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Footwear Industry NEWS
- Back to school - Palm: Raring to go - Gem Schoolwear: Positive responsePalm: Raring to goBy Rajeev Pattundeen, MDDurban, KZN, SA – We open 10.1, hence the silence… been in a quiet holiday bubble! Our retail partners were adequately stocked in anticipation of a normalised back to school season. Feedback received, is that trade has been buoyant with mi ...moreSA retailers 'prepared to take stock delayed by Far East issues'Cape Town, W. Cape, SA – On 03 January, Footwear News speculated on the effects of late deliveries as follows:As the new year kicks off, these chains will likely continue to benefit from the port congestion, factory shutdowns and labour shortages that prevented many retailers from receiving inventory in time for various shopping eve ...moreBack to school - Expecting a return to normalityLast Wednesday I emailed 5 school shoe suppliers, a school shoe wholesaler, and a chain and an independent retailer which specialise in school shoes to ask what they expect of back-to-school business this year. Sensibly, 7 of the 8 had switched off their emails for the holidays, and only 1 replied. Thank you, Stephen B ...more
Leather Industry NEWS
- Revomec is platinum sponsor of the III Eurocongress IULTCS 2022Milling drum manufacturer Revomec is the platinum sponsor company of the III IULTCS EuroCongress Vicenza 2022, to be held from 18-20 September 2022. ...moreSLTC Convention cancelled againA statement by Björn Jönsson, President of the SLTC (SA Section) At a committee meeting of the SLTC (SA Section) held on March 08, 2021, we took the sad decision to cancel the planned 2021 Convention. We believe that nobody would want to spend all day in a room full of possible Corona virus tra ...moreMossop Leather: Big opportunities for local manufacturing
Wellington, W Cape, SA - One has to acknowledge that the remainder of 2020 will be very tough. Liquidity in the industry will be the largest challenge we face and all of us have to act responsibly to our customers and suppliers in this regard. There is vast uncertainty about the medium term future and shoe manufacturers ...more
PPE Industry NEWS
- J. Gerdes Uniwear: 'Among the lucky few'Windhoek - "We're actually among the lucky firms," said sales representative Samantha Pieterse of PPE distributor J. Gerdes Uniwear. "A lot of companies have closed down, and business is a bit up and down, but overall we're trading quite well." Although the business doesn't carry facemasks, she said sourcing any forms ...moreCattell's: 'It's all about service'Springs, Gauteng – "I can't complain," said Cattell's Industrial Footwear owner Rob Cattell. "January was on par with last year, February was slightly up. This month will be down on last year, because it was in March last year that the first lockdown started." That good month l ...morePPE supplier accused of overcharging donates 49 400 face masksPretoria, Gauteng, SA (March 15, 2021) – A Cape Town medical equipment supplier, accused of charging the Western Cape Department of Health excessive prices for medical examination gloves, has supplied the Department, at no charge, with 49 400 surgical masks to the same value (at cost) as the estimated “excessive profits& ...more
Footwear Industry Articles
- Effects of the pandemic: Local production up, imports down, pressure on prices
More than any other footwear category in South Africa, safety footwear has so far survived the pandemic relatively unscathed - no life support from government, and apparently no casualties. It helped that its status as part of PPE, and therefore an essential service, allowed it to operate, albeit on a reduced scale, during the strictest p ...moreRebel Safety Gear - Q&A with Gavin Cooke, MD
- The NRCS needs to do what it's supposed to dorn- Sourcing from China hasn't been a problemrn- Swing to lower priced boots, but demand is good ...more
Leather Industry Articles
- Making fly-leather
The product called E-Leather by the company that makes it (it stands for 'leather evolved' or 'engineered leather' - really?) or Fly Leather by Nike, is one of the synthetic products which incorporates leather waste. But the claim that it is therefore more environmentally acceptable than leather doesn't hold up. ...moreBangladesh – The responsibility of potential
Deborah Taylor, MD of the Sustainable Leather Foundation, took part in a Bangladesh International Investment Summit in November. Here she writes about the summit and visits to tanneries and leather goods and footwear manufacturers. ...moreMobile weed killer for tree nurseries
Fraunhofer researchers have collaborated with partners to develop a platform to remove weeds fully automatically. The mobile AMU-Bot robot system navigates using optical sensors and removes weeds mechanically without the need for chemicals. ...more
PPE Industry Articles
- Materials used in Bullet Resistant Jackets (BRVs) or Body Armour
Generally speaking, the lighter it is, the more it costs. This is the second in a series of articles on bullet resistant vests by Deon du Plessis, MD of Bullet Proofing Technology (Pty) Ltd, in which he outlines the soft and hard materials which go into BRVs. His business manufactures a wide range of body armour plates and vehicle armour, and supplies a number of other bullet resistant vest manufacturers. ...moreQ&A with Gavin Cooke, MD, Rebel Safety Gear
The NRCS needs to do what it's supposed to do - Sourcing from China hasn't been a problem - Swing to lower priced boots, but demand is good. ...more
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