China backs IULTCS plea on synthetic material
03/11/2010
The China Leather Industry Association (CLIA) has issued a message of support for moves in the industry for consumer product labels to make a clearer distinction between genuine leather and synthetic alternatives.
The organisation said it had received a request from the International Union of Leather Technicians and Chemists Societies (IULTCS) to make clearer the Chinese terms for the names of synthetic materials that misleadingly include the word leather. A suggestion from the IULTCS was to use terms such as ‘synthetic material’ or ‘PU (polyurethane) material’ instead.
CLIA’s response has been to urge the Chinese footwear and leather industry to take this proposal on board and adopt the new terms for non-leather materials.
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