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The fierce new COVID-19 wave across Southeast Asia - home to about one-fourth of the world s population - has prompted some manufacturing orders originally sent to the region to shift to China in recent months, in what could be the start of a long-term trend of production relocation as a result of the pandemic, according to factories and industry analysts.
Changing of the Guard at APLF
By Dr Michael Redwood and Richard Smith
Director of APLF and Executive Vice President of Informa Markets (Asia), Michael Duck, will be taking on new, expanded responsibilities for the company as Executive Vice President- Commercial Development, a global position. This will mean that after 27 years Michael will be handing over his role as APLF Director to his Hong Kong colleague David Bondi.
It is hard to recall the Asia of 27 years ago a time when few leather industry executives had any knowledge of China beyond a giant that was awakening and could as both a producer and consumer have become important. Few recognized the speed and the scale of what was to follow. What was the role of a trade fair in this early stage? In a leather industry that had for decades become used to major fairs in France and Italy, being the sole punctuation in the calendar year, how should APLF evolve?
21st UITIC International Footwear Congress - The 2021 Congress will be postponed to 2022 25 February 2021
Initially, UITIC, the International Union of Shoe Industry Technicians, had planned to organize its 21st Congress in 2021, in China.
Due to the Covid 19, the Executive Committee Members of UITIC, in agreement with the host organisation, CLIA - China Leather Industry Association, represented by Li Yu Zhong its General Secretary, have taken the decision to have the 21st UITIC International Footwear Congres postponed to 2022.
“China is almost back to normal, but hosting an international congress could be difficult within 2021, due to the Covid 19 impact on transportation.
It is true that it has been a long time since the 20th Congress in Portugal in 2018, however the current situation imposes on us to have a very responsible and cautious organization and invites us to rethink all our processes”, declared Yves MORIN, President of UITC.