During an annual review of 250 current research projects being carried out by Universities, Crown Research Organisations and Research Associations under the stewardship of the Ministry of Business...Read More
Dominion Salt - Invitation to view the salt harvest, April 2014 Above Robin Piggott of Dominion Salt is seen discussing salt harvesting with Rowan Bell of LASRA using a sample of...Read More
In the latest update to the list of substances of very high concern (SVHC), a further 7 substances have been added in December 2013. C.I. Direct Red 28 (Congo Red) and C.I. Direct...Read More
For those members who already have a login name and password for our website, you will notice a new tab has been added to the member area called “Quote / Book Testing”, check it out here. This...Read More
During the course of any year at LASRA our technicians cover a huge range of tasks, which often take the form of small projects. To showcase some of their activities we held a...Read More
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This year’s LASRA Conference was the 64th and signalled a significant Milestone for LASRA, celebrating its 40th year on the Palmerston North site, and the 25th and 35th year of employment of two...Read More
Thank you to all of you who attended the 64th LASRA Conference at James Cook in Wellington. We all thoroughly enjoyed meeting up with friends old and new, and having the opportunity to show you...Read More
The LASRA® Consortium Project aims to construct a new, lightweight footwear, ovine (sheep), leather export platform supported by sustainable production systems for NZ ovine skins that will...Read More
Through our Massey collaboration we have access to the Australasian Synchrotron in Melbourne. This equipment has already provided us with an amazing amount of detailed information about the...Read More
LASRA has been developing its on-site capabilities to identify changes in the protein composition of skins and hides that occur during processing which relate to loss of strength. Using procedures...Read More
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