S&V Footwear & Leather Goods Magazine Vol81 No2 Feb 2018
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IN THIS ISSUE:
Industry Barometer: Mixed Messages
- EVA Industries: Mixed bag, with exports potentially a game changer.
- FQ Manufacturers: Quicker deliveries, smaller quantities are what market wants.
- Elahi Footwear: Waiting for component prices to come down.
- Fiona Spolander Promotions: After a dismal 2017, a sense of hope - and good export sampling.
- Le Coq Sportif: Shaping up to be out best year ever.
- Amagents: Sluggish start, but improvement is possible now.
Zimbabwe
- Comesa sets aside US$2.6 million for leather and clothing sectors.
Conventions & fairs
- Global interest as UITIC attracts 95 potential papers.
Company News
- Eco Rubber: PVC capacity boosted.
- Enda: Kenyan designed and assembled running shoes to be exported to US.
- Willow: Footwear 'without boundaries'.
Training
- VUT offers footwear training.
AGOA - US importers want Africa to succeed
- AAFA: Why Africa must be developed as major source of apparel.
- FDRA: Ethiopia has grabbed its opportunity to export footwear to the US.
- DTI: USA is SA's third biggest trading partner for imports and exports.
Technology
- Making a shoe trim using 3D CAD, by Russell Addinall, Studio Eclectica.
- Main Group Technologies to emphasis energy saving at Simac.
- Flex outlines 'the top 5 trends shaping manufacturing's future'.
- SoftWear Automation launches first sewbots for shoes.
Counterfeits
- SARS claims victories in fight against illegal clothing and textile imports.
- Army patrols seize illegal imports on Mozambique border.
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- Op Corona patrol seizes a thousand plus pairs of counterfeit trainers
Written by defenceWeb, Monday, 05 February 2018Combining training with hands-on patrol work saw two SA Army units score a notable success in the fight against contraband and counterfeit goods in the early hours of Friday last week.A company from 14 SA Infantry Battalion is currently deployed on the South Africa/Mozambique border as part o ...moreSARS scores victories in fight against illegal clothing and textiles imports
Pretoria, 18 December 2017 - The local clothing and textile industry has suffered tremendously as a result of the illegal import of counterfeit goods. More recently the industry has also borne the brunt of the import of second-hand clothing that becomes available for resale in the market.Over the past two days (17 and 18 December 2017), C ...moreDTI: USA is SA's third biggest trading partner - for imports and exportsPost-hearing statement by the Department of Trade and Industry on behalf of the Government of the Republic of South Africa on the occasion of the US International Trade Commission’s investigation on US trade and investment with Sub-Saharan Africa ...moreMain Group Technologies to emphasise energy saving at Simac 2018Santa Maria di Sala, Italy, January 16 - Main Group Technologies, which now belongs to the Atom group, will show innovations aimed at energy saving at Simac. "We look to the future in full awareness of the fact that the footwear production will be increasingly oriented towards automated processes and interconnected machines,&rd ...moreFlex says these will be the top 5 trends shaping manufacturing’s futureVamp Footwear, January 3, 2018If your manufacturing isn’t optimized for today’s digital ways, it might as well be in the Dark Ages.Whether it’s Industry 4.0, Sourcing 4.0, the factory of the future—it’s clear that companies are shifting their means of production to cater to current demand. Flex, now known in ...moreSoftWear Automation launches first sewbots for shoesSourcing Journal, February 1, 2018The robots are coming—and SoftWear Automation’s latest innovation is enabling the footwear sector to automate the production process for shoe uppers. The Atlanta-based tech company launched the Digital Footwear Upper Workline, an expansion of the patented Sewbot Pick-Place-Sew automation for s ...moreFDRA: Ethiopia has grabbed its opportunity to export footwear to the USWritten comments from the Footwear Distributors & Retailers of America to the U.S. International Trade Commission by Matt Priest, President & CEO, Footwear Distributors & Retailers of America (FDRA), on February 6. ...moreAAFA: Why Africa must be developed as a major source of apparelA presentation to the United States