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09 settembre 2019

The School of Chemistry visits Aquarno

From the national school of chemistry to Aquarno, the water treatment plant which hosted last Friday the visit of some teachers...

15 luglio 2019

EMAS RENEWAL FOR THE TUSCAN TANNING DISTRICT

Renewal of the EMAS for the Tuscan tanning district, that is the confirmation of its real commitment to the implementation and enhancement.....

15 aprile 2019

ZDHC and Associazione Conciatori: Meeting on chemistry and sustainability

Production Monitoring, production and consumption processes and precautions in the use of chemical substances with the aim of...

04 marzo 2019

Pact for the circular economy between Tuscany region and Associazione Conciatori

Today Regione Toscana, Associazione Conciatori and Rea Impianti have signed the first pact on the circular economy, which was born in Tuscan...

06 febbraio 2019

The District on Rai: A Supply-Chain Training on the TV show "Il posto giusto"

The tanning district of Santa Croce Sull'arno still on TV. The RAI cameras of the TV programme "Il posto giusto" (The Right Place) switched...

25 gennaio 2019

The Ambassador of Colombia visited the district during her stay in Italy

An example of how we can do business by valuing the demands of entrepreneurs, on the other hand social responsibility for the benefit of the...

11 gennaio 2019

Leather Emotion: The Tuscan tanning enchants Florence

You write tanning, you read emotion: the tanning district of Santa Croce Sull'arno confirms the incredible mix of themes, figures and curios...

09 novembre 2018

At Ecomondo the presentation of the Tuscan tanning district

The Tuscan tanning district present at Ecomondo, an international event of reference for all that concerns the circular economy and sustaina...

27 ottobre 2018

The delegation of the Ministry of Industry of Lebanon visits the tanning distric...

Stop at the Associazione Conciatori, Wednesday 24th October, for a delegation of the Lebanese Government visiting Italy to known the best pr...

10 ottobre 2018

"Amici per la Pelle", the New Edition

The new edition of “Amici per la pelle”, the educational project that explains the leather supply chain to the young students of the middle...

12 settembre 2018

The tanning district great strength is Training

Training is one of the strategic resources of the Santa Croce sull'Arno tanning district, confirming that it is able to promote the match be...

27 luglio 2018

Giovani Conciatori: New initiatives from October

Final day for the training course on the industrial tanning and footwear process carried out by the Gruppo Giovani Conciatori: started last...

12 luglio 2018

Students from Washington University visit Aquarno

From Seattle to Santa Croce sull'Arno to learn about the secrets of purification and industrial eco-compatibility

15 giugno 2018

Tanning District: maintenance of the EMAS

Practices based on environmental sustainability, activities and investments by the public and private sectors and shared policies to encoura...

30 maggio 2018

Association of Tanners Annual Meeting 2018

New challenges, important results achieved and next objectives to be attained, in the interest not only of the tanning companies, but of an...

25 maggio 2018

The EU Directorate-General at POTECO

Visit to the POTECO for a delegation of members of the EU Directorate-General interested in deepening the policies on vocational training...

09 maggio 2018

The students of “Craft the Leather” at POTECO

From the major international fashion schools to the Polo Tecnologico Conciario: visit to the experimental shoe conveyor and tannery for s...

18 aprile 2018

On RAI the tanning district of Santa Croce sull’Arno

RAI’s information reports again news on the Tuscan tanning district. Thursday 19th February at 7.30 am on RAI 3 “Buongi...

11 aprile 2018

From Turkey, entrepreneurs visited the Tuscan Leather District

From Turkey to Santa Croce sull’Arno, a delegation of technicians, administrators and entrepreneurs from the Gerede area, 300 km from Ist...

06 aprile 2018

Environmentally friendly dyeing and industrial processes for tanning use from fo...

Food waste to make dyes and enhance the environmentally sustainability of the tanning process: it is the new “green” challenge that comes...

30 marzo 2018

World Water Day: Hundreds of visitors to the water treatment plant

Hundreds of visitors were present for a rich programme of activities on the issue of water and industrial treatment: it is the picture of...

11 marzo 2018

Tanning and footwear: POTECO training offer is being strengthened

There are those who study to become designers and create their own line of footwear, those who already have experience and are improving....

02 marzo 2018

RAI’s information reports again news on the Tuscan tanning district.

Sunday 4th March at 13 am on RAI 3 “Il Posto Giusto” will deal with the new trends of the sector, with many companies of the supply chain th...

06 febbraio 2018

Acqua 360: Water closed loop for tanning industry

The ACQUA360 project aims to build a pilot plant for the purification and refinement of civil wastewater, with the aim of producing enough p...

05 febbraio 2018

Amici per la Pelle: now they are adults and they study at the university

«Two words to define” Amici per la Pelle “?: enthusiasm and curiosity. Curiosity is typical of such a young age, I was 12 years old when I a...