opinion

A dirty business? Tanning – now and in the future (part one)

Mike Redwood is a visiting professor at the University of Northampton and writes columns for leather and sports magazines throughout the world. Originally a leather chemist he transferred to marketing while working with British leather specialists Pittards. During his career it has sometimes seemed that tanners enjoyed the distinction of the reputation that comes with the smell and pollution often attached to leather tanning. It shows that only when your hands get dirty, and a few other things in passing, can the world’s needs be met.