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This Week's News from the Global Leather & Footwear Industry - Leathernews.org
Stahl Drops Sale of Wet End Business Forms New Company Muno To Take Over Leather Business | Wollsdorf Leather Cuts 150 Jobs | French Footwear Exports Slip 3% to €3.9 Billion | Andhra Pradesh Govt Offered 7 Incentives To Snatch Hwaseung’s $100 Million Non Leather Footwear Factory From Tamil Nadu & more....
Arshad Leathernews.org
November 23, 2025
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Stahl has decided to step away from selling its wet end business to Syntagma Capital and will now complete the carve out on its own. The company says tough market conditions made the earlier deal less attractive which opened the door for both sides to walk away together.
“The carve out is expected to be completed within the next few months at which point both businesses will operate as two fully independent companies”
Wollsdorf Leather is one of the world’s well known suppliers of high quality leather used in cars, furniture and aircraft. Founded in 1936 in Austria is cutting 150 jobs out of its roughly 370 person workforce.
WWF Pakistan has revealed a breakthrough that could reshape the country’s leather sector. The organisation showcased Pakistan’s first ever traceable leather jacket developed under the SMEP Programme.
Leather Naturally has added two new voices to its Management Board as the global leather industry looks for stronger communication and deeper collaboration.
The leather industry in the province of Vicenza, Italy has taken a bold step. La Sezione Concia di Confindustria Vicenza has officially dropped the word Concia (Tanning) and will now be known as Pelle e Cuoio.
Two Dutch heritage companies Royal Smit & Zoon and Van Drunen Schoenfabriek have teamed up to study how sustainable leather performs in real footwear production. Together they bring more than 200 years of leather expertise and over a century of shoemaking skill.
French footwear export numbers have taken a hit in this year’s first 9 months from January to September 2025 and the latest figures show a clear slowdown.
French leather goods sector has hit a rough patch in the first 9 months of 2025 with export figures showing a clear slowdown across all major product lines.
France’s leather glove sector closed its first nine months of 2025 with modest overall growth yet sharp swings inside its three key segments.
Andhra Pradesh has scored a big win with South Korea’s Hwaseung Footwear deciding to set up a massive non leather footwear factory in Kuppam, Andhra Pradesh which was supposed to be built in Tamil Nadu.
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 | About the Author Arshad is an engineer, having completed his Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech) specializing in Leather Technology from the Department of Leather Technology, Anna University (housed at CSIR-CLRI). In just 18 months since launching Leathernews.org, the platform & its distribution channels have gained over 1.7 million+ views from 120+ countries. |
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