Public Webinars

An Introduction to SATRA’s Protective Glove Expertise

Here at SATRA we are able to test and certify gloves to a wide range of physical and chemical performance standards, including protection from mechanical risks and protection against dangerous chemicals. In this webinar, Lorna Harding will outline the extensive glove testing services available at SATRA. The webinar will conclude with questions and answers with some of our glove testing and certification experts.

Sustainability Workshop on NFW’s Journey Towards Bio-neutral Materials Creation

During this webinar Alan Lugo, Product Strategy Manager at Natural Fiber Welding, talks about the journey to create a new generation of high-performance plant-based materials that are designed for the circular economy and how collaboration is a key factor in enabling them to achieve their goals.

Sustainability Workshop on EMMA’s Progress Towards Sustainable and Circular Production

Iris van Wanrooij – Programme Manager, Corporate Social Responsibility of EMMA Safety Footwear – joins us again in our Sustainability Workshop to review some of the key actions that they have undertaken and update us on their progress and future plans.

EN ISO Personal Protective Equipment – Safety Footwear Updates

This webinar will explain amendments to the standards for safety, protective and occupational footwear, which have recently been updated. The 2021 versions introduce some new and additional test methods and requirements. This webinar is intended to explain these changes to the standards, and outline what changes will be required to ensure continued compliance.

Arsutoria Trend Forecasting SS/23

SATRA works with Milan-based footwear and leather goods consultant Arsutoria to bring trend forecasting straight from the Italian ‘fashion capital’ to our screens in the form of the first Trend Forecasting webinar of 2022. Orietta Pelizzari and Carlo Sorrenti share their insights into future trends and technical innovations in materials for the Spring/Summer/23 season.

Supplementary materials from Arsutoria are available for download here (PDF, 3MB)

Sustainability Workshop on Generating Energy from Waste Materials

In this workshop guest presenter, Dr Warren Bowden, Innovation and Sustainability Director of The Scottish Leather Group Ltd (SLG), will highlight their journey towards achieving a sustainable manufacturing cycle. He will explain how SLG reduced their environmental impact and carbon footprint by avoiding landfill while producing syngas and oil. Dr Bowden will also discuss SLG’s reduced water footprint and their positive impact on local communities and the workplace.

SCIP - Substances of Concern In articles as such or in complex objects (Products) database

Once a substance of very high concern (SVHC) from the candidate list has been identified in a product, there is a now an obligation to inform ECHA (European Chemicals Agency) of this by submitting a notification to the SCIP database. In this session Jade Hurley, one of SATRA’s chemical technologists, will discuss the SCIP database, including how to make a SCIP notification.

An Introduction to the Persistent Organic Pollutants Regulation

Persistent organic pollutants accumulate in the environment and are a hazard to human health and the environment. They are regulated by the Stockholm Convention and the Aarhus protocol. The EU implementation of this worldwide legislation is the POPs regulation (EU) No 2019/1021 and in this webinar chemical technologist Jade Hurley discusses this regulation.

UK REACH - Update

This session, presented by Lorna Harding, one of SATRA’s chemical technologists, gives an introduction to UK version of the European chemical legislation. This focuses on the obligations for importers and manufacturers of chemicals since the end of the Brexit transition period on 31st December 2020, including some of the changes for downstream users.

Sustainability Workshop on the Sustainable Leather Foundation

The Sustainable Leather Foundation (SLF) is an organisation that was formed in early 2020 with the mission of supporting the global leather industry to learn, to improve and to protect for future generations, through the ‘People, Planet, Profit’ principle. Founder and Managing Director, Deborah Taylor, will join SATRA’s sustainability workshop to explain more about the work of SLF and how industry stakeholders can participate.