained a strong reputation for work in such sectors as dairy, furniture and marble. His team is currently […]
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. […]
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 […]