21May 2024
COTANCE Press Release
Manuel Rios re-elected COTANCE President
The Assembly General held on Wednesday 15 May 2024 in Brussels re-elected unanimously Manuel Rios Navarro to continue guiding COTANCE during the next two years.
CEO of INPELSA, the ...
17May 2024
Final Conference of the Green Deal Leather Project
Brussels, 16 May 2024
Today in Brussels, the European Tanning and Leather social partners, COTANCE and industriAll Europe held the Green Deal Leather Final Conference, concluding a two-year, EU-fund...
17May 2024
Apple Abandons FineWoven: Leather Alternatives Prove to Be an Expensive Illusion
When COTANCE Member associations of Italy, Spain, France, Germany, Portugal, Hungary and UK met in Council on May 15, 2024 in Brussels, they addressed among the many burning t...
30Apr 2024
Press Release
ECHA apologizes for Misleading Claims: Leather and Footwear Industries Urge Further Action for Transparency
Brussels, 30 April 2024 - Following the complaint of the European Leather (COTAN...
24Apr 2024
A European Collaborative Effort Towards Skills Enhancement in the TCLF Industries
On the 18th and 19th of April, private and public organisations from 11 countries (BE, DE, FR, GR, IT, PL, PT, RO, SE, SP and UA) representing the European textile, clothing,...
04Apr 2024
SkillBridge Launch: A Significant Boost For The TCLF Industries
Brussels, 2 April 2024 – In the context of the EU TCLF Pact for Skills, EURATEX will work together with CEC and COTANCE to support the creation of regional partnerships in the area skill...
04Apr 2024
Final Conference - Brussels - 16 May 2024
The Green Deal Leather project will conclude with a Final Conference in Brussels on Thursday 16 May (morning).
Two panels will be organised on safety in tannery workplaces and the carbon footprint of bovine leathe...
26Mar 2024
COTANCE joins Antwerp Declaration for European Industrial Deal
COTANCE is proud to announce its alignment with the Antwerp Declaration for a European Industrial Deal, joining forces with 202 associations among 865 signatories. This step highlights our co...
13Mar 2024
An Industry in Flux, Sustainability and Nearshoring
The world of trends is both attractive and volatile. What is true today, and is projected as real the next day, can quickly change its meaning. It's an exercise in observation that we could often compare ...
11Mar 2024
Renewal of the Italian Tanning Labour Agreement
The Italian national Collective Labour Agreement has been renewed and signed on March 7th 2024 by UNIC - Italian Tanneries - on one side and the trade unions of the sector - FILCTEM CGIL, FEMCA CISL, UILTEC...