Italy, the
second largest importer of leathers from Brazil, is the Brazilian Leather
Project next destination. The Project will
be participating in the Lineapelle fair in Milan from October 4th to
the 6th. Seven business
groups from Brazil will be exhibiting their leathers at Lineapelle, which is
considered one of the central happenings for commercial relations and image
promotion within the European fashion segment. The Brazilian Leather project is
developed by the Centre for the Brazilian Tanning
Industry (CICB) and the Brazilian Trade and Investment Promotion Agency (Apex-Brazil)
with the objective of increasing leather participation in Brazilian markets and
abroad.
Arte da
Pele, a tannery from Estância Velha (RS) that specializes in exotic hides, will
make its international fair debut at Lineapelle. “Our expectations are high. We’ve exported before, but this will be our
first fair outside of Brazil, where we’ll be able to show off our strengths- hand-made
artisanal finishing and special effects” highlights Luis Bocchi, the tannery’s
director.
Courovale has
a bit more international experience as they’ve participated in consecutive
editions of Lineapelle, but they see the fair as an opportunity to expand into
the European market. “We’ve always been
more focused on the American market, but we’ve also been working to increase
sales in Europe,” explains Elton Haubert, from Corovale’s export sector. He points out that, after Lineapelle, they’ll
also be participating in Futurmoda (October 25th and 26th
in Spain, and also with the support of Brazilian Leather), which should
increase contacts and create a convergence of business in European territory.
Nova Kaeru
has a similar case: they’ll be at Lineapelle and then at Futurmoda too. “We expect to attain new business and put
leather from Brazil into the world spotlight” says Eduardo Filgueiras, company
director. This objective has already
been reached by Nova Kaeru when recently, at another fair (Première Vision, in
Paris), they won the Best Leather award- in the Smart Creation category- during
an awards ceremony that recognized the event’s finest materials.
See the tanneries that will participate in
Lineapelle with the support of Brazilian Leather:
Arte da Pele (pavilion 9 / stand V12)
Courovale
By BCM (15 / M26)
Curtume
Bannach (9 / V14)
Nova Kaeru (15 / A25)
Cortume Krumenauer (11 / S25-T26)
Curtume
Natur (11 / U15)
Soubach
Special Leathers (11 / Z16)