Launch of the first European Sector Council on Education Training & Employmentin the Textile Clothing and Leather
On 6th December 2011 in Brussels was launched the first European Sectoral Council on Education Training & Employment in front of Inter...
COTANCE complains against the adoption by the EU of a penalising descriptor for Leather on Textile clothing labels
The representatives of the European Leather Industry meeting in Council in Rome regret the approval of the EU Regulation on Textile Names and...
COTANCE and ETUF:TCL kick off an ambitious joint project on transparency of the origin of hides & skins and traceability of raw materials for European tanners
The European Social Partners of the Leather industry, COTANCE and ETUF:TCL, represented by th...
COTANCE, partner of the CELAN project
The CELAN project, co-funded by the Lifelong Learning Programme of the European Commission, started officially on 1 January 2011, with a duration of 24 months. The project’s principal objective is to facilitate...
CONCIARICERCA R&D WINS THE INNOVATION FRIENDLY ENVIRONMENT 2010 AWARD
TANFAST, the new technology for rapid continuous tanning and low water discharge, was awarded by Legambiente, Lombardy Region and Confindustria on November 16, 2010 in the Pirelli Ha...
Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal launches new £6m thermal energy plantWorld First for Leather Industry - making leather without costing the earth
Today, (15 July, 2010), Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal, visited Scottish Leather Group to officia...
Far too often we underestimate the risks involved for our know how, designs and innovations in processes and products when we exhibit the fruit of our work in foreign countries. Sectors like ours are particularly vulnerable to piracy of trademarks, designs ...
European Commission Vice-President Verheugen supports COTANCE in 3 key areas
The COTANCE Presidency led by President Nalle Johansson (ELMO, Sweden) met in Brussels on Friday 30 October 2009 European Commission Vice-President Günter Verheugen for a de-brie...
Joint Statement of the Social Partners of the European Leather Industry on the Greenpeace Report on the deforestation of the Amazon rain forest
The Social Partners of the European Leather Industry addressed in their Social Sectoral Dialogue Committee Meeti...
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