Good timing for new ISA Tan Tec tannery in the US
15/05/2014
ISA Tan Tec founder and chief executive, Thomas Schneider, attended a press conference in Vicksburg on May 12 to announce the development. The governor of Mississippi, Phil Bryant, and the town’s mayor, George Flaggs, also took part.
At the event, Mr Schneider said ISA Tan Tec is confident that setting up a new tannery in the US will bring it good growth opportunities in the Americas.
The project means an investment of more than $10 million and will create more than 350 new jobs. It comes at a time when government policies to source US-made shoes for use by the Department of Defense are driving footwear manufacturers to set up again or increase production on home soil. This change will potentially affect the manufacturing and sourcing policies of prominent ISA Tan Tec customers, including Wolverine, Deckers, New Balance, Keen, The North Face, Rockport, Timberland and many more.
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