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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...

COTANCE meets European Commission Vice-President Günter Verheugen On Friday 3rd July 2009 a delegation of the EU Leather Industry led by COTANCE President Nalle Johansson (Elmo, Sweden) met in Brussels Mr Günter Verheugen, Vice-President of the European...

     E-shoe learning is a project, which was successfuly completed under Leonardo da Vinci program and led by Industrial development centre for leather and footwear industry of Slovenia - ZAVOD IRCUO. Its partners included GERIC Member ...

COTANCE meets in Pompeii  COTANCE’s 2009 Assembly General and Council took place on June 5 in Pompeii, at the site’s “Auditorium degli Scavi”. The encounter offered  the opportunity to visit the ancient Roman tannery in the archaeological...

The REACH Challenge & Innovation in the European Leather Industry   On 27 October, COTANCE held a Round Table at the highest level of the organised European Leather Industry. It was co-hosted by GERIC, the grouping of Eu...

IP Awareness and Enforcement: Modular Based Actions for SMEsCOTANCE produces a Handbook on Intellectual Property Rights for the leather sector Counterfeiting and piracy causes significant damage to industrial operators and business in many sectors. Fashion...