Tannery of the Year: European finalists named
23/05/2012
From a total of nine candidate tanneries for Europe, two have emerged as finalists. A group of industry experts nominates tanneries in each of five global territories for their performance against the Tannery of the Year corporate social responsibility criteria.
The purpose of the competition is to highlight and make public the best examples in the global leather industry of tanneries that look after the environment well, take good care of their employees, work closely and fairly with local and national authorities, are economically sound, committed to innovation and quality, and who have established strong partnerships with customers and suppliers.
We can reveal that the two finalist tanneries for Europe this time are, in alphabetical order:
- Gruppo Dani, Arzignano, Italy, and
- Sepici Grubu, Caybasi-Izmir, Turkey.
In-depth reports on the work of both tanneries will appear in the June-July 2012 issue of World Leather and both will go forward to take part in the final, which will take place in Hong Kong in March 2013 at the time of the APLF exhibition. We congratulate Sepici Grubu and Gruppo Dani for their success so far and wish them good luck as the competition continues.
After Europe, the attention of Tannery of the Year will turn to the Americas, Asia excluding China, Africa and China.
Tannery of the Year is run by World Leather magazine with the support of the APLF exhibition, chemical manufacturers BASF, Lanxess and Buckman, the International Council of Tanners, the International Union of Leather Technologists and Chemists Societies and Washington DC-based campaign body Worldwide Responsible Accredited Production.
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