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Industry pioneer Tom Schneider has died

Founder and executive chairman of leather manufacturing group ISA TanTec, Thomas Schneider, has died. The company has announced that he died in his country of birth, Germany, on January 18 from complications following a car accident. He was 70 years old. Tom Schneider completed the leather manufacturing course at the famous Lederinstitut...

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