Editorial
Editorial nº 77
Leather Technology Magazine
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Editorial
In October 2008, the first International Leather Forum
was held in Paris, organized by the IULTCS (International
Union of Leather Technologist and Chemists Societies)
The attendants were representatives from the most
famous brands of leather goods, footwear, automotive,
chemical companies and suppliers of machinery for the
leather industry and members of international
organizations and suppliers of leather chemicals and
technical associations.
The purpose of the meeting was to talk about the actual
image of leather, markets, training and support for
innovation, research and development.
Marc Folachier, IULTCS president at the time, said “there are times and places to compete and times and
places to cooperate.”
One of the conclusions of the Forum was that the actors
of the Leather World, whatever their position in the value
chain is, must maintain ongoing communication:
customers and suppliers, Institutions engaged in research,
development and innovation and all of them be involved
in market needs.
One of the topics treated as of particular interest was
the need for training of future experts who work in the
Leather Industry.
In meetings conducted regularly by the Executive
Committee of AAQTIC we have been talking about the
need to extend the training courses throughout the
country.
Frequently we receive calls from people from within
Argentina working at tanneries or with enterprises linked
to the Leather Industry who express interest in learning
more about the theory and practice applied to the
transformation of a skin in leather.
For many of them the distance from Buenos Aires is an
impediment to attend the classroom courses offered by
AAQTIC. Others, still living in Buenos Aires, for
economic reasons and/or work, find it difficult to leave
their workplace for a few hours.
This led us to consider offering a distance course in
Leather Technology, forming a group on the web.
The course will be composed of several modules of
approximately two months each. Participants will have
access via email to weekly classes, when they have free
time, and they must meet regular assessments and / or
prepare practical works.
Our idea is ambitious: if it results in Argentina, our
intention is extend it to other Latin American countries.
We need AAQTIC partners and all those who receive
our magazine to spread this initiative and to collaborate
by sending us suggestions and / or proposals.
On all of us depends the success of this venture, which
aims to make LEATHER known.
Lic. Patricia Casey - Presidente
A call for greater participation in our magazine
This issue of Tecnología del Cuero introduces actions
aimed at inviting companies, authors and members to
have a greater participation in our magazine.
Each sector has different characteristics:
-Updates on companies and institutions
-Technical articles
- Advertisements
Updates sent by companies and institutions become a
source of information for the “Leather World” section.
Our editorial staff writes the articles of that section,
based largely on the reports sent by companies. Our
team selects the reports that best fit tour readers’ interest.
These reports are summarized and re-written to match
our magazines’ guidelines. Participation is free of charge.
This issue informs us about a meeting at AAQTIC’s
premises oriented to encouraging companies to send
information more frequently.
AAQTIC has also been working to spread its activities
through the sector’s international media, preparing and
sending press releases.
With regard to technical articles, this issue explains
which type of articles can be sent to the magazine and
their characteristics. Our team will be very pleased to
analyze them for publication purposes.
They are works of authorship, belonging to Centers,
Universities or companies.
In many cases, works are related to presentations in
Congresses, Symposia and Conferences in AAQTIC.
Nonetheless, written works can be received to be
published in the magazine directly.
Companies decide what to publish in their articles and
they pay for appearing; we rarely modify advertising
materials, if ever at all.
Advertisements are the financial support of our
magazine. We also expect higher company participation
in advertising, that is, that more companies have their ads
published, especially companies that invest in advertising
in other media, but which choose not to participate in
Tecnología del Cuero.
Last but not least, the Commission of this magazine
opens its doors to any member who wishes to participate,
even through completing small tasks such as writing,
evaluation or correction, according to their possibilities.
This issue No. 77 continues with the usual sections: “Institutes,” where we reflect the activities of the
traditional Igualada School, “Did you know…?” this
time about Green Chemistry, “Costs,” with an interesting
work prepared in Brazil, presented at the Congress in
China. We start a new section, “Hygiene and Safety,” which explains measures oriented to handling chemical
products. The magazine keeps its usual sections, such as “Bibliography,” “CITEC” and “Enterprises.” Last, “Science and Technology” has replaced the “Research” section, since the former is a more suitable
headline, as shown in our Publication Policy.
We look forward to your participation.
Claudio Salvador Director |