Press & News

Successful Scientist Patronage Programme

8 weeks ago, the host society started a scientist patronage programme. The idea was to raise funds for students and teachers who otherwise could not afford to attend the congress on their own financial resources.

Jakov Buljan Announced as Recipient of the IULTCS Merit Award 2019

It is with great pleasure that IULTCS announces that Mr Jakov Buljan has been chosen as the winner of the prestigious IULTCS Merit Award for Excellence in the Leather Industry.

The Selection Committee of the IULTCS Research Commission (IUR) to Announce the Recipients of the Young Leather Scientist Grants

Mrs Catherine Ann Maidment to receive IUR Research Grant and Md Shahruk Nur-A-Tomal the award for sustainability and environmental protection

The hosts, VGCT and IULTCS, commit to sustainable congress management

Sustainability is a mission not only for the leather industry. The concept of the congress includes a sustainable congress management, which the national host, VGCT, and its Dresden Congress Management Agency,CMD, have implemented right from start.

Call for Papers extended until February 15, 2019 - well over 150 abstract submissions received by end of January

Besides the number of submissions the Organising Committee was asked to extend the call for papers which the Scientific Committee under the lead of Dr Michael Meyer, Research Director at the Freiberg based FILK leather institute, confirmed. The organisers are pleased to announce the extension of the call for...

Presenter of the “Heidemann Lecture” announced: Prof Kheng Lim Goh of Newcastle University in Singapore (NUIS)

Professor Kheng Lim Goh, research leader of the “Advanced Composite Research Group” at the Newcastle University in Singapore and Newcastle Research and Innovation Institute Singapore (NewRIIS) and associated Professor to these institutions, will be the presenter of the “Heidemann Lecture” thereby opening the...

Call for Papers - Abstract Submission Open

With less than a year left, preparations for the congress are in full swing. The organisation team around Martin Heise, Trumpler GmbH & CO. KG and Chairman of VGCT, and Dr Beate Haaser, CEO of SÜDLEDER GmbH & CO. KG and Deputy Chairman of VGCT, are about to finalise the time-line for the months leading to...

Up-date on the XXXV. IULTCS International Congress 2019 in Dresden

With less than a year left, preparations for the congress are in full swing. The organisation team around Martin Heise, Trumpler GmbH & CO. KG and Chairman of VGCT, and Dr Beate Haaser, CEO of SÜDLEDER GmbH & CO. KG and Deputy Chairman of VGCT, are about to finalise the time-line for the months leading to...

Scientific Committee announced for the XXXV. IULTCS International Congress 2019 in Dresden, Germany

With only one more year to go, preparations for the XXXV. IULTCS International Congress 2019 in Dresden, Germany, pick up speed. Thomas Yu, president of IULTCS, and Martin Heise, president of organizer and host of the 2019 congress, VGCT...

New Zealand Student Yi Zhang to receive IUR Research Grant

The Selection Committee of the IULTCS Research Commission (IUR) is pleased to announce the fourth recipient of the Young Leather Scientist Grant. This monetary award helps support the work of young talent in the leather sector and the IULTCS gratefully acknowledges sponsorship by the Lear Corporation. The winner...

LANXESS receives the German Innovation Award for Climate and the Environment

LANXESS, the specialty chemicals company and Business Partner to the XXXV. IULTCS International Congress 2019, has been honored with the 2017 German Innovation Award for Climate and the Environment. State Secretary at Ministry for Environment Jochen Flasbarth and Holger Lösch, Deputy Director General of the...

Thomas Yu Takes Over IULTCS Presidency from Dietrich Tegtmeyer

With turn of the year not only a new year started but also a new presidency for the International Union of Leather Technicians and Chemist´s Associations (IULTCS). Dr. Dietrich Tegtmeyer passed on his seat to Thomas C. J. Yu, Senior Consultant of TILA (Taiwanese International Leather Association), who took...

VGCT e. V. ready to contract Business Partnerships

TFL, CICB and Brazilian Leather and Shimadzu coming in first for GOLD, SILVER and BRONZE As the preparations advance for the XXXV. IULTCS International Congress to be held June 25-28, 2019 in Dresden, Germany, VGCT, the German equivalent to IULTCS and host of the upcoming congress is extremely pleased to...

TEGEWA Members First to Commit to XXXV IULTCS Congress 2019 in Dresden

Members of the business committee “Leather Auxiliaries and Colourants” of TEGEWA are the first to commit to the XXXV IULTCS World Congress 2019 in Dresden, Germany. The agreement commits the chemical companies to provide start-up funding to VGCT to enable the commencement of preparations for this outstanding...