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 | EU ban on SA game meat ‘a crisis’ |
| PRETORIA (SA) – The SA Department of Agriculture was taken “completely unawares” by the European Union’s move to delete the country from its list of approved sources of game meat, according to director: agricultural information services Steve Galane....more |
 | Orders - even big ones - are not a relationship |
| This is a time of change. Imports are more difficult and more expensive. Business is tough at retail. Economic and political indicators, from the petrol price to Zimbabwe, are negative....more |
 | United-Fram, SABS resolve test dispute |
| PRETORIA (SA) – United-Fram Footwear and the SA Bureau of Standards have settled a dispute over testing which had “threatened to undermine United-Fram’s faith in the SABS’ ability to perform tests”, and which potentially also threatened the future of...more |
| Share offer in new finishing plant |
| An Ethiopian/Italian consortium is trying to raise 100 million Birr (€ 6.7m) through the sale of shares in a proposed finishing tannery in Ethiopia. They say the facility, Crystal Tannery, will open “shortly”....more |
 | Jet gets SHALC blessing to label ‘bonded leather’ as leather |
| JOHANNESBURG (SA) – A dispute over leather labeling between Edcon Discount Division’s Jet Stores and the Skins, Hides & Leather Council, ended with Jet agreeing to label according to leather ‘type’ – full grain, split leather, laminated leather or bo...more |
 | Local production hits 40m pairs, imports 158m |
| PINETOWN (SA) - It’s official - local footwear manufacturing is on the mend, and last year reached over 40m pairs - nearly two thirds of the size of the industry at its height....more |
 | Gross & Co: Exports benefit local customers, too |
| Exporting makes any company more efficient, more responsive, and more consistent, and one of the most important spin-offs is that local customers benefit from this as well. Since Gross & Co is one of the largest exporters of workwear from South Afric...more |
 | Building a culture of safety |
| When it comes to occupational health and safety in the building industry, Master Builders South Africa's CEO, Pierre Fourie, said it was MBSA's “unqualified belief that all workers deserve a safe working environment”....more |
| Dräger rated top respiratory equipment supplier |
| Dräger was awarded the 2007 Frost & Sullivan Consumer Award for respiratory protection. This award goes to honour the manufacturer which best fulfils the customer’s needs in respiratory protection concerning the aspects of safety, ease of use, techni...more |
 | MIA - 200 SETS A DAY BY END 2008 |
| UITENHAGE (SA) – Mia Automotive (Pty) Ltd, the automotive upholstery sewing plant opened as an equal joint venture between Mario Levi S.p.A. and Allied Trim Components (Pty) Ltd in September, is in a pre-production phase, a spokesman said, and expect...more |
| KARAS SOLD TO NAMIBIAN / SA CONSORTIUM |
| KEETMANSHOOP (Namibia) – Karas Abattoir and Tannery Processors has been sold by the Namibian Government Institutions Pension Fund (GIPF) to Brukarros Meat Processors, a consortium made up of two Namibian groups and two South African companies. The co...more |
 | ETHIOPIA - REALITY CHECK FOR LEATHER INDUSTRY |
| German company eyes Ethiopian leather industry A well-known German shoe manufacturer, ARA Shoe, has set a plan to get involved in shoe manufacturing and the leather industry in Ethiopia. ...more |
| Flame retardant materials: Buying you time |
| Did you know… The main hazards in a fire are the toxic products of combustion, especially in confined spaces such as buildings, vehicles, etc. ...more |
| TANNERY INDUSTRIES BOTSWANA: PRODUCT TO START “SHORTLY” |
| GABERONE (Botswana) – Tannery Industries Botswana, the bovine leather tannery which was set up last year with a view to beneficiating wet blue hides from the nearby Botswana Meat Commission wet blue plant, expects to start delivering to South African...more |
| THE NOT-SO-HUMBLE GUMBOOT |
| Gumboots are a surprisingly diverse group of products, and selection is not always a straightforward process. Almost all gumboots sold in SA are locally made, and there are now six mainstream manufacturers. Imports have not, so far, been successful, ...more |
| Leather footwear: Gearing up for the big time |
| The South African leather safety footwear market is much smaller, in pairage terms, than the gumboot market – about 2.4m pairs/year as opposed to about 4m – but in most other ways, leather is the dominant part of the safety footwear industry. By valu...more |
| LANXESS buys out Dow Chemical´s share in CISA, strengthens commitment to South Africa operations. |
| JOHANNESBURG (SA) – Chemicals group Lanxess is purchasing the chrome chemicals activities of The Dow Chemical Company in South Africa. Lanxess is to acquire the 50% interest in Chrome International South Africa (CISA), in Newcastle, which The Dow Che...more |
| How to make friends and influence people (at least about their feet) |
| Anette Thompson, practicing podiatrist, chair of the SA Podiatry Association’s sub-committee on footwear, consultant to the SA Footwear and Leather Industries Association, and a member of Michelle Footwear’s research, development and marketing team, ...more |
| SAFLEC TO URGE DTI TO RETURN TO BIRMINGHAM FAIR |
| DURBAN (SA) – The SA Footwear and Leather Export Council (SAFLEC) is to approach the DTI to reconsider sponsoring a national pavilion at the Moda Footwear show in Birmingham....more |
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