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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One year in the leather traceability initiative
COTANCE takes stock of one year of activities in its alignment initiative of leather traceability certification schemes holding a Networking Drink on the first day of the Lineapelle Fair
It was at the 2022 September edition of Lineapelle, a few months before the EU was adopting the so called “EU...
Green Deal Leather social workshop
European workshop on accidents/injuries at the workplace
On September 19, 2023, on the premises of Lineapelle, the international leather fair in Milan, the European social partners for the tanning and leather sector, COTANCE and industriAll European Trade Union, held a European workshop titled...
Joint Statement of the LEATECH Consortium
Limited EU resources force LEATECH to suspend the Joint Master Programme in 2023
The LEATECH consortium of Higher Educational Institutions has decided to postpone the launch of the joint international master programme, as the EU Agency in charge of the Erasmus Mundus Programme informed the...
Strengthening collective bargaining power across the European Union
Strengthening collective bargaining power across the European Union
At its 580th plenary session, held on 12 and 13 July 2023, the European Economic and Social Committee adopted the following opinion, available in all language versions.
The main aim of this opinion is to explore the reasons for...
