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Mexican industry mourns one of its 1930s pioneers

13/06/2016

The leather and footwear industry in Mexico is mourning the loss of one of the pioneers of its modernisation and industrialisation, Salvador Sánchez Negrete, who has died in León at the age of 90. Mr Sánchez Negrete founded children’s footwear company Calzado Chavita in 1939 and then diversified production into safety boots and shoes with the...

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