Editor's Note
The Indian association, IFCOMA, is enthusiastic about the forthcoming trade fair to be organised by APLF in New Delhi in the Spring of 2009. Strong supporters of the fair, the Association itself is looking to educate domestic shoemakers on just how much is available from component suppliers worldwide.
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IFCOMA
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It's a long name - the Indian Footwear Components Manufacturers' Association - or IFCOMA for short. It started in 1992 with just seven members: an important number because it is the minimum required before an association or trade organisation can deal with the government. | Click here for complete article |
Lifecycle, Recycle and Upcycle
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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 traveled around the world and after staying with them in the early nineteen eighties I took up the same hobby. | Click here for complete article |
Wong King Hang
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Wong King Hang has been in the leather industry for a long time. He is presently the Honorable Chairman of the Hong Kong Hide & Leather Traders' Association although, these days, he concentrates on his main activity of leather chemicals. It takes him into China every week and from his perspective of being based in Hong Kong but selling into the mainland he is well placed to observe developments from twin vantage points. | Click here for complete article |
'It' bags shown a clean pair of heels
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By the time Fendi's B Bag hit the stores, the market was so saturated with handbags that replicating the global success of the Baguette, or even the Spy, seemed less than promising. The B Bag competed against the YSL Muse and Downtown, Prada's Gauffre and many others. | Click here for complete article |
BLC Seminar Series
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Three popular seminars, Sourcing Leather with Confidence, Understanding Leather and How Safe is My Leather, which were jointly organised by the APLF & BLC were held on 23-25 Sept 2008 in Hong Kong. | Click here for complete article |
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