The XXXVI biennial Congress of the International Union of Leather Technologists and Chemists Society (IULTCS), hosted by Africa Leather and Leather Products Institute (ALLPI), in conjunction with...Read More
Moana Beach of Progressive Leathers has finally been presented with the Azelis Award for top student on the Introductory Course - Ovine, 2020. Moana is pictured receiving the award from Dave...Read More
We regret to advise that LASRA has reluctantly decided to cancel the 2021 Conference that was scheduled to take place on 12-13 August 2021 in Wellington. We apologise for any inconvenience caused.Read More
The inaugural NZ Collagen Symposium that took place on the 24th and 25th March 2021 at the James Cook, Wellington was well attended by both industry and research groups. The Symposium was...Read More
The executive committee of the IULTCS have announced the winners of the 2021 research grants with this news release as below and we are thrilled that a LASRA staff member is again conferred a...Read More
LASRA Leather & Fellmongery Courses for 2021: LASRA Certificate in Fellmongery and Leather Processing This is a one-year part-time course and is the mainstay of the training activity for...Read More
Collagen is a versatile protein which is in high demand across a range of applications, such as cosmetics, food and beverages, and medical devices. The current manufacturing capacity within New...Read More
Rafea Naffa has been named a recipient from this year's Earle Creativity and Development Trust. The award was given for a series of school holiday chemistry shows Rafea performed at Te Manawa...Read More
Tutor Rowan Bell presented Pablo Lozano his award for the runner-up student on the 2019 Introductory Course (Bovine). The presentation took place at Pablo's workplace at Tasman Tanning, Whanganui...Read More
Yi Zhang 1 2, Megha Mehta 1, Bradley W Mansel 3, Hon Wei Ng 1, Yang Liu 1, Geoff Holmes 1, Eric C Le Ru 2, Sujay Prabakar 1 1Leather and Shoe Research Association of New...Read More
Mehta, M., Naffa, R., Maidment, C. et al. RAMAN AND ATR-FTIR SPECTROSCOPY TOWARDS CLASSIFICATION OF WET BLUE BOVINE LEATHER USING RATIOMETRIC AND CHEMOMETRIC ANALYSIS. J Leather Sci Eng 2, 3...Read More
It was a day of heavy lifting when LASRA's old samming machine was replaced with a later model acquired from what was NZ Light Leathers. The logistical operation of getting the 4.8 tonne machine...Read More