Public Webinars

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.

Sustainability Workshop on Biodegradability Testing of Leather

When organisations are considering the end-of-life impact of different materials in a product the question "How biodegradable is it?" is often asked. Karl Flowers, Co-founder and Director of Authenticae and SATRA's Technical Adviser, Tom Bayes, will discuss some of the tests available. They will also look at plant response testing to consider whether leather compost can be safely applied to agricultural land.

Testing Luggage, Bags and Leathergoods

Lee Wilson and Mark Southam review a range of tests, looking at material properties such as colour fastness, strength and flexing through to constructional performance including strap and handle durability. Specialist assessments on larger items of luggage are also discussed.

SATRA Technical Compliance Scheme (Chinese)

基于100多年的鞋类专业知识和行业最佳实践，并结合主要品牌和零售商的建议，SATRA设计和推出新的服务——SATRA“技术合规支持计划”。基于技术审核的结果，SATRA专家将帮助工厂找出影响生产效率和产品品质的因素，并且提出相应的建议，帮助工厂建立标准化的生产操作流程，从而提高生产效率和品质。

SATRA Announces Revision of Slip Resistance Test Method SATRA TM144 (Chinese Translation)

SATRA最近完成了这项重要性能以及安全关键性测试方法——鞋子与地板之间摩擦（防滑性）的十年审查。修订方法新版已发布，为2021年3月版。SATRA鞋类测试部门的Mike George和SATRA测试设备部门的David Billington将讲解和回答有关方法、设备和相关驱动软件改进的问题。