In the January/February 2026 digital issue of ILM, available now, read about key insights on the use of tannery wastes or byproducts, including contributions by FILK and Trumpler on retanning agents from hair waste and the upcycling of leather shavings.
The latest issue of ILM is available right now as a digital edition, and on its way to print subscribers. It features editorial comment on Southern Africa as well as an in-depth market report on the South African leather industry.
Meanwhile, ILM speaks to new CEO Xavier Rafols in an ILM exclusive about the future of Muno, a new independent leather company from Stahl, positioning itself as a market leader in next-generation solutions for the wet-end phase of leather production.
Elsewhere, Christy Gilmore, leather expert and Partner at American Tanning and Leather, provides the ultimate guide to importing and exporting exotic leather in terms of rules, permits and compliance. Meanwhile, Gustavo Defeo of CTC discusses leather’s biocontent profile in an EN 16848 standard context.
The issue also includes favourite regular features including raw material analysis from theSauerReport, the Redwood Comment and several technical features from Karl Flowers around leather and plastics and its environmental impact categories.
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