The Brazilian Institute for Leather, Footwear and Leathergoods (IBTeC) has appointed four new vice presidents.

José Flávio Bueno Fischer, who is president of the Industrial and Commercial Association of Novo Hamburgo, Campo Bom and Estância Velha, has been appointed Services vice president and Umberto Cilião Sacchelli, president of CICB, is the new vice president for Leather. José Waldir Dilkin, president of ABQTIC, has become vice president for Environmental issues, and Luis Claudio Amaral, president of Assintecal, has been appointed vice president for component-related matters.