International Trade Commission by Nate Herman, Senior Vice President, Supply Chain, American Apparel & Footwear Association (AAFA), on January 29Thank you for providing us this opportunity to testify today regarding U.S. Trade with Sub‐Saharan Africa. Representing more than 1,000 world famous name ...moreUS importers want Africa to succeed as a footwear, clothing sourceUS importers see Africa as an important upcoming source of footwear and clothing. Mark Bennett, a consultant most recently to the Lesotho Government, has been watching presentations by US trade organisations, and the SA Department of Trade & Industry (DTI), to the US International Trade Commission (USITC), which has been requested by ...moreFootwear Industry Articles
- I’ve ‘filled the gap’, thank youCape Town, W. Cape, SA – L. Cohen Outfitters Est 1912 was the first independent in Wynberg to acquire the Nike brand, a situation that we held for a number of years before Nike's policy changed to supplying numerous stores in close proximity.Those were the good years.The World didn't end when they advised that they would be terminat ...moreSpringbok sponsors – and as a sports shop we can’t get a single jerseyPort Elizabeth, E. Cape, SA – What we hear is that both Nike and Adidas are losing sales internationally.Here, however, we’re affected by Nike’s Springbok sponsorship deal – as a sports shop, we can’t get a single Springbok rugby jersey or replica shirt. We couldn’t get them during the World Cup, we cou ...morePlastics manufacturer develops first recyclable plastic bicycle frame
Midrand, Gauteng, SA (31 July 2024) – Industrial polymer developer and manufacturer, igus, has developed the first injection-moulded polymer bicycle frame designed for advanced bikes, a milestone in sustainable mobility. igus collaborated with German e-bike manufacturer Advanced Bikes to create a bicycle frame made entirely of recyc ...more
Leather Industry Articles
- Enzymatic removal of proteoglycans in hides promotes opening-up of collagen fibre bundles
IntroductionWhen a hide loses moisture, the proteoglycans present in the hide stick the collagen fibres together. This negatively impacts the penetration of water and other chemicals into the hides during processing, and also the opening-up of the collagen fibres and hence the softness of the leather. It is therefore ideal to remove prote ...moreJob Cards
Job cards – are these bureaucratic pieces of paperwork worth anything? The tracking of work, quality control indicators, dates and timing, and non-conformance can be tagged onto this tool and production control and monitoring can be greatly enhanced. The job card can be historical and diagnostic.Can a tannery run production without ...moreSam Setter's 'Pills': For readers who need some wry medicinal humour" You can’t help those who don’t help themselvesThe International Trade Centre in Geneva spent a large amount of money in order to analyse the leather value chain in Mongolia. An extensive value chain study was made from the raising of the animals up to the finished product. The ITC presented a strategy proposal to the Go ...more
PPE Industry Articles
- NCC blitz on ‘incorrectly marked’ gloves catches at least 3 importers, potentially threatens much wider group
Importers beware! The National Consumer Commission (NCC) has immense power over the labelling of goods, and it appears to be stepping up its efforts to police labelling legislation.A KZN-based PPE distributor, which has been a regular importer of plain white cotton gloves – 3 containers a year for 10 years, 120 000 pairs per co ...moreAnticipate LondonLondon, UK – Anticipate London, which incorporates 4 fairs covering security, fire safety, facilities management, health & safety, and risk management, will be held from 02-04 December 2024 at ExCeL London. The fairs are Facilities Show, Firex, IFSEC, and Safety & Health Expo.Among the keynote speakers are Brindha McDonald, ...moreExpansion of AstraZeneca’s flagship health equity programme Healthy Heart AfricaGeneva, Switzerland (28 May 2024) – AstraZeneca has set out a new ambition for Healthy Heart Africa, its flagship health equity initiative, to target a broader range of non-communicable diseases (NCDs), including chronic kidney disease (CKD) as well as hypertension and cardiovascular disease.The programme aims to improve health outc ...more
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