The Confederation of National Associations of Tanners and Dressers of the European Community (COTANCE) is the representative body of the European Leather Industry. It is a non-profit organization established in order to promote the interests of the European tanning industry at international level. Apart from representing European tanners and dressers, it also has the mission of promoting European leather both in the European and international markets.
Leather is a material almost as old as mankind. A wearable natural second skin, it has provided protection, warmth and elegance to mankind for thousands of years. Is this material still up-to-date?
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French tanner Klaus Folberth passes away
French tanner Klaus Folberth passes away
COTANCE mourns the loss of Mr Klaus Arno Folberth. Together with his Italian and Spanish colleagues, Adolfo Mattirolo (MESI, IT) and Silvino Navarro (INCUSA, ES), he managed the rebirth of the European Tanners' organisation in the late 1980ies. Klaus...
A&F PEFCR - Statement on Durability
A&F PEFCR - Statement on Durability
The undersigned members of the Technical Secretariat of the PEFCR on Apparel & Footwear hereby voice their concerns to their peers and to the European Commission regarding the dysfunctions that the currently adopted procedure for the calculation of the “Duration of...
25 Years of Partnership: Shaping the Future of the Leather Industry through EU Social Dialogue
25 Years of Partnership: Shaping the Future of the Leather Industry through EU Social Dialogue
As COTANCE and industriAll-Europe celebrate 25 years of social partnership, we confidently look toward the future through our ongoing work at the Sectoral Social Dialogue Committee (SSDC) for Tanning &...
A Manifesto for Leather on the occasion of COP29: Buy better, buy less, buy leather.
A Manifesto for Leather on the occasion of COP29: Buy better, buy less, buy leather.
Consumption is one of the key drivers for man-made climate change. Consumers are driven to want more, buy more and ultimately discard more and more products, many of which are of poor quality, have short life spans and...
